September "Flood Fever"

Finally one of my favorite times of the year is here! September brings cooler days, migrating bait, and best of all we get the fall "spring" tides. "Spring" tides are tides that rise higher than any other time of the year. coinciding with the full and the new moons we get tides rising more than 1 to 2 feet higher than normal. This causes fields of grass to cover with water that normally never get wet. In turn, the redfish charge onto these "ponds" and tail up like no other time of the year. We usually find the fish feeding most aggressively in the first days of these tides, and sight casting to a dozen or more fish in a day is common. This is one of my favorite ways to fish for reds and this year was outstanding.
A prime example of sightcasting quarry...
Nice shoulders on that one!
Double fisting...
low tide works too!
Redapalooza!