What is the best bait to catch redfish with?
mullet
During the spring, the best baitfish to use are mullet, pilchards, greenies or pogies. Although redfish also eat shellfish and crabs, they’ll eat the prey that’s easiest. If you’re not able to get some live bait, you also can use dead bait too. Use a 7/0 hook and put some mullet fillet on it.
What month is best for redfish?
The best season for redfish is late summer & mid-fall in grassy flats. August & September are particularly good in Tampa Bay area grass flats. During the summer, the larger redfish, called bull reds, come up from the deeper waters to the shoreline and can be found along jetties and bridges around this time.
What do redfish bite on?
The baitfish that redfish love to hunt are pogies, mullet, pilchards and greenies. They also feast on crab and other shellfish, but the baitfish are easier to catch. If you’re fishing for redfish in the spring, look for large baitfish schools, like pogies, on the warm tidal currents.
What size hook is best for redfish?
1/0 circle
What size hooks are best for catching redfish? The best all around hook size for catching keeper size redfish is a 1/0 circle or j hook. A 1/0 hook size is stout enough to bring in a slot sized redfish without straightening out but is small enough to catch the smaller redfish too.
Where do redfish go at night?
Many times, the reds will be feeding in the deeper water below the light and below the top-feeding speckled trout. A nighttime angler fishing on the bottom under dock lights should not be at all surprised if a delicious flounder takes a turn at a jig or a live bait.
Can you catch redfish from shore?
To catch bull redfish from shore, you should concentrate your efforts when they’re actually near the beaches, bays, rivers, inlets and jetties. Prime times vary by region, but generally speaking fall is the best time for old drum. Fall is when mature drum make their move from offshore to nearshore waters for the spawn.
Do redfish hit topwater baits?
A motivated redfish can deliver one of the most exhilarating topwater attacks you’ll ever see. A big part of that is simply the angle of attack. By comparison, speckled trout, snook and any fish with a forward-facing mouth can attack from directly below a topwater bait and blow a hole in the water.
Are redfish bottom feeders?
A redfish’s diet consists mostly of smaller fish, shrimp, clams, worms, and crabs. They’re primarily bottom feeders, but can be aggressive and feed much higher in the water column if the opportunity arises.
What’s the biggest redfish ever caught?
94 Pounds, 2 Ounces
All-Tackle World Record — 94 Pounds, 2 Ounces David Deuel’s massive 42.69 kg (94 lb 2 oz) red drum was caught from shore, just as every other All-Tackle submittal for redfish. Deuel was rigged up the same way as many other surf-casters were on the morning of Nov. 7, 1984 as he hit the beaches of Avon, North Carolina.