Red Hot Fishing along Jacksonville's Riv

Rob Johnston booked a 4 hour "Afternoon Blitz" for 2 anglers. We opted to fish with artificial soft plastic lures. Right Off the Bat we got 4 jumps out of a Tarpon right off the bat. The Tarpon were scarce so we made a transition. Our next fish was a decent Black Drum. We finished the day with a true Trophy Class Bull Redfish over 40 inches long. We fished very close to the boat ramp because there were some afternoon thunderstorms and I wanted to stay close to the ramp not to endanger my customers. It's been extremely hot lately, this late afternoon excursion was a great way to beat the heat. Quality not quantity has been our moto lately aboard Blue Cyclone. Fishing is Good right now and it should continue to get better in the coming weeks.

Mike Powell is an experienced angler that prefers to target Trophy Fish with Artificial Lures. Mike and I departed St. Johns Marina boat ramp at daylight. There's nothing like the sound of a brand new MERCURY ProXS starting up at sunrise. Within minutes of our first stop you could hear another great sound, Mikes DRAG was SCREAMING We were using 5 inch YUM Sonar Minnows and they were a perfect match for the forage in the river. Mikes 1st two fish were absolute giants. Unfortunately they broke us off, but we ended up going 3 for 5 on bull redfish. All 3 fish were true trophy fish over 40 inches long and all out bites were on artificial lures. Mike caught 2 and insisted that I catch one. Our arms were cramping and we probably could have caught more but we decided to take a boat ride and scout for tarpon knowing our chances were slim this early in the summer. No Tarpon this time but it won't be long.

It was a short 4 hour Catch and Release Excursion aboard Blue Cyclone. I picked up Paccqi at the Frienship Fountain Public Dock right in the Heart of Dowtown Jax. We were challenged with a strong Northeast Wind. At least the Downtown Sky Scrapers offered us a bit of shelter. Paccqi quickly landed 2 Trophy Class Bull Redfish and finished the trip with a nice slot size redfish. I have been sponsored by YUM Lures for over 20 years. All 3 of Paccqi's fish were caught on Artificial YUM Soft Plastics. These quality fish should continue to lurk through October.