Fall of the year provides some of the best fishing opportunities on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The cooler temperatures bring in the Bull Redfish right off the beach. These big Bullreds as we call them school up and we take you out on the charter boat and go back and forth along the shoreline until we see birds working or Continue Reading...
Bull Redfish and King Mackerel bite is on during this last week of October. The full moon is up and the fish are biting mostly between 8 and 11 am each morning. The trolling fish like King Mackerel are about to move offshore, but as long as the bait holds up, they should be around. The bullreds showed up a Continue Reading...
Fall break is a realatively new term for families here on the Alabama Gulf Coast. When we were kids, the only break we had during this time of the year was the weekends, Thanksgiving or Christmas. With the upcoming Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores next weekend, we are seeing a lot of people making reservations for fishing. This week has Continue Reading...
The weather was perfect while heading offshore this morning for a 6 hour trip. Our guest were from California and Alabama and they were ready for some deep sea fishing on the Distraction Charter boat. We started trolling soon as we left the rocks so we could pick up a few mackerel for dinner that night. We had a couple Continue Reading...
Fall is upon us and the trolling fishing is red hot near the beaches of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. The crowds are gone for now and there is some excellent fishing available going on. The Spanish are huge (4 to 5 pounds) and we call them Axe Handles because of their enormous size. The weather has cooled off and Continue Reading...
The fall temperatures are upon us and we just had our first cold front move through Orange Beach this weekend. The morning air was crisp and a comfortable 64 degrees. This makes ideal fishing for Gag Grouper on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The recent tropical storm and hurricane Isaac has pushed some groupers around and they are showing up on Continue Reading...
Although uncommon during the early part of the year, Blackfin Tuna, Sailfish, Tarpon and White Marlin come in close to shore during late August and September. This Blackfin Tuna weighed 20 pounds and was caught the other afternoon while slow trolling some 6 miles south of Orange Beach on the Distraction Charter Boat. Even though we are trolling for Spanish Continue Reading...
This past week has been interesting with all of the rain showers popping up along the Alabama Gulf Coast. The beaches have been teaming with visitors looking for something to do because swimming on overcast days is not near as much fun as going deep sea fishing in Orange Beach with Distraction Charters. Even though the weather has been iffy, Continue Reading...
Even though the Trigger fish are out of season, you can’t help but catch some of these unusual looking, hard bodied, tough fighting reef fish while on a 6 hour trip. The federal season closed on June 10, but the fish only know they are getting caught and having their picture taken. The average size fish we are catching is Continue Reading...
The sweet summer rain has been falling all week in Orange Beach, Alabama. That has not kept us from deep sea fishing at all. The Distraction Charters fishing team has enjoyed the much needed cooler temperatures and has taken advantage of the cool 86 degree water temp and the outside temps of the same. Cloud cover over our fishing reefs Continue Reading...
The trolling bite for King Mackerel has been good all week except for Friday. That was the day that the sea week moved in and we spent most of our time stopping and having to clean off the planers that had collected a bunch of weed and made the bait pull incorrectly. We did catch some nice King Mackerel and Continue Reading...
Summer is here and so is some of the best fishing in Orange Beach, Alabama. The sargassum weeds have been blowing in with an east wind along with some real pretty clear blue water. Along with these big patches of sea weed, are schools of dolphin fish or mahi mahi. This week have have had some luck within 20 miles Continue Reading...
Finally, the weather has laid down and we are in a summer pattern of light and gentle winds. The fish bite in Orange Beach has been tough the past couple of weeks due to TS Debby and before that, a high pressure system was sitting north of Gulf Shores where we had an east wind for two weeks. The fish Continue Reading...
This past week has been interesting to say the least. The winds shifted and blew hard from the east all week. We had a big ground swell that made fishing fun. It’s not often we get large swells unless we have a tropical system around. The high pressure was sitting over middle Alabama and the bottom fishing was tough until Continue Reading...
The fishing has been interesting this week. The west winds which are common this time of year combined with some less than clear water due to all the rain we had last weekend, made fishing fun. The trolling fishing was a bit slow right after the rains, but by mid week, the King Mackerel and Spanish Mackerel bite was back Continue Reading...
The Spanish Mackerel have been a staple this year in and around the Alabama Point Pass and waters just south of Orange Beach. There are plenty of King Mackerel mixed in with them, so there is a variety of fish species being caught. Being a specialist in kid friendly fishing in Orange Beach doesn’t mean that your fishing charter is Continue Reading...
The 2012 Red Snapper season is underway in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama. The federal season for the prized fish opened on June 1 and will remain open until July 10, 2012. One thing for sure, Distraction Charters and Captain Troy Frady and crew are setting records this year by providing the best service in the charter boat fishing Continue Reading...
It doesn’t happen often on a 6 hour fishing charter, but sometimes the planets align just right and some lucky angler fishing on a charter boat in Orange Beach named Distraction will catch a fish of a lifetime. We were headed in and back toward Orange Beach when we were south of the Gulf Shores beaches about 12 miles, when Continue Reading...
Being a charter boat owner and operator in Orange Beach, Alabama has so many challenges and rewards and is much like any other small business on the Gulf Shores of Alabama. With us, most of our business comes when tourists flock to the beautiful beaches and get ready for their deep sea fishing charter. The King Mackerel showed up early Continue Reading...
Want an ideal fishing charter for your family while in Orange Beach? The 4 hour trolling trips just before a weather front can produce some really nice size King Mackerel on a flat line that we pull way behind the charter boat. Fishing in Orange Beach has been really good this week along the Gulf Shores beaches. The 4 hour Continue Reading...
