Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report

By Butch Thierry and Joe Baya

The Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report is the Gulf Coast's first and only podcast that brings you the REAL fishing report whether it's good, bad, or ugly. Come along with Butch Thierry and Joe Baya as t... more

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Number 1: Why More Snook Are Showing Up on the Northern Gulf Coast
Want more fishing content and fewer ads? Check out asfr.supercast.com for an ad-free, extended cut of your local fishing report. New subscribers get the first 30 days free. This special episode takes a closer look at the growing number of snook sightings and catches along the Northern Gulf Coast, from Northwest Florida to Coastal Alabama. Butch Thierry and Joe Baya are joined by Zoe Hendrickson, a PhD student at the University of South Alabama, to talk through why a fish once associated mostly with South Florida is now showing up around Pensacola, the Emerald Coast, Perdido Pass, Fowl River, and other local waters. Zoe explains how snook have expanded northward in Florida, how their movement into places like Cedar Key may help researchers understand what is happening in Alabama and Northwest Florida, and why warmer winters, shorter cold snaps, and thermal refuge in rivers may be helping these fish survive. The conversation covers how juvenile snook use rivers and deeper pockets of stable water, how adult fish may move seasonally toward jetties, flats, oyster reefs, and other saltwater habitat, and why the recent snow and cold events made their survival even more interesting. The episode also digs into what anglers should do if they catch a snook in Alabama or Northwest Florida. Zoe explains current tagging efforts, the importance of reporting sightings, why handling and releasing fish carefully matters, and why anglers may want to let these fish go while the local population is still developing. The group also discusses snook biology, including how they change sex as they grow, how slot limits work in Florida and Alabama, how snook may interact with native fisheries, and why this new opportunity comes with a chance for anglers to help shape the future of the fishery. SPONSORS The Coastal Connection / Angelo DiPaola Sea Tow Foster Contracting / Fortified Roofing Pros Black Buffalo Eastern Metal Supply Fiber Plastics Inc Hilton's Offshore Charts / Realtime-Navigator Coastal Brew Bait Company Dixie Supply / Baker Metal Works Make Wake Marine Midway Lumber Admiral Shellfish Company Pure Flats Pike Consulting Group Community Fly Supply Deep South Crane Rentals SlipSki Solutions CCA Alabama Camper City Mobile Moffett Road Dentistry / Ricciardone Family Dentistry McCoy Outdoor Company The Orthopaedic Group / Dr. Michael Blackmer Alfa Insurance / Bryan Klein Ultra Wash
August 20, 20261h 12min
Number 2: Mangrove Snapper, Wade Trout, and Offshore Reef Intel
This week's Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report covers the late-August transition across the Alabama Gulf Coast, from white marlin and sailfish offshore to mangrove snapper, bridge redfish, wade-fishing trout, white trout, flounder, and improving reef conditions. Butch Thierry is joined by Angelo DePaola, who opens the show with a look at Alabama's growing light-tackle billfish fishery and why September and October could be special months offshore. Capt. Ben Knight of Great Southern Fishing Charters kicks off the reports from Orange Beach, where mangrove snapper have been one of the most consistent late-summer bites around docks, rocks, jetties, bridge structure, and deeper current. He explains why croakers, spots, LYs, and small pogies can outproduce shrimp, and how the same Carolina-rig setup can lead to bonus flounder, redfish, and jack crevalle. Capt. Bobby Abruscato of A-Team Fishing follows with a Mississippi Sound and Dauphin Island report focused on speckled trout, wade fishing, Slick Juniors, popping corks, shrimp activity, white trout, flounder, and redfish. Bobby breaks down why hard bottom, grass, shell, bait, fish slicks, stealth, and boat positioning matter so much this time of year. The episode also includes a sponsor spotlight with Daniel and Ed Bejrowski of Slipski, who talk with Joe Baya about aluminum dock and boat-cover systems built for Gulf Coast conditions. Capt. Kendall Annan of Gulf Rebel Charters closes the show with an offshore report covering red snapper, triggerfish, beeliners, amberjack, grouper, Spanish and king mackerel, cobia, wahoo, dolphin, and tuna prospects, along with what he learns from diving and scouting reefs late in the season. SPONSORS The Coastal Connection / Angelo DiPaola Sea Tow Foster Contracting / Fortified Roofing Pros Black Buffalo Eastern Metal Supply Fiber Plastics Inc Hilton's Offshore Charts / Realtime-Navigator Coastal Brew Bait Company Dixie Supply / Baker Metal Works Make Wake Marine Midway Lumber Admiral Shellfish Company Pure Flats Pike Consulting Group Community Fly Supply Deep South Crane Rentals SlipSki Solutions CCA Alabama Camper City Mobile Moffett Road Dentistry / Ricciardone Family Dentistry McCoy Outdoor Company The Orthopaedic Group / Dr. Michael Blackmer Alfa Insurance / Bryan Klein Ultra Wash
August 28, 20262h 34min
Number 3: The Saltwater Finaddics Recap with Patric, Tanner, Branden, and Dylan
This week's Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report is a roundtable episode with Capt. Patric Garmeson, Capt. Tanner Deas-Dauphin Island Fishing, Capt. Branden Collier - Capt. Collier's Charters , and Dr. Dylan Kiene talking tournament fishing, flounder patterns, redfish, trout, live bait, artificial lures, and the decisions that make or break a two-day inshore event. The conversation centers around the Saltwater Fanatics Inshore Championship, where different teams found success in completely different ways, from shallow-water flounder and dock-light redfish to deep ledges, heavy current, and pattern fishing across multiple systems. Tanner and Branden break down their winning inshore slam strategy, including how they targeted redfish early, adjusted when the first plan did not feel right, found a 21-inch trout in an unexpected place, and finally landed the 22-inch flounder that helped put them over the top. Patric shares a wild tournament story involving boat trouble, a lost Yamaha screw, trolling-motor improvisation, a lead sinker turned into a temporary repair, and finally salvaging the weekend with shallow flounder, trout, and a redfish. Dylan adds the science-minded flounder perspective, explaining how he and his team abandoned their original plan, found deeper flounder patterns, caught fish on Coastal Brew and Down South plastics, and brought in a strong live-flounder total for the CCA hatchery effort. The roundtable also digs into the details that serious inshore anglers think about during tournament season: when to leave fish, how to recognize a real pattern, why small flounder and big flounder may not always feed the same way, how live bait compares to artificials in deep water, when slip corks make sense for flounder and trout, and why jig-head weight, scent, current, boat positioning, and nighttime dock-light fishing can all matter. The episode wraps with a look ahead to the Doormat Classic and the fall flounder season, including Dylan's thoughts on why wet years may pull more big offshore-spawned flounder back into the bay systems. SPONSORS The Coastal Connection / Angelo DiPaola Sea Tow Foster Contracting / Fortified Roofing Pros Black Buffalo Eastern Metal Supply Fiber Plastics Inc Hilton's Offshore Charts / Realtime-Navigator Coastal Brew Bait Company Dixie Supply / Baker Metal Works Make Wake Marine Midway Lumber Admiral Shellfish Company Pure Flats Pike Consulting Group Community Fly Supply Deep South Crane Rentals SlipSki Solutions CCA Alabama Camper City Mobile Moffett Road Dentistry / Ricciardone Family Dentistry McCoy Outdoor Company The Orthopaedic Group / Dr. Michael Blackmer Alfa Insurance / Bryan Klein Ultra Wash
September 04, 20261h 42min
Number 4: Nearshore Snapper, Triple Tail Science, and Offshore Adjustments
Want more fishing content and fewer ads? Check out asfr.supercast.com for an ad-free, extended cut of your local fishing report. New subscribers get the first 30 days free. This week's Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report covers late-summer fishing from Louisiana deep-drop jigging to Alabama nearshore snapper, triple tail tagging, swordfish, grouper, and speckled trout. Butch Thierry is joined in studio by Dr. Dylan Kiene, who opens the show with an update on the Gulf-wide cobia and triple tail tagging project, including acoustic tags, satellite tags, reward tags, angler recaptures, and why better movement data can help build stronger fisheries management across state lines. Chris Vecsey of J&M Tackle kicks off the reports with a recap of a Louisiana trip that produced queen snapper, marble grouper, and a true fish-of-a-lifetime Cubera snapper on heavy tackle. He also talks through nearshore red snapper around Perdido Pass, fresh cut bait, overlooked close-to-shore structure, subtle baits for lethargic redfish and trout, hot-water flounder tactics, and why smaller, less invasive presentations can be the key when shallow fish get sluggish in August. Capt. Patric Garmeson of Ugly Fishing follows with a nearshore and inshore report focused on live pogies, gas platforms, red snapper, sharks, triple tail, flounder, and speckled trout. Patric breaks down how he's using pogies on Carolina rigs and slow-sinking presentations around nearshore structure, why bait variety matters from day to day, and how a recent triple tail tagging trip showed just how important bait choice, electronics, and not breaking fish off can be. He also explains why speckled trout have been one of the most reliable bright spots of the summer. Capt. King Marchand closes the fishing side with an offshore report from the Lady Ann, where a slow tuna bite has pushed him toward snapper, triggerfish, deep-drop grouper, beeliners, and swordfish. King explains how reading small anomalies on electronics can make or break a daytime swordfish trip, why he has adjusted his overnight strategy, and how he's targeting yellowedge grouper, snowy grouper, beeliners, and triggerfish when tuna are not cooperating. The episode also includes a safety-focused sponsor conversation with Mitchell Smith of Pike Consulting Group, covering boat safety, Garmin InReach, kill switches, ditch kits, OSHA compliance, worker training, and why small businesses should get ahead of safety issues before they become expensive problems. The Coastal Connection / Angelo DiPaola Sea Tow Foster Contracting / Fortified Roofing Pros Black Buffalo Eastern Metal Supply Fiber Plastics Inc Hilton's Offshore Charts / Realtime-Navigator Coastal Brew Bait Company Dixie Supply / Baker Metal Works Make Wake Marine Midway Lumber Admiral Shellfish Company Pure Flats Pike Consulting Group Community Fly Supply Deep South Crane Rentals SlipSki Solutions CCA Alabama Camper City Mobile Moffett Road Dentistry / Ricciardone Family Dentistry McCoy Outdoor Company The Orthopaedic Group / Dr. Michael Blackmer Alfa Insurance / Bryan Klein Ultra Wash
August 14, 20262h 20min
Number 5: Best of Summer: Alabama Saltwater Fishing Highlights
This special episode of the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report looks back at some of the best conversations and most useful fishing intel from the summer season along the Alabama Gulf Coast. With Butch Thierry out this week, the show pulls together highlights from recent reports covering inshore, nearshore, offshore, and surf fishing, with practical tactics from captains and contributors who have been on the water through heat, dirty water, changing tides, and late-summer transitions. The episode covers a strong mangrove snapper bite around Orange Beach structure, docks, rocks, bridges, jetties, and deeper current, including bait selection, Carolina rigs, circle hooks, reef endorsements, and why croakers, spots, LYs, and small pogies can outproduce shrimp when pinfish are thick. It also revisits tarpon movement, tide-line and triple tail fishing, how to read color changes and offshore satellite imagery, and what anglers should look for when structure, current, bait, and clean water line up. The show also includes offshore and reef-fishing highlights, with reports on swordfish, squid and octopus baits, bait rigging, full-moon swordfish action, late-season beeliners, triggerfish, mahi, reef scouting, diving, thermoclines, oxygen changes, and how experienced captains use bottom type, bait presence, visibility, and fish quality to decide where to spend their time. Inshore and onshore segments round out the episode with eastern shore pier fishing, Fairhope Rattles, popping corks, live shrimp, flounder around pilings, Gulf Coast surf trout, pompano, redfish, beach troughs, fly fishing, and why small changes in current, bait, and structure can concentrate fish in surprisingly tight areas. The episode closes with one of the summer's best offshore stories: Capt. Myles Colley's account of a giant blue marlin caught years ago between the Nipple and the Elbow. It is a fitting end to a summer recap built around the kind of details, stories, and hard-earned fishing lessons that make the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report valuable week after week. SPONSORS The Coastal Connection / Angelo DiPaola Sea Tow Foster Contracting / Fortified Roofing Pros Black Buffalo Eastern Metal Supply Fiber Plastics Inc Hilton's Offshore Charts / Realtime-Navigator Coastal Brew Bait Company Dixie Supply / Baker Metal Works Make Wake Marine Midway Lumber Admiral Shellfish Company Pure Flats Pike Consulting Group Community Fly Supply Deep South Crane Rentals SlipSki Solutions CCA Alabama Camper City Mobile Moffett Road Dentistry / Ricciardone Family Dentistry McCoy Outdoor Company The Orthopaedic Group / Dr. Michael Blackmer Alfa Insurance / Bryan Klein Ultra Wash
September 11, 20261h 45min