October brought some of the best fishing of the year, with large redfish schools moving across the flats. Many of these fish were upper-slot and oversized, making for exciting battles. Live mullet and pinfish were top baits, and those fishing incoming tides around mangrove points found nonstop action. The kingfish run was in full force, with big smokers hitting slow-trolled threadfins and live blue runners just off the beaches. Spanish mackerel were thick as well, providing f