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Hit the water before daylight, ran to the Red hole, fished close-by till it was safe light to get close, first fish, 28 1/2 inch Red, next fish, 30 inch Red, took about 20 minutes of working it to get the next strike, felt like another over-the-limit Red this one fought long and hard compared to the others, but came out as an exact 27 inch keeper started to run over to the Trout hole but decided to point it to the South instead wound up running about 28 miles out and back with close to 15 miles of trolling in-between didn't get any Grouper but found several pieces of structure for the Winter months

Good deal, Wevans. Some of the slot sized reds we caught Fri. fought lots harder than the 34"er I caught Fri.

Nice work Wevans

Thanks for the report Wevans. Fishin' holes full of over the slot reds . . . a good problem to have.

Regardless of the slot - those sound like some fun fightin' reds

wtg

Catching them over slots is still better than the under slots....but they both make thin soup!
good job evans!

One interesting note, the smaller fish where on the opposite side of the bar and would follow the top dog, but not strike at it while the biguns would follow for a short distance and then attack "but only if it did not stop" I tried the work it, then hesitate and they would just turn and not come back if it ever stopped even once

What a great day wevans! And thank you so much for the subtle stuff, too.

That start and stop retrieve works occasionally with reds and always with trout, but I don't think many baitfish naturally pause when a big red is bearing down on them. I'm a firm believer in keeping that bait moving when redfishing.

birddog wrote:That start and stop retrieve works occasionally with reds and always with trout, but I don't think many baitfish naturally pause when a big red is bearing down on them. I'm a firm believer in keeping that bait moving when redfishing.

Sometimes it's hard though when you're running out of distance between the fish, and the boat. It's frustrating when you see the fish under the plug, but hasn't struck, so you go to super slow retrieve, or even stop it! But I do agree, I've never had a red hit a stopped plug.

Rocket, I know that frustrating feeling well. But ain't it fun.

There is somethin about fooling a fish into striking an artificial that just gives me a natural high I think I've fished for a saltwater fish only once "except Grouper" with live bait in my lifetime

I couldn't agree with you more, Wevans.