Fishing for Redfish

In this article I want to share with you the best redfish fishing techniques and tips, but I want to also explain what the redfish actually is for the beginners.

First of all, let’s introduce ourselves to the topic of redfish fishing. What is refish and where you can find them? You can red drum, also known as redfish, along the coast of the southern USA. It is therefore a saltwater fish. You can recognize redfish by noticing the black spot on their tails. Redfish inhabit shallow bays and esturaries, targeting crustaceans and baitfish. They are very precious as a recreational fish. People who are after these fish are called redfish anglers. They often take part in national competitions that are similar to freshwater bass fishing tournaments. There are redfish tournaments all over the gulf coast. I saw my first one on TV one Sunday morning and that was a first time I heard about redfish fishing..

For me redfish fishing is a whole world. Despite the fact that I don’t live in the southern USA, I go there every year just to do redfish fishing. I always take my whole family with me and we have a lot of fun. It has almost become sort of family reunion. We all love it, because it’s both healthy, you are on a fresh air all day, and fun and it brings family together.

Ok, let’s move on to the refish fishing techniques. Red drum or redfish can be caught in many ways. Perhaps the best known for fishing redfish is to anchor along a channel edge or shoal and bottom fish with cut peeler crab bait or other baits including, squid, cut spot, live spot and even chicken breast soaked in peeler crab oil. All of these techniques are brilliant.

In the Virginia, in areas like Pocomoke and Tangier Sounds, anglers usually look for a somewhat sharp drop and anchor so that the boat lies on the slope of the channel. This depth is only a starting point and can vary greatly.

Many anglers prefer to fish a window of opportunity that includes the last 2 hours of the incoming current and the first 2 hours of the outgoing. If there is a dusk, the fishing is more likely to be good.

Other techniques for catching Virginia and Chesapeake Bay redfish include trolling large spoons in the lower bay areas.

Surf fishing is a popular way to catch Virginia redfish. Along the Atlantic beaches and around Virginia barrier islands, anglers use a fish finder or other rig and fish with baits such as whole spot, spot fillets or heads, mullet, bluefish fillets, crabs, shrimp or other baits. There are numerous methods in redfish fishing.

I hope you liked this introductory article to the world of redfish fishing and you will join our ever growing community. Trust me it is really a lot of fun. You should really have a look at these wonderful redfish fishing techniques. These are the top techniques used by the pros now available to you. I’ve seen them and they are really cool. This has really changed my life.