[MathGeek]

My two sons (12 and 13) and I put twelve bull reds in the boat between 9:30 AM and 11:45 AM yesterday. Usual spot, cracked crab. An average of one fish boated every 12 minutes. One was caught on mullet, but the mullet was getting hit more regularly by sharks than by reds. Cracked crab was like candy to the big redfish.

We tried a new technique to land the biggest bull reds more reliably. We started tightening down the drag after the seven count to bring the reds in close to the boat, but rather than fighting them all the way to the net after the first run, we loosened the drag and let them make a second run after getting spooked by the boat, and then tightening down the drag again and bringing them back. The really big boys had the drag lightened again and got to make a third run before attempting to bring them boatside and into the net.