Posted on March 30th, 2023
Hi Mark, Grunts can be caught anywhere from 30-50’+ off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico. They like a broken bottom. Live shrimp or chunks of fresh shrimp are the best baits. Barb & I were fishing 4-miles out from Englewood, Fl but you can find Grunts throughout the Gulf in the depths above as long as you find a small reef. We use a Raymarine Axiom fishfinder and locate the reefs by spotting the baitfish that hold above it. The spots on the sounder looks like a lighted up area off the bottom…God bless you.
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Posted on May 10th, 2020
Hi Charlie, thanks for reaching out to us. I have never fished the Bay of Fundy. I am already booked this year to film for Stripers out of Miramichi, New Brunswick in a few weeks. Not sure if we could include 1 or 2 days to also film with you. You have a nice boat but I am limited to shoot with boats that I’m sponsored by. For the Here’s the Catch! TV series we work with Seabreeze Boats and one is being delivered to Miramichi. For the Canadian Sportfishing TV series I will be trailering a Team Boats. Leave it with me and I will try and get back to you over the next week…God bless you.
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Posted on April 12th, 2020
Hi Barry, you are better off ordering the lures from AliExpress, https://h5.aliexpress.com/wholesale/saltwater-fishing-lures.html that includes Honu & Ilander knockoffs. I would also get some https://clarkspoon.com/collections/original-clarkspoons that work well for trolling all species and a few sizes of the Saltwater Rapalas #9-#18. Fish with a Passion, God bless you.
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Posted on July 14th, 2019
Hi Andrew, I will try and give you “nut-shell” info. for your Florida trip. If you go there during the winter you will be able to catch Sheepshead off the bridges and piers as they feed around the abutments. Best presentation is to use a #4 bait hook, a couple split-shot sinker/float, or a sliding sinker rig with either a live, small crab, piece of shrimp or a sand flea. You can find all three at local bait shops. If you cast a 1/4 oz. spoon in any inlet/outlet when the tide is moving you have a good chance of catching a bluefish or Spanish mackerel. You can also fish a float and live shrimp over the eel grass flats in the inter-coastal and lastly you can cast a 1/4 oz jig/3″ paddle tail plastic grub around the mangroves and over the grass flats for redfish, snook and spotted sea trout….God bless you.
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Posted on November 4th, 2018
Hi Donald, we shot that show fishing old concrete piles off the beach about 1 1/2hr south of St. Petersburg, Fl. The sheepshead fishing there is excellent in the inter-coastal waterway bridges and Gulf piers in the winter time. Hope you get a chance to have your wife catch a bunch. One of my favorite shore-fishing spots that you can walk to is the old railway bridge out of Placida, Fl. Best bait to use is definitely small fiddler crabs that you can purchase at El Jobean, FL about 20 min. from the bridge…God bless you.
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Posted on January 16th, 2018
Hi Ed, I suggest you take a variety of “flats” lures you can cast by wading the shallow sand flats and some lures you can cast in the passes where the Inter-coastal Water Way goes into the Gulf. Good flats lures for Redfish, Spotted Sea Troutt and Snook are; 1/4 oz. jighead rigged with 3″ paddle-tail swim baits like the Lunker City Shaker, a couple of topwater lures like a Rapala Skitter Pop and Skitter Walk, especially in silver or chrome color and some 1/4 oz. casting spoons.
For fishing the passes you can cast the same casting spoons and especially a Gotcha’ lure in the 3/4 oz. size (silver in color). You can purchase these in any Florida Wal-Mart. You cast the Gotcha’ as far as you can and retrieve it very fast using a jigging stroke as you reel it just below the surface…works great for Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel off the beach and in the passes. Hope you have a great trip….God bless you.
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Posted on October 8th, 2017
Hi Barry, we had a great time fishing out of Mazatlan, Mexico, both for saltwater fish and a short 1 1/2 hr drive to El Salto reservoir for big largemouth bass. We stayed at Serena Marina and Golf Residences right on the water. They rent out condo units.
Address: Marina Mazatlán, Avenida Camaron Sabalo 50, Marina Mazatlán, 82100 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Great place to walk out the door and either tee-off or get in the boat and fish!…God bless you.
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Posted on March 25th, 2017
Hi Shannon, thank you for your kind words. Glad you are enjoying out TV shows. We filmed that program around mid-Dec. on the west-coast of Mexico while we were staying at Serena Marina Golf Residences, Mazatlan, Mexico. They overlook a 9-hole golf-course and a beautiful marina. We really enjoyed the Roosterfish fishing since it’s done just off the shorelines, no need to go out many miles at sea….God bless you.
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Posted on January 14th, 2017
Hi Brian, thank you for your kind words. When we were in Mexico last we stayed at Serena Marina & Golf Residences in Mazatlan, Mexico. It was a great location for golfing and fishing, but is a distance from Ontario.
My suggestion would be to head to southwest Florida. Book your accommodations either in Punta Gorda or Englewood and either fish from shore, rent a boat for day use or go out with guides and charters fishing Charlotte Harbor for redfish, snook, and more, or head out in the Gulf of Mexico to larger open-water fish. There are lot’s of accommodations to choose from and endless number of golf courses….God bless you.
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Posted on July 25th, 2016
Hi Alain, Your English is good. I wish my French was as good as your English!! I also enjoy fishing in Florida throughout the year. There are many Rapalas that work well in saltwater for a variety of fish from shore and from piers. If you are shore fishing I would encourage you to try the following:
-beach/outlet-inlet casting for Jack Cravelle, Snook, Spanish Mackerel & Bluefish. Best lures to cast there are: Rapala Skitter V in chrome color (work it fast on the surface especially if the sea is calm will work well for all above species and especially for snook on the inter-coastal side of inlets/outlets), & the X-Rap Long Cast deep & shallow minnow in the 4 3/4″ length. By the way, the best time to cast for big snook from shore is at night.
-walking out from shore on shallow falts to reach 2-4′ channels or grass beds for Redfish, Spotted Sea Trout, Snook, Jack Crevelle, Spanish Mackerel & Bluefish. The top lure to “twitch” is teh new X-Rap Twitching Mullet in the 3 1/8″ size. You can also do well casting the C-Rap Long Cast Shallow Minnow and the Skitter V in the red ghost color.
As you know, timing is everything and in saltwater tides are important. You will have the best fishing on the first 3 hrs of a “flood” tide (water coming in from the Gulf), and on the first 3hrs of a “Ebb” tide (water going back to the Gulf).
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