Autumn Beach Blast

The sight is unmistakable - frothing white water, violent surface explosions, sporadic waves of silver shards leaping for their lives. It's the annual fall baitfish migration along Florida's West Coast and it's one of the best times of the year to bend a rod on a mixed bag of jacked up predatory species.

Indeed, fall finds baitfish along this Gulf Coast region gathering in large schools for the annual southward migration to warmer waters. Those fast and fortunate enough to dodge hungry mouths during spring and summer face the gauntlet of traversing the open Gulf beaches. With days growing shorter and temperatures falling, predators know it's time to pack on the weight for winter...