September Fishing Report by Capt. Randy Boggs
Inshore the trout are being caught with shrimp and a popping cork. Red fish are biting cut or live bait around Perdido Pass.
King mackerel are being caught off the Gulf State Pier as well as trolling with planers and spoons in the Gulf.
Flounder fishing is getting better everyday. We are waiting for the first hard north winds to drop the air and water temperatures and hasten the migration of the fish.
Off shore there a lot of red snapper to catch and release. They are on almost any structure and will bite live or cut bait readily. Vermillion snapper are being caught on the rocks and larger wrecks in over 100’ of water on cut squid and small pieces of cigar minnows.
Trigger fish have shown up in large numbers on most all reefs. The fish large enough to keep have generally been found on reefs that hold larger fish as a general rule. Trigger fish readily bite cut squid, minnow pieces, shrimp, and we have discovered they have quiet a taste for the new Berkley Gulp! ® baits.
Quite a few grouper and scamp are being caught in 200’-300’ of water on large live baits or larger size dead bait. Amberjack have showed up this month on the off shore rigs and the larger wrecks. They are being caught jigging or with live bait with a blue runner/hard tail being much preferred.
Black fins have made a big showing around the oil rigs this fall. Good catches are being reported with quite a few fish over the 20 pound mark. The Mobile Big Game Fishing Club’s Labor Day Invitational brought great catches of yellow fin tuna. These fish were being caught in over 1,000 feet of water at most rigs trolling with small ballyhoo and dusters.
Wahoo have made a good showing off shore. Most of these fish have been between 20 and 50 pounds and are biting almost anything you troll.
Dolphin are a very scattered catch with not many reported.
To sum it all up, there are fish in the water, and if you put a put bait on a hook, and put it in the water, you will most likely catch one.
Capt Randy Boggs
Reel Surprise
gonefishn@gulftel.com
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