Wife and I got to slip away for a kid free trip down to Santa Rosa Beach this weekend with some family/friends. I've been trying to get my buddy a little more into saltwater fishing so we gave it a go while we were down there. Got rained out Saturday morning and the surf was extremely rough all weekend so we got up at 5 Sunday morning and ran down to Okaloosa Island pier. Started out throwing spoons and gotchas trying to get on some spanish but that only resulted in a few ladyfish so we dropped a sabiki and pulled up a few baits. Tried them live and freelined for a bit with no luck so we dropped a couple to the bottom and were both hooked up not long after. He'd never caught or even seen a redfish before so he was pretty amped up, both were just over slot so we couldn't keep them but they made the trip well worth it. I wish we could have stayed and caught more but we had to run shortly after landing them due to thunderstorms setting in.


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