| If you like sport fishing, you surely
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| | because you could end up doing a lot of
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| will like to fish for redfish. This
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| | casting before you finally lure your
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| feisty species is one of the best
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| | trophy specimen onto the hook, and use
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| fighters in the inshore spectrum and,
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| | the lightest line you feel comfortable
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| cooked correctly, a great addition to the
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| | with. Just remember to set the drag
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| barbeque menu. Even some restaurants have
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| | accurately (the pro's will actually use a
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| adopted the fish as a specialty. For
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| | scale and set it to sixty percent of
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| example, at the famous Redfish Seafood
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| | nominal breaking strain).
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| Grill and Bar on Bourbon Street, New
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| | The right time is easy, fish the feeding
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| Orleans, they headline, "At Redfish, we
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| | grounds on the flats and oyster bars on
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| serve up a parade of award-winning French
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| | the rising tide and till just after the
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| Quarter specialties, including classics
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| | tide turns and fish the hiding places in
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| like Blackened Redfish, Crawfish Etouffee
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| | the troughs and sloughs on the ebb. The
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| and Jambalaya."
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| | most reliable spots are on the edge of
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| Young redfish, or red drum as they are
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| | the mangroves close to deep water. This
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| often called, feed in the shallows on
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| | gives the combination of a great feeding
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| clams, crabs, mussels and shrimp. When
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| | spot with an easy escape route when
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| the fish are about four years old and
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| | threatened.
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| about 30 inches in length, they leave the
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| | As far as bait is concerned, if you are
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| shallows to join the near offshore
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| | fishing for the pan, use live bait.
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| populations. A 30 inch specimen will
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| | Greenbacks, pinfish, or even a succulent
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| weigh around ten pounds. They can live
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| | shrimp will certainly catch more fish
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| for twenty years and have attained
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| | than any lure, but for sport and
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| weights up to sixty pounds (Florida
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| | satisfaction nothing can beat the feeling
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| record fifty one pounds eight ounces).
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| | of hooking that twenty five inch express
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| The fish gets its common name from the
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| | train on a little gold spoon or shiny
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| copper bronze large scales on their
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| | plug. Toss your bait or lure as close to
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| bodies which are darker in cloudy water
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| | the mangroves as you dare, let it sink
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| and lighter in clear waters but the most
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| | for a few seconds, then retrieve slowly.
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| distinguishing feature is a dark spot at
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| | When the strike comes, you will know all
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| the top of the base of the tail. For the
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| | about it, and the fish will do all the
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| fisherman, however, the most recognizable
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| | work of setting the hook. Your job will
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| feature is the tail disturbing the water
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| | be to get the fish away from the
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| in the calm shallows and frequently
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| | mangroves and then to enjoy the fight of
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| breaking the surface. The sight of a
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| | your life. This is when the challenge of
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| dozen or more redfish "tailing" as this
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| | light tackle fishing will tax your skill
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| foraging behavior is called is enough to
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| | and fill your psyche with pride.
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| set the adrenaline coursing through the
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| | Happy fishing, and look out for the
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| veins of the most hardened sportsman.
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| | recipe coming soon! Just remember, if you
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| Catching redfish is like all fishing. You
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| | are not going to eat the fish, release it
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| just have to be in the right place at the
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| | unharmed. Always respect your local
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| right time with the right bait and
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| | fishing regulations.
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| tackle. Use a light medium action rod
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