***Official Redfish Report Thread***

I guess the big trout were around Saturday.  Can't wait for the water to start chillin.  Caught 3 Sunday in the 16-18" range on mud minnows.  Hooked a ray that we were sure was a big trout!!!!

Went 1 for 3 on big drum Sunday night on the Pamlico.  Wife got her citation fish, 48".  Lost two others.

DRGrimsley,

Hi Szextreme,

DRGRIMSLEY,

 MAN THATS A BIG DRUM 60+ I WOULDVE LOVED TO HAVE ATLEAST GLIMPSED THE ONE THE WIFE HAD IN OUR FAVORITE COVE ON THE CREEK AWHILE BACK,IT WAS ALL I  COULD DO TO GET HER TICA ROD OUT OF THE ROD HOLDER FOR HER AND BY THE TIME I GOT SOME WHAT A HEAD ON MY SHOULDERS AND REACHED FOR AN ANCHOR LINE THE FISH CUT HER OFF

 SHE WAS LIKE A CHILD THAT JUST HAD HER CANDY STOLEN,OH WELL I GUESS THATS WHY WE KEEP GOING BACK WE KNOW THERE IN THERE WE JUST GOTTA BE PATIENT  

 TELL YOUR WIFE WE SAID CONGRATS

Had a good evening Sunday fishing out of Oriental went 8 of 15 on old drum. Did not weigh any but estimate 30 to 50 lb range. Done by 8:00PM.

You should smell my breath since I like to eat mullets whole!  Oh the "dog days" of summer. 

ME AND MY SON HIT THE CREEK LAST NITE AROUND 7:30 PM AND BY 11 PM WE HAD 7 LANDED THE BIGGEST BEING 25 INCHES ALONG WITH A 17 INCH FLOUNDER TO WHICH BOTH CAME HOME FOR DINNER TODAY

 ALL WERE CAUGHT IN THE RAIN ON LIVE MULLET AT HIGH TIDE

 

 

 

 THIS PIC IS BLURRY DONT KNOW WHY BUT OH WELL SORRY,FORGOT THE CAMERA IN THE TRUCK AS WELL THATS WHY NO OTHER PICS SORRY ME BAD

 

 

 

  FOR ALL THOSE GOING OUT TONITE OR TOMORROW TIGHT LINES AND SCREAMIN DRAGS TO YOU ALL MOST OF ALL BE SAFE OUT THERE

Tim, do you think these fish have something against me? Really, I haven't given them a good chance yet.  I have only fished with artificils and from  kayak, but I'm learning the creek and more on how to fish for reds all the time. I want one that will pulll me around. The 19inch one could do it a little, but not like a larger one could.

 

DENNISE,

 NO THEY DONT HAVE ANY THING AGAINST YOU  BUT THEY WOULD RATHER REAL FOOD THAN ARTIFICIALS  BE PATIENT IT WILL HAPPEN.

CHUCK,

 NO IT DIDNT HAVE A HOOK MARK UNLESS IT HEALED OVER THAT FAST  SO THAT ONE FROM THAT WEEKEND IS STILL OUT THERE

 THANKS CHUCK FOR THE KIND WORDS,IM JUST AN AVERAGE FISHERMAN WHO LIKES TO SHARE WHAT I GET TO DO

 GREAT CATCH REDFISH MAN I KNOW WHAT YA MEAN ABOUT POSTING PICS I LIKE THE OLD WAY BETTER AND AS FOR THE MULLET,ILL TAKE EM OVER ANY OTHER BAIT ANY DAY

Today was good for reds.  My buddy and I got out early (after the rain) and worked a creekbank until we found a school.  Smallish fish, but they bit good through high tide.  Another buddy showed up with his son and hooked up on a few.





This bite turned off as the water dropped, so we chased mullet for a while, then hit a low tide spot.  Found a school of larger fish along an oyster bar.















I have about 10 more pics of similar sized fish, but you get the idea.  My arms and shoulders are going to be sore tomorrow. 

Only one deep hooked fish; we let him keep the hook, and he swam off in good shape, so I think he'll be OK.  A good day on the water.

With the wife out of town for the weekend, an approaching full moon, and calm winds, it was setting up to be a prime time drum fishing. All of my fishing buddies had “things to do”, so I hit the water alone at 5:45am Saturday morning. Found some finger mullets and gathered up a few dozen in the cast net while I got chewed by noseums. At my 1st spot, I landed 3 drum 16-22”. I moved on to spot #2 and landed 5 more pups, again 16-22”. With the tide beginning to fall out, I tried finding some more fish in some deeper holes. I found a school of little pups (about 10”) and caught about a dozen…they still pull like crazy for only 10”! I left the little school to explore a bit more and found a great spot. Landed quite a few more decent drum there, with the best being a nice 26” who spooled my Stradic 1000…what a fight and boy were my arms tired after that!
After that fish made it into the cooler, I caught a few more and then decided to search for some more bait for the incoming tide in the evening. I made my way back to my starting location and setup for the incoming tide. 1st line in…25” drum, the next fish screamed my reel and it took about 10 minutes to land this one…27+” and had to be pushing 7 lbs. The action continued with a great mix of silvery and bronze drum all over 25”. I lost count after 20 fish…what a day of fishing. If there was any bad part of the day, it was that the memory stick for my digital camera was broken and I was only able to get a few pictures.