Had the unique opportunity of spending some time with good friend and IFA redfishing partner Bill Slaughter on Tuesday. Bill just got a new 24 Yellowfin with a tower on it and we decided we would do some fishing and sight seeing on Tuesday morning. The visibility from the driving station on his tower was remarkable and it allows you to see things in the marsh you never knew were there.

Bill had not caught any redfish out of the new boat as it only had a few running hours on it so we decided to do some topwater fishing early Tuesday morning and do some "research". Here are some pics of Bill's first topwater red in his new rig. Mine was bigger but being competative and smart Bill skillfully released my fish boatside before the camera could come out:) Just kidding it was an accident and the fish would have pushed the 7 lb. mark, the coolest part was I caught the fish from the tower on a topwater plug and I got to see the whole thing from a bird's eye view.

We also had the time to slip outside of Rich's Inlet for a while and found some huge Pogey schools with spanish and blacktips feeding on them. Bill caught a beautiful spanish on a new Sebille topwater on his third cast, I would have to say the new Yellowfin is very fishy.

Big thanks to Bill for getting me out and letting me drive his new boat and go fishing with him it was a real treat.

The water is a stable 80 degrees F and there is a lot of bait and gamefish hanging around Wrightsville Beach right now. Give us a call to book a charter and catch some fish! 910-233-4520

Good Luck Fishing!

Captain Seth Vernon