October Fishing Report by Capt. Randy Boggs
Inshore the flounder are being caught on a regular basis on jigs and live bait in almost all areas of the bay and around shallow water reefs.
Some red fish are showing up as well as trout. Red fish are being caught on cut bait around the Perdido Pass Bridge and rocks. There are quite a bit of blue fish and Spanish mackerel too. Spanish mackerel are being caught on jigs or slow trolling a silver spoon usually with a planer. There have been some really large Spanish mackerel being caught – 4 lbs to 5 lbs. Be very careful to make sure that they are not small King mackerel as the enforcement officers are doing a great job of checking catches.
Red snapper are being caught around almost any structure on cigar minnows and live bait. This is catch and release only as the season is closed.
There have been a lot of trigger fish show up from little bitty ones to very nice ones. The small ones are quite a nuisance stealing bait. Don’t forget the new size limit is 14” fork length.
Vermillion snapper are being caught in the 100’ to 150’ depths. They bite best on good quality white squid or cigar minnows cut into small rings about ¾ of an inch in size.
Gag grouper, red grouper and scamp are starting to bite this fall. Rocks or wrecks in 200’ depths or deeper seem to be the best.
Some really nice amberjack are being caught on the oil rigs offshore or deep water rocks. Live bait is the key with a lively blue runner being the top choice.
Offshore at the oil rigs there have been good reports of black fin tuna being caught on diamond jigs. Yellow fin tuna have been being caught chunking or trolling.
There have been some good reports of Wahoo about 45 to 50 miles due south of the Perdido Pass Bridge. The top color choices for catching Wahoo seem to be purple and black or red and black.
Capt. Randy Boggs
Reel Surprise Charters @ SanRoc Cay Marina
