Leo Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 It was plenty cool outside but the Reds were biting. Gotta love winter reds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 nice catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Decent fish... Good eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Decent fish... Good eating? Yes very good eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Congrats on the fish. That is cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Cool! Congrats Leo, that's an interesting looking fish, salt water or fresh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Cool! Congrats Leo, that's an interesting looking fish, salt water or fresh? Redfish are saltwater fish. They get much much bigger but you can only keep them here if they are 15-23inches. And then you can only keep three. This is the biggest one I've caught. It was well over the legal maximum size limit so I released it unharmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 That is a cool looking fish! Congrats on the catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Congrats Leo, I got into them good after a duck hunt out in Georgetown over Christmas. Seeing that fish makes me miss home bad. Can't wait to get back and get on the water for vacation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecumseh Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDog Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Nice fish!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Im so jealous right now. Best tasting fish i have ever had in my life. Hardest fighting fish also. Got into em in a brackish lake down around Lake Charles LA a couple years ago. Was using fresh shrimp but the were dead. I caught 40-50 red fish in a few hours. Every cast. The water was coming out of the marsh into the lake and we were sitting at a wier. They were anywhere from a couple pounds up to 10-12 lbs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Missed this post, Leo! Very nice Red for the first one of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted February 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Im so jealous right now. Best tasting fish i have ever had in my life. Hardest fighting fish also. Got into em in a brackish lake down around Lake Charles LA a couple years ago. Was using fresh shrimp but the were dead. I caught 40-50 red fish in a few hours. Every cast. The water was coming out of the marsh into the lake and we were sitting at a wier. They were anywhere from a couple pounds up to 10-12 lbs! Cool another redfish fan! Before the water warms up these "puppy" redfish school up really tight. Sometimes a hundred or so will be in a small creek hole no more than 15 feet accross. Odds are good, even if it's quite cold, that a few in that school will be hungry and hit a jig that's carefully and slowly crawled through them. Think of working a Texas rig for largemouths, similar presentation. When it's real cold (below 50F). They typically won't chase a lure. They'll just suck it in if the opportunity presents itself correctly. These fish are often very size selective. Sometimes they want a 2", a 3" or a 4" jig. Use the wrong size and you'll get skunked! You need to work the holes with all three sizes until you catch one. Then stick with that size. Color doesn't matter a whole lot when it's cold because the water is much clearer at that time. I like rootbeer, nuclear chicken and natural colors. Any of those colors work well, size is the most crucial element. If you have it all right and find a hole full of hungry ones you can easily catch 50 in an hour. These "puppies" are called that because they are not mature. It takes 5 years for them to reach sexual maturity. It is actually possible for one determined fisherman to completely remove an entire school of these future breeders. That's why the limits are so strict. 15-23inches 3 fish per person here. Missed this post, Leo! Very nice Red for the first one of the year! Thanks Mike! You KNOW I'm looking forward to catching more this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Cool another redfish fan! Before the water warms up these "puppy" redfish school up really tight. Sometimes a hundred or so will be in a small creek hole no more than 15 feet accross. Odds are good, even if it's quite cold, that a few in that school will be hungry and hit a jig that's carefully and slowly crawled through them. Think of working a Texas rig for largemouths, similar presentation. When it's real cold (below 50F). They typically won't chase a lure. They'll just suck it in if the opportunity presents itself correctly. These fish are often very size selective. Sometimes they want a 2", a 3" or a 4" jig. Use the wrong size and you'll get skunked! You need to work the holes with all three sizes until you catch one. Then stick with that size. Color doesn't matter a whole lot when it's cold because the water is much clearer at that time. I like rootbeer, nuclear chicken and natural colors. Any of those colors work well, size is the most crucial element. If you have it all right and find a hole full of hungry ones you can easily catch 50 in an hour. These "puppies" are called that because they are not mature. It takes 5 years for them to reach sexual maturity. It is actually possible for one determined fisherman to completely remove an entire school of these future breeders. That's why the limits are so strict. 15-23inches 3 fish per person here. Thanks Mike! You KNOW I'm looking forward to catching more this year. Yes,I do Leo! Yes, I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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