Now that is a redfish - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bajadog · 01-25-2009, 07:31 AM

Redfish = red drum?

Good eats?

Drew · 01-25-2009, 09:23 AM

Red drum is the same thing, yes. And they are terrific eaters. FL has slot limits on lots of their most popular game fish and it works tremendously. It would be fantastic if they'd implement that here instead of closures.

red34 · 01-25-2009, 09:52 AM

I'm in Texas and most of the states along the gulf share the same basic laws. We have slot and bag limits rather than closures. The only closure I can think of is a Red Snapper season and tags for Tarpon...but you really don't keep Tarpon anyway except for trophys and world/state records.

Plus we don't have to wear our fishing licenses!

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Originally Posted by bajadog

Redfish = red drum?

Good eats?

They're good below a certain length. I generally prefer to keep fish that are at the lower end of the slot (20-28"). You get a tag to keep 1 red over 28" with your license, but once they get too big they're really fatty and have alot of grissel or something... Not sure what it is exactly, but it definately takes away from the taste.

A 26" Redfish grilled on the half-shell is extremely hard to beat!

01-25-2009, 07:31 AM	#1
bajadog I eats what I kills Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 393	Redfish = red drum? Good eats? __________________ Please release bill-fish.

01-25-2009, 09:23 AM	#2
Drew Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 45	Red drum is the same thing, yes. And they are terrific eaters. FL has slot limits on lots of their most popular game fish and it works tremendously. It would be fantastic if they'd implement that here instead of closures.