Species: Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) Location: Graffiti Bridge, Pensacola, FL Date: August 1, 2017 The second-most popular baitfish in the Gulf of Mexico is just one letter away from the first (Pinfish). I’m speaking, of course, of the Pinfish. I caught my one and only Pigfish fishing from a public pier in Pensacola minutes after night fell. There…
Species: Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Location: Graffiti Bridge, Pensacola, FL Date: August 1, 2017 Everyone should go fish the Gulf at some point in their life for Redfish or Red Drum. At least, that’s what fishing culture has told us. I have fished in Corpus Christi and parts of Florida where they could be found, but I’ve…
Species: Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) Location: Graffiti Bridge, Pensacola, FL Date: August 1, 2017 Your first specimen of a common species is exciting. Your second and third are, too. Sometime shortly after that, though, it goes downhill. Anyone who’s fished the Gulf knows the world of annoyance Pinfish can induce. As I fished a lagoon in backwater Pensacola,…
