August 31 Charter with Tim and Jo

Wow, what a day of fishing. There were redfish everywhere. We had redfish on the flats and we had redfish in the creeks. I had repeat clients Tim and Jo out today. He had never be flood tide fishing with me before so I set up a great tide for him today. We pulled up to the first flat and after 15 minutes I saw the first redfish tail. It was in some very thick grass and he was not able to locate it. Another 10 minutes went by and another redfish popped up around 30 feet from us. Again it was in some thick cover and he did not locate this fish as well. I decided to move to another flat as the water level was rising. This flat had some thinner grass than the last flat. Before even getting out of the boat we saw an upper slot redfish doing his thing. Tim was able to get off a dozen or so casts in the direction of the fish before finally spooking it. These fish are digging threw the mud looking for crabs and shrimp so it is very important to get the cast in front of the fish whichever way he is heading. We walked a little farther and saw a nice size school of fish on a flat. There were around a dozen fish or so with there tails waving at us. There were also a few sheephead in the mix as well. Tim had some great casts but these fish were not interested in playing today. I decided to make the call and leave these fish to find some fish that were hungry and happy. As we pull up to the next flat we could see tails everywhere. There were in every direction and in groups of two to three fish. At one point there were 3 fish within 15 feet of us. I knew this would be Tim's first redfish on the flood tide. I had him throw his bait 15 feet past the redfish. As soon as it hit the water I had him reel real fast and when that redfish saw the bait come flying past his nose he exploded on it. Tim finally had his first flood tide redfish. We caught another one a short time later and as the tide started dropping the redfish exited off the flat in a hurry. Jo was not wanting to do the wade fishing deal so we now went looking for some redfish near some oyster bars. I believe Jo ended up with between 8 - 10 keepers and Tim had a few more as well. I love this time of year.