Capt Brant Peacher
10-22-2009, 12:48 PM
Check out the latest report. Weather was crazy!
Some of you may follow the redfish tours but for those that don't.... the last stop on the IFA Redfish tour was this weekend in Orange Beach Alabama. The IFA is a series of tours in different regions around the South East and ending in Texas. I really enjoy fishing with these guys. They are a first class tournament trail.
We started pre fishing on Monday prior to the tournament. I don't like to fish a large tournament unless I have completed my homework and have at least an A, B, and C spot. Monday we fished some upper bays in Alabama catching 10 smaller fish but nothing remarkable so to speak. We came back to Pensacola, Fl on Tuesday only to find 12 to 15 fish in the 3 to 4lb range. With unpleasant conditions scheduled for the balance of the week I knew we had to find some fish fast!
Tuesday night I got word from a friend in Mobile that some very large fish were being caught on the west side of Mobile bay. We trailored the boat to Dauphin Island, Alabama wednesday morning only to find nothing. The water was extremely filthy and there were no fish to be found anywhere!!
Jeff and I knew that we would only get 1 more day to prefish, so on Thursday, I decided to go back to a place in Mobile bay that has produced solid fish for me in the past. The feeling I had was right! We pulled a number of solid 26 to 27in fish off a sawgrass bank about a quarter mile long. We knew that if the North wind didn't push all the water out of this area on tournament day that our chances of a high finish were very good.
The forecast for Saturday was calling for 25k north winds and 45 degrees. We knew the conditions would be poor at best. Most of Friday night was spent in prayer, hoping the north winds would leave enough water on our bank so we would have access to our fish. Well....it didn't! We ran 19 miles to our spot on tournament morning only to find dry land preventing access to our fish. I had a feeling this would happen.... but with fishing so good two days earlier we had to try it. Now it was back to the drawing board. We decided to run to some areas protected by the wind which we knew had a few fish. We casted for 5 straight hrs getting 3 bites, all while freezing our a$$ off!! We were happy with the 3 bites we got. Our fish were good enough for 7th place. In these conditions I wasn't dissapointed
Check out the pics...I would post the pics on this site but I can't figure out how...
http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/fishingforum/Topic444973-15-1.aspx
Thanks
Capt Brant Peacher
Some of you may follow the redfish tours but for those that don't.... the last stop on the IFA Redfish tour was this weekend in Orange Beach Alabama. The IFA is a series of tours in different regions around the South East and ending in Texas. I really enjoy fishing with these guys. They are a first class tournament trail.
We started pre fishing on Monday prior to the tournament. I don't like to fish a large tournament unless I have completed my homework and have at least an A, B, and C spot. Monday we fished some upper bays in Alabama catching 10 smaller fish but nothing remarkable so to speak. We came back to Pensacola, Fl on Tuesday only to find 12 to 15 fish in the 3 to 4lb range. With unpleasant conditions scheduled for the balance of the week I knew we had to find some fish fast!
Tuesday night I got word from a friend in Mobile that some very large fish were being caught on the west side of Mobile bay. We trailored the boat to Dauphin Island, Alabama wednesday morning only to find nothing. The water was extremely filthy and there were no fish to be found anywhere!!
Jeff and I knew that we would only get 1 more day to prefish, so on Thursday, I decided to go back to a place in Mobile bay that has produced solid fish for me in the past. The feeling I had was right! We pulled a number of solid 26 to 27in fish off a sawgrass bank about a quarter mile long. We knew that if the North wind didn't push all the water out of this area on tournament day that our chances of a high finish were very good.
The forecast for Saturday was calling for 25k north winds and 45 degrees. We knew the conditions would be poor at best. Most of Friday night was spent in prayer, hoping the north winds would leave enough water on our bank so we would have access to our fish. Well....it didn't! We ran 19 miles to our spot on tournament morning only to find dry land preventing access to our fish. I had a feeling this would happen.... but with fishing so good two days earlier we had to try it. Now it was back to the drawing board. We decided to run to some areas protected by the wind which we knew had a few fish. We casted for 5 straight hrs getting 3 bites, all while freezing our a$$ off!! We were happy with the 3 bites we got. Our fish were good enough for 7th place. In these conditions I wasn't dissapointed
Check out the pics...I would post the pics on this site but I can't figure out how...
http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/fishingforum/Topic444973-15-1.aspx
Thanks
Capt Brant Peacher