Redfish Action tourney

Had a good couple of days on the water pre fishing for the second redfish Action tourney out of Beaufort, NC. Hurricane D and I got reds on the flats working topwater lures and soft plastics. We got some around deeper structure as well. Conditions on game day are less than favorable. We were greeted by 15 mph northeast winds at our A spot. We also had a camera man from downeast outdoors aboard to cover our day. We eased the boat into position and staked out on our first school of fish. On my first cast I got blown up on a topwater bait by an upper slot. After a short battle we had our first fish in the release well-a nice 25 incher. On my next cast i had another red crush a topwater lure. This fish was about the same length as the first fish but was heavier due to being deformed with a jumped back. Drew was hooked up as well but his fish pulled the hooks. First two casts and we have two 25 inch fish in the boat with over 12 lbs of weight. That is how u want to start on tournament day. We caught 4 or five more reds while having multiple topwater strikes and a few fish that pulled our hooks at our first spot. We hit a couple more flats but were blown out due to the wind direction. We hit an area that bad been holding upper slot fish but only managed one more small red. We head to the scales to see how we fare against our competition. We end up in 3rd place which put us only one point behind in the team of the year race. It will come down to the final tournament on the IFA Redfish Tour and the redfish action series team of the year race. We r just a couple points back on the IFA Redfish Tour Atlantic division team of the year race as well.

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Summer Redfishing

Its been a while since my last report. I have been in Alabama for a month helping clean up the mess left behind by the April tornados. Some of the folks lost everything they had down there. Let's keep them in our prayers.
OK back to fishing. Got a late start today. I hit the water about noon at dead low tide. Within ten minutes of fishing I boated my first two reds. I pitched soft plastics to three fish and boated two of them. The one I lost hit the bait so hard and ran toward me I didn't get a good hookset. The fish was sitting in water that barely covered his back and as a wake from a passing boat was rolling over him I pitched a plastic to him from 100 feet. Was stoked finding fish on the tide which is usually my least favorite. Moved around a lot today picking fish off everywhere I fished. On one flat I had a 100 plus lb shark that would not leave the boat. I snagged the beast and fought it for nearly 45 minutes before it ended up rolling on my braid and breaking me off. Headed in about five to eat with the girls. great day on the water, was very nice to be on salt water again.

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