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2018, Black Puppy Drum Fishing
When you head out to do some wintertime inshore fishing with the intent of filling your cooler with good eats, you probably are not thinking black drum. Sure, bigger fish are to be passed over. But, the smaller "puppy" drum are delicious, making excellent table fare. Know where and how to target puppy drum selectively will make for plenty of great meals. Capt. William Toney will show you the spots to fish and why the fish hold there. Black drum are bottom feeders and tend to gorge on shrimp, fiddler crabs and other small crustaceans. This is where they get their excellent flavor and texture. Learn about the baits William uses and how he rigs them. He will explain how to locate the deeper holes and channels these little morsels like and all the tackle and tactics you need to know for this type of angling. These fishing tips will prove invaluable on winter days when heading further out is not in your game plan.
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2018, Sight Casting Summer Redfish
Redfish, or red drum, are kings of the close in nearshore water. On light tackle red drum give a hell of a fight. Being able to stalk select red fish in skinny water and then make presentations by casting to them is a thrill. Renowned Florida fishing guide Capt. William Toney is here in this In The Spread redfish video to show you how to sight cast bigger summer red fish. You will learn casting techniques, baits, lures, ideal tackle setups, how to post the flats, boat positioning and more. The redfish fishing on the Gulf coast of Florida can be excellent. The fishery is rich with a mix of fresh and saltwater, nutrients from the rivers, bait and birds. The mangroves hold loads of fish, so the target big red drum requires a little more skill. William is going to walk you through exactly how he does it. Your presentation is critical. Capt. Toney is an excellent instructor with decades of experience targeting red drum. Whether you want to use live bait or dead or lures, there is much to learn from this instructional fishing video. Learn from the best and fish smarter.
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2018, Top 5 Sea Trout Lures - William Toney
The In The Spread Top 5 Seatrout Baits and Lures video features Captain William Toney sharing the baits and lures that produce fish throughout the seatrout season. Capt. Toney has spent his life targeting seatrout and is really dialed in to what works and what does not. With this video, he is opening his playbook, so you do not have to waste time and money figuring out what lures produce fish.
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2018, Top 5 Redfish Lures - William Toney
When it comes to redfish and redfish fishing lures, our objective with this In The Spread fishing video is to provide you with information that will help you catch more fish with artificials. Knowing what some of the best fishermen use can help you build your own program. Capt. William Toney, of Homosassa, Florida, has been targeting red fish with lures for decades. He is also a 4 generation hunting and fishing guide from Florida, so there is loads of fishing experience that have been passed down to him. All of this knowledge has helped William fine tune his red drum fishing program, when it comes to using lures. What he does in this redfish fishing video is profile and discuss his best red fish lures, so you can make more informed tackle decisions related to using lures. Again, these are his best lures. Learn from the best and fish smarter.
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2018, How to Catch Snook in Coastal Rivers
Being cold resistant gamefish, snook will always reside in and around warmer pockets of water. They are also opportunity feeders, staging up at choke points to ambush prey. The rivers on Florida's Gulf Coast push a lot of nutrients that supports a rich ecosystem snook will take full advantage of, at anytime. Homosassa, Florida sits within the northern boundry for snook populations. This is due to their intolerance of cold water. The beauty of Homosassa is the magnitude order spring that swells out of the ground and spills out into the Gulf of Mexico. This freshwater is warm and snook will swim right up to the spring head to seek refuge in the winter. This year round warm shelter affords anglers a shit ton of snook fishing opportunities, without having to get outside the safety of the river. Capt. William Toney is one of the best inshore fishing guides in the state and is a huge lover of Florida snook fishing. In the river or out, William Toney knows snook behavior. He is going to show you how to catch snook in rivers, his way. William Toney is a lifelong fishing guide. The depth of his knowledge pool goes back four generations. He and his family know the waters. William has a lot of solid fishing techniques for you in this snook fishing video. Enjoy and fish smarter.
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2018, Sheepshead Fishing Florida's Gulf Coast
Sheepshead is another inshore fishing species that makes great table fare. Capt. William Toney is going to show you how to catch sheepshead fish in this In The Spread fishing video. Learn tactics for fishing shallow water structure, the baits, bait rigs and how to work the tides to fill your box with sheepshead. William is one of Florida's best inshore fishing guides. The fishing tips he shares in this fishing video will propel you to success on the water. If you hit the water with the requisite knowledge, you will catch more fish. Let In The Spread help you fish smarter.
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2018, Speckled Trout in the Summer
Join Capt. William Toney on another learning adventure with In The Spread Summer Sea Trout Fishing, as he discusses the go to fish for many inshore anglers. Sea trout are considered the king of the inshore waters, as far as being sought after, caught and eaten. Trout are a very good eating fish. There are many different ways to catch sea trout. So, follow Florida Capt. William Toney to learn tactics and techniques for targeting sea trout. This video will cover when to target trout, what conditions are optimal, methods for slow drifting the flats or shallow waters, how to catch sea trout using a popping cork rig with various jigs and a heck of a lot more.
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2018, Spring Sea Trout Fishing
In this In The Spread video, Capt. William Toney, a third generation fishing guide, from Homosassa, Florida shares a deep knowledge of inshore fishing to help you catch that “holy grail” sea trout you have always dreamed about. Learn the tips, tactics and techniques you need to catch big late winter, early spring sea trout. What are the best conditions for sea trout fishing? What lures really produce fish? Where do you find sea trout and what is the most productive way to fish those spots? It is all here in this In The Spread fishing video.
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2018, Live Bait Tactics for Pressured Redfish
Many of the really good red fish Florida fishing spots are well known and get hammered out every weekend. What happens is the red drum fish get used to this pressure and just do not bite. You might see redfish, but cannot get them to take your offering. What do you do? Capt. William Toney has a few nifty fishing tips where he shows you how to catch red fish with live bait in these heavily pressured areas. William spends most of every year targeting reds with artificial lures, dead and live baits. He has been fishing for redfish for decades and knows a few tricks to trigger bites on even the toughest days. This In The Spread red fish video will show you how to catch the bait the reds are more likely to eat. Capt. William Toney will then go step by step through how he preps and then hooks baits to trigger almost instant bites. You will also learn how stalk the fish using more stealth like techniques. William is sharing some super productive fishing tips for how to catch red drum that are pressured in this in-depth instructional video. Learn from the best and fish smarter.
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2018, Backcountry Mangrove Snapper Fishing - Capt. William Toney
Join In The Spread for a sport fishing journey through the Nature Coast area of Florida's gulf coast. The waters here comprise one the states most dynamic fisheries. From Homosassa to Crystal River you have a unique feature in all the magnitude order springs pumping warm freshwater out into the Gulf. With temperatures staying in the 70 degree range throughout the cooler months, coastal rivers provide a comfortable nutrient rich habitat supplying a steady conveyor belt of food to a myriad of inshore species. One of the great inshore species to target is the mangrove snapper. This snapper fish makes for outstanding light tackle sport fishing. Being both plentiful and outstanding table fare, you can clean up on fall or winter days when you just don't want to venture out into the gulf waters. The coastal rivers of the Big Bend region holds some of the best mangrove snapper Florida fishing. In The Spread Capt. William Toney, of Homosassa Inshore Fishing, knows more about Florida inshore fishing than most ever will. William is a fourth generation hunting and fishing guide. His fishing knowledge runs deep. The great thing is how willing he is to show you his methods for how to catch mangrove snapper in backcountry creeks and rivers. William has a real knack for making all of his techniques look really simple. Using the fishing knowledge he shares in this In The Spread snapper fish fishing video will have you catching fish in no time. Learn from one of the best. Capt. Toney is going to show you the type of fishing rod and reel he prefers for this application and then demonstrate how to fish with live shrimp or fresh, various artificial lures, soft plastics and jigs. See how to hook live shrimp without killing it, to achieve the most natural movement. His mangrove snapper rigs are pretty simple. You can easily use a jig head or add a split shot to a hook. See how he does it with step by step demonstrations. William will explain what to look for when trying to locate fish in these coastal rivers. Strong current is a must. Choke points with bottom structure and channel edges are great starting points. You will learn expert tactics to target these areas with several types of mangrove snapper bait or artificial lures. On of the cool things William also shows you how to use bigger size lures to target bigger snapper. Know the mangrove snapper limit in your State. If you are fishing in Florida, check with the FWC for size limits, bag limits and other fishing regulations. Enjoy this instructional video from In The Spread and never stop learning. If you can, fish with Capt. William Toney to learn first hand from one of Florida's best fishermen.
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2018, Gag Grouper Fishing with Dan Clymer
Grouper fishing in shallow water presents several viable options to catch your limit of fish. This fishing video is going to break down how to catch grouper casting plugs, trolling and using bottom fishing techniques. All three options work well, if you know what you are doing. Captain Dan Clymer is a grouper fishing expert. He has been fishing Florida's gulf coast his entire life. His skills are extraordinaire. The first thing Dan will explain is how to locate areas that hold grouper. Each of the fishing techniques are used in different areas. Learn the differences and how to capitalize on each. Dan will also share fishing tips on specifically how to target gag grouper. Learn about the baits he uses for bottom fishing, his bottom fishing rig and the tackle he recommends. Watch as he takes you through several trolling passes, explaining how you can manipulate your trolling lures to trigger more bites. What may be the best part of the video is the section on casting plugs. Dan will share his thought process for selecting areas to fish and demonstrate a few angling techniques that will help you get more solid hook ups. For anyone interested in grouper fishing, Captain Dan Clymer is one of the best to learn from. His depth of knowledge is on full display in this fishing video. He holds nothing back in trying help you catch fish. Watch and learn from a true professional.
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2018, Snook Fishing Florida Coastal Flats
The coastal waters of Homosassa, Florida have become one of the best snook fisheries in the state. Most of the bigger fish are caught in and around the pervasive mangrove keys that line the coast of the north west Gulf coast. Finding them and targeting them with artificial snook lures makes for great fishing. Capt. William Toney knows this coastal fishery as well as any fisherman out there. He will take you to the places that produce fish and explain whey the fish are there and how they feed. You will get a clear understanding of where the snook fish stage year round and what presentations work well. Let him show you how to catch snook using soft DOA jerk baits in brackish waters of the coastal flats and mangrove keys. See how he rigs soft plastics, how to find snook and how he presents baits. Learn why snook stage on a given side of a key based upon wind and water movement. Homosassa snook fishing is defined by the sheer variety of habitat the fish can move in and out of. Huge magnitude order springs dump warm water out into the creeks and rivers year round. This is a snook sanctuary. These fresh water springs feeds the nutrients and bait the help sustain this super healthy fishery. Due to the variety of habitat, snook fishing here allows and angler to develop a variety of fishing skills and presentation techniques. Let Capt. Toney teach you some of his fishing tips and fish smarter.
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