| In this article I talk about redfish fishing from the | | | | larger blue crab work well on the bottom. Live |
| basics, what redfish is, where and how you can | | | | shrimp or mud minnows work as well. If you can |
| catch it and I also share with you super cool | | | | find a live mullet - and they have not arrived yet |
| fishing techniques used by pros. Wish you a lot of | | | | - that mullet won't last long on the bottom. |
| great redfish fishing experiences. | | | | Artificial baits like jigs and crankbaits work very |
| Description: Let's talk about redfish fishing basics. | | | | well on these monsters. Just make sure the |
| Refish, also known as the red drum, is a salt | | | | hooks on your lure are changed to a heavy duty |
| water fish. You can recognize it by the black spot | | | | treble, or you will end up with a missed fish and |
| on their tails. Redfish have blunt nose, a chin | | | | bent treble hooks. |
| without barbels and a wide undercut mouth. They | | | | Redfish fishing techniques: Ok, let's move on to |
| are a reddish copper and bronze color on their | | | | the refish fishing techniques. Red drum or redfish |
| body in dark water , with lighter shades in clear | | | | can be caught in many ways. Probably the most |
| waters. The underside and belly is pure white. | | | | widely utilized technique for fishing redfish is to |
| They have from one to as many fifty spots at | | | | anchor along a channel edge or shoal and bottom |
| base of their tail and very rarely no spots at all. | | | | fish with cut peeler crab bait or other baits |
| Where to fish: The best place for redfish fishing is | | | | including, squid, cut spot, live spot and even |
| the southern USA. Young fish called juveniles are | | | | chicken breast soaked in peeler crab oil. These are |
| inshore fish, inhabiting bays, river and creeks. | | | | all excellent techniques. |
| They particularly like creeks with oyster beds. | | | | In the Virginia, in areas like Pocomoke and Tangier |
| They migrate out of the estuaries when they | | | | Sounds, anglers usually look for a somewhat |
| reach about four years of age and about thirty | | | | sharp drop and anchor so that the boat lies on |
| inches in length. They then join the spawning | | | | the slope of the channel. This depth is only a |
| population offshore. | | | | starting point and can vary greatly. |
| Size: Redfish are big bruisers that can tear your | | | | Many anglers prefer to fish a window of |
| light tackle up in short order. Catches of twenty | | | | opportunity that includes the last 2 hours of the |
| pounds and up are not only common, they are | | | | incoming current and the first 2 hours of the |
| the rule in many areas. Almost all of these fish | | | | outgoing. If this coincides with dusk, the fishing is |
| are larger than the particular state's regulations | | | | more likely to be good. |
| and they must be released. But fight they do, and | | | | Other techniques for catching Virginia and |
| fun they are! Redfish fishing is such a fun. | | | | Chesapeake Bay redfish include trolling large |
| Tackle: Light to medium spinning or casting tackle | | | | spoons in the lower bay areas. |
| with fifteen to twenty pound test line is sufficient | | | | Surf fishing is a popular way to catch Virginia |
| for most redfish applications. Reds will readily hit | | | | redfish. Along the Atlantic beaches and around |
| artificials such as plastic grubs and topwaters, but | | | | Virginia barrier islands, anglers use a fish finder or |
| are more frequently caught using live or dead bait. | | | | other rig and fish with baits such as whole spot, |
| Terminal tackle consists of a standard bottom | | | | spot fillets or heads, mullet, bluefish fillets, crabs, |
| fishing rig with sinker, swivel, leader and 5/0 hook | | | | shrimp or other baits. There are numerous |
| Bait: Live bait, such as small blue crabs or half a | | | | methods in redfish fishing. |