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2025, Fishing for Redfish in Hot Weather
Captain William Toney targets redfish along Florida's Gulf coast mangroves when August temperatures push water into the 90s. Learn pinfish cutting techniques, current-based presentations, and how to read baitfish activity that signals feeding redfish. This video breaks down positioning strategies and lure selection for extreme summer conditions.
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2025, How to Catch Seatrout on an Outgoing Tide
Captain William Toney reveals how to turn challenging outgoing tide conditions into productive seatrout fishing opportunities. Learn boat positioning strategies, tackle selection, and how to locate feeding zones along Gulf coast river mouth bars where baitfish concentrate and predators stage.
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2024, Florida Inshore Fishing Lures with William Toney
Florida inshore fishing demands versatile lure selections handling multiple species rather than specialized tackle for narrow scenarios. Fifth-generation guide Captain William Toney's must-have recommendations include DOA jerkbaits, MirroLure topwater and suspending baits, plus Johnson and Eppinger spoons addressing varied conditions through strategic color choices and rigging techniques for redfish, seatrout, snook, and mangrove snapper across diverse coastline environments.
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2024, Mutton Snapper Bottom Fishing with Ryan Van Fleet
Power drifting for mutton snapper in Florida Keys maintains boat positioning over productive bottom while presentations work through strike zones systematically. Ryan Van Fleet's expertise reveals when long versus short leaders create natural bait presentations, bait variety importance as feeding preferences shift with tides, and recognizing subtle bites requiring differentiation between current movement and actual strikes.
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2023, Simple Pinfish Tricks for Florida Redfish
Pinfish effectiveness for Florida redfish stems from natural abundance in waters where red drum encounter them as primary forage. Captain William Toney's technique reveals precision casting strategies and rigging methods maintaining bait vitality while creating natural presentations, plus adapting to changing water clarity, current strength, and fish activity requiring presentation modifications throughout tidal cycles and seasonal patterns.
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2023, Gag Grouper: Florida Inshore Fishing
Inshore gag grouper fishing in Florida's shallow waters demands finesse with light tackle using 10 lb braid or heavier setups with diving plugs based on conditions and structure. Captain William Toney's local expertise reveals when jig heads allow delicate presentations versus when diving plugs trigger reaction strikes, plus understanding tide and current effects on fish positioning requiring anchoring strategies for effective presentations.
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2023, Casting Lures for Gag Grouper in Shallow Water
Shallow water gag grouper demand casting lure approaches different from deep fishing because clear conditions allow fish to inspect offerings closely around structure. Captain William Toney's fourth-generation Florida expertise reveals which lure profiles and colors trigger strikes, how boat approach affects spooking wary predators, and technique for extracting powerful grouper from structure before they reach safety.
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2023, Late Winter Sheepshead Fishing with William Toney
Late winter spawning rituals concentrate sheepshead around Florida's Big Bend structure, creating prime fishing windows when typically scattered fish aggregate predictably. Captain William Toney's expertise reveals how understanding sheepshead biology, unique mouth structure, and seasonal positioning elevates success with species demanding specific bait presentations and tackle sensitivity for detecting subtle bites anglers often miss.
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2021, Bottom Fishing Grouper with Kevin Adney
Grouper bottom fishing productivity depends on targeting natural reefs and wrecks where fish concentrate rather than random bottom. Kevin Adney's drift management approach keeps baits working productive structure zones systematically, but success requires understanding how current affects drift speed and positioning presentations where grouper ambush prey rather than sweeping past strike zones or hanging in barren areas between structure features.
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2020, Filleting Mangrove Snapper with William Toney
Mangrove snapper bone structure and body shape demand specific filleting techniques that maximize meat yield from premium table fare. Captain William Toney's method produces quick, boneless fillets through proper knife angles and cuts adjusted for gray snapper anatomy, requiring sharp, high-quality blades and steady-hand work that separates efficient processing from wasted meat or bone-riddled portions.
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2020, Inshore Mangrove Snapper Fishing with William Toney
Rough seas or limited time make inshore mangrove snapper fishing productive alternatives to offshore trips. These bottom dwellers school higher during feeding periods, demanding structure reading skills and depth adjustments throughout the day. Fourth-generation guide William Toney reveals Gulf Coast patterns where mangrove snapper concentrate around accessible inshore structure requiring proper live shrimp and jig head rigging.
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2020, Best Live Bait for Redfish with William Toney
Live bait effectiveness for redfish changes along the Gulf coast as ocean environment and available baitfish species shift regionally. From north of Tampa to St. Marks panhandle, mangrove and outside key structure dictates which baits work best, with pinfish, shrimp, and mud minnows dominating based on what redfish encounter naturally in productive inshore zones.
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2019, Trolling South Florida Nearshore Reefs
South Florida's 350-mile reef system creates nearshore structure where multiple species feed at different depths along the same contours. Trolling efficiency depends on reading reef edges, positioning spreads to match species behavior, and adjusting depth based on whether kingfish, blackfin tuna, or pelagics are holding tight to structure or patrolling current seams above drop-offs.
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2018, Tarpon Fishing Florida's Gulf Coast
Florida's Gulf Coast tarpon migration through Sarasota creates trophy opportunities, but boat positioning determines success before bait presentation matters. Learn vessel placement that avoids spooking rolling schools, sight casting techniques for moving fish, bait presentation timing, and tackle handling giant tarpon in this world-record producing region.
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2018, Black Puppy Drum Fishing with William Toney
Winter inshore fishing offers delicious table fare for black drum, a bottom feeder that eats shrimp, fiddler crabs, and other crustaceans. Capt. William Toney will teach you where to fish, how to target puppy drum, and how to locate deeper holes and channels. These tips are invaluable for winter days when exploring further out.
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2018, Tampa Bay Seatrout Fishing Tactics
Tampa Bay seatrout concentrate along specific depth contours and current breaks rather than spreading randomly across grass flats. Captains Ray Markham and William Toney explain how bottom topography and tidal water movement position fish predictably, what artificial lures match Tampa Bay conditions, and when light tackle techniques improve presentation accuracy in shallow water environments.
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2018, Sight Casting Summer Redfish
Summer redfish in Homosassa's shallow waters demand precise sight casting execution because fish visibility increases wariness while water temperatures affect feeding aggression. Captain William Toney explains bait and lure selection for varying conditions, tackle specifications for fighting powerful fish in skinny water, and what environmental factors determine whether reds feed actively or become difficult to approach in Florida's premier inshore fishery.
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2018, Top 5 Lures for Seatrout with William Toney
Captain William Toney shares his top 5 lures successful speckled seatrout fishing.
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2018, Daytime Swordfishing in Florida with RJ Boyle
Daytime swordfishing operates at 1,200 to 2,000 feet where broadbill feed actively, creating technical challenges absent in nighttime surface fishing. RJ Boyle explains why depth fundamentally changes tackle requirements, how bait presentation at extreme depth affects strike detection, and what boat positioning precision maintains contact with baits along steep drop-offs where swordfish concentrate during daylight hours.
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2018, High Speed Trolling for Wahoo with RJ Boyle
Wahoo demand trolling speeds exceeding 12 knots because their predatory behavior targets fast-moving prey, but standard offshore rigging fails at these speeds. RJ Boyle explains why high speed triggers strikes, how lure configuration and wire leaders handle forces at 18 knots, and what immediate post-strike response prevents the short strikes and cut-offs wahoo create when anglers react too slowly.
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