Redfish trifecta

[Big Mike]

We don’t know why, and none of us are complaining, but we are having a banner year catching slot size redfish. Today I got 3 in a different spot than usual and our group had 6 when I left. I had a 24, and 2 22.5” fish. The power in these fish is amazing. One of the 22.5” fish spun my Pro Angler in a circle twice and drug me about 25 yards down the shoreline. Today they wanted a slowly retrieved or trolled green trout trick. Some high quality trout were in the mix as well.
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[dsaavedra]

Way to go Mike. I've only ever caught 2 slot sized reds and I remember them both putting up a great fight. I can't even imagine the fight from one of those big bulls you see people catch once in a while.

[Jigsup]

Nice. I’ve been catching plenty of puppy drum on light tackle from shore. They definitely put up a powerful fight. I agree with Dave, the bigger bulls would probably put an angler to sleep after catching one! Beautiful fish!

[J.A. Veil]

Glad to hear that your shallow water fishing has picked up recently. I hope to spend a day or two in the area in late Aug.

[Slobber Bob]

Nice Mike! It should be a good rest of the summer and fall for you guys if the pups are showing up. I'm hoping some show up in my local waters so I don't have to travel to catch them.

[Big Mike]

Nice Mike! It should be a good rest of the summer and fall for you guys if the pups are showing up. I'm hoping some show up in my local waters so I don't have to travel to catch them.

Last 2 weeks have really seen an influx. We caught 6 total today between 3 of us, all slot sized.

[Fishtank]

Once again that's great to hear Mike. Makes me wonder if reds were targeted more up that way with chunk or live bait would catch ratios increase. As I've noted in earlier posts I get few if any strikes on lures this time of year from reds. Case in point, I was out again last Monday in the marsh here in Charleston. I had a few specks and weakfish on lures. Not a bite on them from reds. Switched over to bait and caught 20+ reds up to 30" and a black drum in a couple hours. I've had dozens of trips down here with the same results.