Duck, NC - Day #4 - Redfish

[DanMarino]

My son and wife hit the sound today and he caught this juvenile redfish on a gulp shrimp and jig.



He said it did not fight as hard as the black drum.

He also had a larger redfish on that came off. He thought the jig was snagged and it was a big redfish. It came off and then jumped out of the water.

[Pinch]

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Nice fish! Are you guys using a popping cork?

[DanMarino]

No Popping Cork

So far we have just been using the Gulp shrimp and a 1/4 ounce jig head. We caught a couple more this morning. I have some popping corks, but have not tied them on yet. The water is only 2 or 3 feet deep where we are catching these fish and there is submerged grass. So what does the popping cork do for the presentation?

[DanMarino]

I finally got on the board with a redfish.

[ronaultmtd]

Nice menhaden bait

[Magothyman]

I'm south of you in Avon, NC this week. Been fishing in the sound three times. First day I hit the trifecta--croaker, sea trout and a 24" flounder. The next day a puppy drum pulled my kayak around for a while before I landed it. I haven't had a banner day fishing yet
, but it beats reading a book. Al

[ronaultmtd]

Back in the mid-80's I hooked up a big Tarpon off the end of the Avon Fishing pier in late August on an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur10000-C reel on a 10 foot custom Hatteras heaver- took 325 yards of 25# pink Ande before it spooled me- it ate a live small tinker bluefish on a float rig-took about 2 minutes hookup, five big spectacular leaps and the bottom of the spool- pow! Empty reel, fish still jumping and jumping... fading into the distance...

[ictalurus]

Nice work on the reds. I haven't seen the Gulp shrimp in that color scheme. It looks good. I like using the shrimp when fish keep biting the tails of the grubs.

[DanMarino]

That's a cool story Ron.

Bill, the gulp shrimp are like the new penny color, but with a chart tail. They seemed to work fine. I wonder if they would work on upper Potomac smallies?

[Pinch]

the popping cork will keep the lure in the strike zone and the pop and splash attracts game species like specks

[DanMarino]

Gotcha on the popping cork. We're leaving so we will have to give it a try next year.

[surfdog]

nice job, it takes a hell of an angler to get blues to eat with there butts