The Bon Secour River has had multiple anglers departing the Aquila Seafood boat ramp this weekend in search of inshore fishing action. A cold front move threw and the wind was brisk all day Saturday. The bite was slow and fishing reports from other anglers confirmed, it was the same for them on the river. We did manage to pull out a nice Bull Red and a few Rat Reds.
LOCATION: Mouth of Bright's Creek
We drift fished starting at Bright's Creek and the fish we caught were on a small shallow bar on the river at the mouth of Bright's Creek.
Reel Attraction Fishing Reports " Red Grouper 2015 Season Closure"
Recreational Red Grouper season will end October 8, 2015 at 12:01. The season will be closed until January 1st 2015. The Red Grouper harvest data and fishing reports were higher early in the 2015 fishing season than normal says the Fisheries. This may be due to the abundance of Red Grouper reported in shallower waters than normal this season making the grouper more susceptible to the recreational anglers. Last year in 2014 the season ended October. During that time we had a higher bag limit. The fisheries decided to restrict the bag limit giving each angler the chance to bag 2 per day and keep it open the entire season . To spite the efforts to extend the Red Grouper season, Reports show the 1,900,000 pound annual recreational limit should be take by October 8, 2015 closure.
We had a blast fishing just 3 miles out from the beautiful white sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. The weather was really choppy this morning in the Gulf. We fished primarily the north west edge of Dixie Bar and the south end of the Mobile Bay waterways. Slow bite morning and as the day progressed the winds subsided and things got much better. As we left the Gulf Shores Marina, we headed to the Double Rig just three miles off the Gulf Shores Coast in about 40 foot of water. The waters were loaded with jellyfish. So thick that when we tried to troll, the jelly was tripping the planers. I decided to do some bottom fishing and it paid off. We caught quite a few red snapper and one gag grouper. We were on the tail end of the low tide and as the tide dropped to an end, so did the bite. Blessed with a good day of Inshore Fishing.
Gulf Shores Fishing Reports: Todays Summary
We observed a better bite and much better weather today. Had good luck trolling this morning catching Bluefish and 1 Cobia. This evening we caught quite a few Red Snapper and Gag Grouper. Baits that were used were live ground mullet, croaker, menhaden and cut squid. The waters were really clear and it made a difference on the inshore/near shore fishing conditions. The waters have been very dingy Inshore. The high winds for the past few day have cleared that up. Going by the lunar phase, it was correct! The fish did start biting really good from twelve o'clock pm and diminished at about five o'clock pm.
Today's Reel Fishing Report! Our group fished the Gulf Shores Intracoastal Canal. Nice slot redfish and Black Drum started hitting our live shrimp around noon . We fished just east of Lulu's. The redfish seemed to bite best from 12:00 noon to 4 pm. We were successful with the redfish using 14 pound test line and a 17 pound test leader. We used a 1 ounce weight with a 3 foot leader. The redfish seemed to prefer the larger shrimp that we had in the live well. We love fishing for these redfish and nothings as good as hooking up on a nice twenty inch slot red and fighting him in on light tackle.
Dolphin Fishing Report! Not the mammal dolphin, the mahi-mahi aka Dorado fish.
Dolphin still hanging close inshore off the Gulf Shores Beaches. Reports show a couple were caught off the Alabama State Pier. Black Snapper bite was pretty good of the Double Rig just SE of Mobile Bay. Spanish are hitting live shrimp with about every three Hard Tails. Their were a few kings brought in at noon today at the Gulf Shores Marina.
Reel Attraction Dorado Fishing Tips
Once you locate a school of dolphin fish, leave your first fish that you catch out! Then continue to fish casting your bait of choice. This first fish will continue to keep the others in the school close to your vessel. Most of the time you will drift out of the school but your first fish will act as your decoy. Vigorous leaps, soaring bites get your blood pumping when you get into a good school of these dolphin fish. With a short 4 to 5 year life span these fish start to reproduce at a very young age and are very aggressive feeders. They stay constantly on the move and typically hang near offshore structures, weed lines and open waters. Smaller dolphin fish known as chicken dolphin are sometimes found off the Gulf Shores Beaches during the right conditions. Baits can be anything from cut bait, rigged ballyhoo to almost anything casted, fast trolled and shiny.
The Bon Secour River has had multiple anglers departing the Aquila Seafood boat ramp this weekend in search of inshore fishing action. A cold front move threw and the wind was brisk all day Saturday. The bite was slow and fishing reports from other anglers confirmed, it was the same for them on the river. We did manage to pull out a nice Bull Red and a few Rat Reds.