The month of September is always a great redfish catching month especially for the big ones. Last month turned out to be a banner month with several catches of 40 reds per day. Bob Gorham and son Bill come to Homosassa each and every year during the summer run. They caught reds between 5-11 pounds for three solid hours. Other folks did well, too. Barry Kaplan slammed 20 + redfish up to 9 pounds with a buddy from Ocala. Scott Eccles and Kevin Horner fought many reds. They sent there best customer to me, Bradley Briscoe who he and his wife reeled in over 30 redfish. His wife now loves fishing. They were hitting the bait as soon as it hit the water. Double hook-ups were common. Duke Lane Jr. brought his peach packing bosses down from Georgia and some other important folks to a pretty good combination of trout and redfish. Duke caught the biggest redfish ever, a 31 1/2 inch 11 pound redfish. A close second was Big Roy’s 31 incher. Buddy also landed a 30 incher and Jack caught his big one as well. As you know, all of these fish were released to fight another day. The crew of 10 all had there keeper size reds each day and some nice trout to take back home. Some of these folks had fish mounts made from a photograph. The picture is used to copy the spots the redfish have as some of these spots are quite unique. The replica is made from a material that will last a lifetime. If you have a fish(any kind of fish) you want copied in a lifelike size, please contact me. The price is very reasonable and the mount will last a very long time. The workmanship and painting is very close to looking like the real thing. Most of the big schools of reds have left the area recently with the cooler weather. But there are still plenty of reds up to 6 pounds hanging around the rock bars. Spotted Sea Trout are in abundance now and have moved in closer to shore. Even with a cold front bearing down on us yesterday, Bill and Ann Tribble caught 5 keepers up to 19 inches in less than a hour of fishing. Only one keeper redfish was caught, but several smaller ones were caught and released. An undersized black drum and two catfish were thrown back during the half day trip. Look for trout fishing to get real good during October and November. Grouper catches will improve and the fish should be in shallower depths soon with the cooler water temps. Like the late Ernie Lee used to say, “Get out there and go fishin’, cause it is gooood fer ya!!!!!