The Everything Bite: Flounder, Reds, Trout, and Swords
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
Release Date: 05/08/2026
The Everything Bite: Flounder, Reds, Trout, and Swords
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This week on the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, Butch Thierry is joined by , Captain Richard Rutland of , and Captain Tanner Deas of . Riley kicks things off with a beach report from Dauphin Island, where low early water made the usual spots too shallow, but a rising tide opened up the bite around deeper cuts, drop-offs, and roadside flounder spots. Small live shrimp on Carolina rigs and popping corks produced flounder, trout, puppy drum, and a strong mixed bag once the water got right. Captain Richard Rutland then breaks down an offshore swordfish trip that turned into a huge first...
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Speckled Trout, Flounder, Redfish, and a Hot Offshore Bite
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
On this week’s Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, Butch Thierry checks in with Capt. Richard Rutland, Capt. Branden Collier, and McCoy Outdoor’s Chip Duepree for a packed report on a coast that seems ready to bust loose. breaks down a strong inshore bite from the north end of Mobile Bay to the barrier islands, with speckled trout, redfish, and flounder showing up around bait, grass, beaches, ledges, rocks, and marsh edges. reports trout scattered from shallow rock lines in the bay to the barrier islands, big flounder mixed in, redfish and trout on rigs, Spanish mackerel...
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Deep Drops, Orange Pompano Rigs, and the Return of Good Scamp Fishing
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
On this week’s Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, Butch Thierry and Angelo DePaola cover a strong spring bite across the Alabama Gulf Coast, from deep-drop swordfish and offshore bottom fishing to the changing surf bite along Gulf Shores and Fort Morgan. This week, breaks down how he uses electronics, structure, bait, sacrificial weights, and quick drops to target daytime swordfish, including what worked during a four-for-four Mud Marlin tournament trip. Next up, Tony Emmons with gives an honest surf report, where pompano have been hit-or-miss, but whiting, quality...
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Wahoo Fishing Demystified: Where They Are and How to Catch Them
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This week, we sit down with from to break down how to actually target wahoo—not just catch them by accident. If you’ve ever picked one up trolling between spots and wondered if you could do it on purpose, this episode is for you. Chris walks through a simple, effective trolling setup that works for everyday anglers running center consoles, not just big sportfish boats. We dig into where to find wahoo closer to shore than most people think, how to read conditions like current, structure, and bait, and why slow trolling is often more effective than high-speed spreads. Chris also lays out a...
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Pompano on Fire, Surf Bite Steady, and the Coast Heating Up
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This episode of the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report covers the full spring transition across the Alabama coast, from boat fishing the jetties to working the surf and even what’s happening off the water. kicks things off with one of the hottest bites on the coast right now—pompano stacked up around the jetties. He walks through exactly how he’s targeting them from a boat, from dialing in tide direction and current seams to using smaller live shrimp on Carolina rigs to match their bite. It’s a really practical breakdown of how to fish moving schools, how to adjust between incoming and...
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From Rivers to the Sound: Cracking the Spring Pattern on the Gulf Coast
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This week’s Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report is packed with on-the-water intel as spring patterns start to take shape across the Gulf Coast. breaks down how he’s finding fish despite relentless wind, leaning heavily on wade fishing to read bottom structure, dial in lure profiles, and stay on moving schools of trout, redfish, and flounder. He shares a simple but effective system for narrowing down lure color and profile, along with what to look for before ever making a cast—mullet movement, bird activity, and that gut-level “fishy” feeling that tells you whether to stay or move. ...
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Trout, Reds, and Flounder Are Heating Up—If You Can Fish the Wind
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This week’s Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report is all about adapting to tough conditions and finding fish when the wind won’t let up. Host Butch Thierry sits down with and to break down what they’re seeing across Mobile Bay, Mississippi Sound, and the surrounding inshore waters—and why this stretch of windy weather might actually be making anglers better. Captain Tanner Deas shares how heavy winds are forcing anglers to slow down, cover water more intentionally, and focus on protected areas where bait and fish are stacking up. Wade fishing has been especially productive, with solid...
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Spring Patterns and a Surprise Snook: What’s Happening on the Alabama Coast
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
Spring is starting to take hold along the Alabama Gulf Coast, and this week’s report shows a fishery that’s waking up but still shifting day to day. reports that the sheepshead bite is tapering after a strong run, with noticeable pressure on larger fish. At the same time, speckled trout are beginning their spring transition out of the rivers and onto the flats, but they’re moving with the bait and changing preferences throughout the day. Matching profile and presentation has been more important than color, and staying mobile has been the difference between slow days and steady action....
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From Dauphin Island Sheepshead to Backwater Stripers: This Week’s Report
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
This week on the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, we’re digging into early spring patterns across the Gulf Coast, and there’s a lot starting to take shape if you’re paying attention. Butch Thierry and kick things off with of Dauphin Island Fishing Charters, who’s been dialed in on a strong sheepshead bite around nearshore structure. Tanner breaks down how small differences in docks, rocks, and current seams are holding fish right now, why crabs are dramatically outfishing shrimp, and how anglers can still put together big numbers even from shore when conditions keep them off the...
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How the Spring Transition Is Setting Up Across the Alabama Gulf Coast
Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report
Spring is starting to show up in a big way along the Alabama Gulf Coast, and this week’s report is packed with real-time insight from across the region. Captain Matt Swiggum with kicks things off with a run to the Chandeleur Islands, where massive schools of tailing redfish made for nonstop action in shallow, clear water. While trout were tougher to dial in, the trip revealed a lot about how bait movement, grass structure, and redfish pressure can scatter fish and change the bite. Chris Vecsey from follows up with a full spring transition report from the beach, pier, and passes. Spanish...
info_outlineThis week on the Alabama Saltwater Fishing Report, Butch Thierry is joined by Riley Ludlam, Captain Richard Rutland of Cold Blooded Fishing, and Captain Tanner Deas of Dauphin Island Fishing Charters. Riley kicks things off with a beach report from Dauphin Island, where low early water made the usual spots too shallow, but a rising tide opened up the bite around deeper cuts, drop-offs, and roadside flounder spots. Small live shrimp on Carolina rigs and popping corks produced flounder, trout, puppy drum, and a strong mixed bag once the water got right.
Captain Richard Rutland then breaks down an offshore swordfish trip that turned into a huge first swordfish for Riley. The crew dealt with a slow bite, tricky nighttime drift conditions, changing current, and a last-minute daytime drop that produced the fish just before they planned to head in. Richard also explains how he adjusted weight, bait, and presentation to deal with faster drift speeds, and he shares how the trip contributed to ongoing swordfish research with the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, including age, growth, mercury, and tagging work.
Captain Tanner Deas closes the show with an inshore report built around “anything fishing” near Dauphin Island, where trout, redfish, flounder, puppy drum, pompano, Spanish mackerel, and big whiting are all in the mix. Tanner explains how he has been starting with trout early, then shifting into ledges, drop-offs, Carolina rigs, slip corks, free-lined shrimp, and mid-strolled soft plastics as the day develops. His biggest takeaway is that anglers should not get too locked in on one species or one bait right now. The better approach is to fish good water, stay patient through the bycatch, and keep adjusting until the right fish shows up.
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