![]() When using circle hooks, it is critical not to set the hook. With the drag was tightened, the circle hook was allowed to work into its mouth of the redfish. 20 seconds pass, 20 seconds, then a slow pull, “She’s on.” The lines were then dropped/ cast right onto the edge of the channel.įive minutes passed, out of the corner of my eye I see a rod tip bounce, as I go to pick it up the captain says not to touch the rod, “let him crush it.” Reds have a large tooth in the back of their throat they use to crunch blue crab shells. ![]() The circle hook was placed into the leg joint of the crab. This allowed for a scent trail to the bait. The mullet was cut into half fish sections. When rigging the crabs, pull off the claws and legs, then broke off the points for scent. The Redfish are very sensitive fish to smell and will follow the scent trail hundreds of yards to a bait. “Why are you throwing our bait out?” I asked. Bull Reds Fishing Strategy:īefore we could get the rods out the captain started breaking blue crabs and throwing them in the water. It is excellent for the family due to being such easy fishing. Any angler can go out and catch up to 10 large redfish a day. It is not uncommon to see large schools of fish pushing bait in the inlet or sound at this time. The Reds travel in from offshore and meet up to spawn. This is a trophy anglers dream to be able to catch such an old fish. You could see the fish cruising along on the depth finder.Įvery fall around the same time the Bull Reds come into spawn. The anchor was set in 20 feet of water allowing the boat to sit right on the side of the channel so our baits would be down near the structure and edge of the channel. Then the captain found them the fish finder was lit up with arches hovering around a small bit of structure on the edge of the channel. We were after the BULL REDS.Īs we approached the inlet the tide was just slacking off, we zig-zagged the boat across the edge of the channel from 20- 50 feet. That was very obvious by setup we had our gear rigged. The captain informed us that we were not after small fish today. ![]() We had 4 BLACKFIN RODS with Penn speed jigging reels rigged with 60 lb VICIOUS BRAID with a 50 lb mono leader.
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