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View Poll Results: What Is your Target Fish? | |||
Red Fish | 17 | 16.50% | |
Specks | 50 | 48.54% | |
Flounder | 8 | 7.77% | |
Whatever is biting | 28 | 27.18% | |
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Leave the boat you can jump in with me and save some travel time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Only trout....Big Lake is the best big trout fishery on the Gulf Coast.....anyone that hasn't been there needs to go....best fishery I've ever seen
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This thread really made me ask myself what fish I like to catch more, Red's or Specks. The answer I have come up with is both. With Specks, its all about the hunt, they are a challenge to find and even when you've found them catching them can prove equally as difficult. But there also times they seem to jump in the boat. On the other hand, when it comes to redfish there is nothing I love to do more than imposing my will on a big nasty that wants to scrap. If I am specifically targeting redfish I use 50 or 60 lb braid on a Mojo Bass Med/Heavy rod and tighten the drag 3/4 the way. As soon as the hook is set, I don't stop cranking. If you set the tone early in the fight, you are going to win. When I catch them on mono with my trout rod, its not nearly as fun. With Reds I would rather the fight be more MMA than Boxing. Nothing beats beating down a badass. Reds are defiantly more fun to catch, trout are more rewarding. If I catch a flounder, I wasn't trying to but I am still excited I caught a fish. I don't thrown any of them back. I don't eat all that much fish but I love giving fish to my friends, neighbors, and especially to the less fortunate in my community. I don't understand how anyone who enjoys catching a fish, can't enjoy catching a red. It sorta hides me, especially when its implied in a tone that suggest there is something wrong with me because I do enjoy catching redfish. I view both species in the same way I view women. Trout are like pretty girls, they're easy on the eyes, they taste good, but a lot of times are a PITA. Where as Reds are like bigger girls, not as good to look at but you can usually find a few down to party, and they do way more stuff.
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Good analogy
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Figures, I like Redfish, I like big girls. ... they have bigger ti....... hearts
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I like catching reds. I just don't keep a bunch unless they are small. I love to sight fish them on ultra lights and fly rods.
But when you are in the trout and hook a 30incher on a light rod and waste all kinds of time catching him it's annoying. Or they come in a big school and run out all the bait and the trout move. Trout seem to be more organized in their feeding approach. They will ball bait up and push it to the surface. Reds will just run the bait all over the place until they crash them into a bank or not. |
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When you see the gulls moving really quick you can bet that there is reds mixed in.
They will eat on a bait ball like trout but if you get too many reds forget it. Put the tmotor on high and start chasing. |
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Can't really argue with you, I have count on my hands how many times I have fished under birds and hooked up with a red. I have caught some in the pass under birds but I am pretty sure it is the reef balling up the bait and not the fish.
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Oh yeah the end of Caldwell on a falling tide the current slams everything into the reef and keeps everything in that one spot. It's pretty cool. I wore em out right there last year a couple times.
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How did Tette Butte treat you? They never showed up out there like they had the two previous years. Seems like Tiger Shoals held all summer, but the big name reefs never took off. I caught one fish on Diamond the whole summer.
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I went to tete butte once last year it was in October and I crushed them. Only time I went. I can't get off BL.
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Target flounder
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Trout reds flounder
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