Dauphin Island Fishing Forecast: August 2013

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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ell the Rodeo has come and gone and once again the Mobile Jaycees hit it out of the park, Great job guys! With that said, there are still many inshore fish that survived the tournament and they are ready to eat live shrimp and croakers; we are still catching speckled trout around the bay rigs all up, down and across the bay, in the marshes and around the small islands in the sound. They can also be found around the rivers that dump into the bays and around structure in Mississippi Sound. The trout will continue this pattern for the coming months until the weather cools off . They will bite shallow early and late and will be in deeper water during the warmer part of the day; I will continue to fish live shrimp under a popping cork early in the shallows and then as we progress to the deeper water, I will fish with a slip cork rig or a free line, hook and lead on the bottom. On the slip corks and free line I will use either live shrimp or live croakers. The redfish are around some of the bay rigs now and can be found in the Grand Bay area and the Portersville Bay and Heron Bay areas as well. They will hit live bait as well as the plastic shrimp or mullet imitation baits. The triple tail or blackfish are here as well and can be found around floating debris in the Gulf, Bays and Sound. I could go on and on, BUT the best way is for me to show you how we do it down here. Capt. Charlie Gray Gray Gulf Charters Dauphin Island, Alabama 251.379.5067 www.Graygulfcharters.com