FINALLY! I hooked and landed my first red drum this afternoon out in the grass flats! I don't know the weight, but he was 22" long which they need to be at least 18" to keep. Now I was pretty optimistic after landing this one, seeing as there were pods of red drum tailing all over the place, so I let this one go, hoping to catch a larger one later. See, as the limit is only one, I didn't want to bag it and call it quits there. And of course the story goes.. it ended up being the only fish of the day. Just less for me to clean I guess.
Put up a great fight though, a very fun fish to catch. I tried all kinds of lures and jigs in the past... which everyone says should work. However, I have been skunked 4 times now under that idea, so after a few hours of no hits on this trip, I put on a little jig and caught a small bait fish and tossed it on the hook and flung 'em out there. It seemed to do the trick.
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