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We have great red fishing here in Pine Island Sound throughout the year. These fish can be caught in a number of exciting ways, from chumming schools on sandbars with live pilchards to sight fishing tailers on our crystal clear flats. Summer could find you dead baiting beneath the mangroves on high water for fish holding in the shade or during the winter we may fish open water, targeting pot holes with jigs and jerk baits. Whatever the technique, you will enjoy catching a hard fighting redfish. You fly guys don't want to miss out on our tail fishing. We have tailers 12 months a year, but fall and winter bring lower tides and cooler water temps, pushing tons of fish onto the shallow, grass flats in search of shrimp and crabs. Pine Island Sound and surrounding waters have miles of mangrove shorelines, small keys, oyster bars and grass flats to pursue redfish. An area in north Pine Island Sound is nationally known as the "Redfish Triangle". If plug fishing is your thing, you definitely want to try your hand at red fishing. Many of the same techniques used bass fishing are used to target reds, which makes it a crowd favorite. Description: chin without barbels; copper bronze body, lighter shade in clear waters; one to many spots at base of tail (rarely no spots); mouth horizontal and openng downward; scales large. Similar Fish: black drum, Pogonias cromis. Where found: juveniles are an INSHORE fish, migrating out of the estuaries at about 30 inches (4 years) and joining the spawning population OFFSHORE. Size: most catches are between 3 and 7 pounds, with fish over 10 pounds not uncommon. Restrictions: 1 fish per person, must be between 18" and 27". No closed season. *Florida Record: 51 lbs., 8 ozs. Remarks: red drum are an INSHORE species until they attain roughly 30 inches (4 years), then they migrate to join the NEARSHORE population; spawning occurs from August to November in NEARSHORE waters; sudden cold snaps may kill red drum in shallow, INSHORE waters; feeds on crustaceans, fish and mollusks; longevity to 20 years or more. Fish Information from MYFWC.com |
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