In The Spread Fishing Blog
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Spanish Mackerel Fishing Florida's Big Bend - Captain William Toney
Spanish mackerel are out there right now. Have you ever been trout fishing and get a quick strike only to reel in a cut leader ? Yep that was a mackerel, they have some sharp scissor like teeth.
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Sight Casting in Gin Clear Cool Water for Redfish | William Toney
Redfish are more deliberate when they move and are closer to the bottom, sometimes near the surface among the mullet but their profile is different then a mullets because a redfish has a large head and upper body.
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Fishing the Cold Snap on Florida's West Coast | Captain William Toney
The inshore grouper bite will get better with the cooling water, pushing them in a close as 6 to 8 feet. I like to use shallow running casting plugs. It's best to retrieve the plug just off the edge of the structure to get the grouper to swim out to strike it.
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In-Line or Wind-On Planer Fishing | Learn How to Run Them
In-line or wind-on planers connect by a bridle to the main line. After hook up, you reel the planer up, remove it from the line and then continue cranking in line, thus winding on the leader and bringing the fish to the boat. There is no need to hand line a hundred or so feet of leader material. This is a huge benefit, especially when dealing with larger fish.
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Saltwater Fishing Videos | Offshore Tactics and Techniques
I put the very best fishermen in front of you, with our fishing videos, so you can learn what they know and how to apply it. By making real sport fishing education available to you, In The Spread can save you both time and money. The greater level of fishing knowledge you possess, the more productive your time on the water will be.
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Tuna Lures | Casting to Yellowfin and Bluefin
When you talk about tuna lure quality, you want one that is purpose built to take the beating a tuna is going to inflict. This is where through wire construction comes into play. Not every manufacturer does this, the good ones will, but it is critical. Tuna, especially big tuna, put a beating on a lure and nothing sucks more that having your lure crumble under the crushing punishment of repeated tuna bites. With through wire construction, it doesn't matter if you lure splits in half, each hook will stay attached to your line. You can learn more about this in the videos Seth made with us.
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Homosassa Florida Snook Fishing | William Toney
Although in other parts of Florida they have been kept off the harvest list because of red tide, winter freezes and conservation, Homosassa has a healthy stock of snook in all sizes.
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Mangrove Snapper | A Fishing Love Affair
An aggressive fish by nature, mangrove snapper, show up early to your party and then vanish after having their fill of your baits. Their kind of rude, if you think about it. Mangrove snapper are the classic hit and run gamefish. The trick is catching enough of them to fill a small cooler. As soon as you start hauling in other species, it's time to move. Don't wait thinking the action will start again. It won't. Move.
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Gulf Coast Mangrove Snapper Fishing with William Toney
When your vessel is anchored correctly, the snapper will settle down and respond to a few bits of shrimp being tossed in. One thing I do not do is use lots of chum because that will draw in remora's, spot tails, puffers and catfish.
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Yellowfin Tuna Fishing Videos | Be a Smarter Fisherman
Since a yellowfin tuna is a fast moving schooling marauder with finicky tendencies, you really need to formulate sound fundamentals, if you want to selectively target them. Our fishing videos can help you make better on the water decisions by increasing your situational awareness.
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Florida Gulf Coast Best Baits
I believe that the fish that I'm targeting are used to eating them and they are easy to catch. I use a small hook that I keep on a spare rod just for this purpose. A small piece of shrimp is all it takes to get them.
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Chunking for Tuna | Fishing Videos
You can catch 200 lb tuna on 60 lb fluorocarbon, if that's what it takes. The battle will just be longer. When using the lighter leader, make sure the drag is not set too tight and take you time with the fish. Do not try and horse the fish to the boat. Be patient, unless there are sharks, then do whatever is required.
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Best Months to Fish Florida's Gulf Coast
If there are two months on Florida's Big Bend that I tell anglers are the best ones to fish, they are April and October. These two months have similarities because the water temperatures are best for inshore and offshore species.
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Wahoo Baits
Wahoo are feeding machines and will not wander far from food. Having an understanding of baitfish behavior is important for any kind of fishing, but with wahoo, it is critical. Structure holds the building blocks of oceanic life or provides protection, so that is where the bait will be. This could be reefs, steep islands, offshore banks, seamounts, oil platforms, wrecks, weed lines, current lines and upwellings.
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Wahoo Fishing Lures for Trolling
When you get right down to what type of lures or baits to use, you should be familiar with a broad swath of offerings. Wahoo presentations fall into a few main categories: skirted lures, skirted baits, vibration lures, diving plugs, bombs and jigs. You also have to give consideration to lures and skirt colors.
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Late Winter Fishing on Florida's Big Bend
For some good action to make your forearm sore, there are some 6 to 10 pound jack crevalle in the river. Keep a lookout for the surface to churn into a frenzy and use any color soft plastic to catch them. Make sure that your retrieve is lively and fast.
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Spring Sea Trout on the Big Bend
There are so many other fish that arguably fight better, taste better and maybe even look better, but our Big Bend sea trout have more street cred than most. When I was young a big trout would be 18", but now we are releasing trout over 19", because it's a rule.
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Wahoo Fishing | In The Spread Videos
Even though wahoo are known as loners, they will aggregate in productive feeding areas as small hunting packs, when ideal conditions and an abundance of forage exists. All of this is predicated on water temperature. Wahoo spend much, if not all, of their lives searching out ideal bands of water, where the right temperature and concentrations of forage merge. Much of this happens around some sort of structure.
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Cold Water Sheepshead Fishing on Florida's Gulf Coast
Using a 1/8th oz. jig is about as much weight as you need to get the bait to the bottom. I am talking about water being 12 feet or less. If it's deeper with current, the a knocker rig with a 3/8ths or 1/2 ounce sliding weight is better.
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Fishing Videos | The Knowledge Behind the Catching
One of the toughest things for fishermen to deal with is finding ways to adapt as situations change. If you don't know how to shift your thinking when the bite fades or conditions change, it can be frustrating. The benefit derived from using our fishing videos to accelerate your learning curve comes from the depth of experience each of our instructors possesses and are willing to share.