I know the limit on Red Fish is 3 a day and the slot is 16” to 26” any you are allowed 1
fish over the slot. My question is do you have to have a fish in the slot before you can keep
a fish over 26”?
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I know the limit on Red Fish is 3 a day and the slot is 16” to 26” any you are allowed 1
fish over the slot. My question is do you have to have a fish in the slot before you can keep
a fish over 26”?
no you can keep one bull before you catch a slot
No. You can catch a 30" red and keep him, but then the rest of your catch has to be in the slot. It happens quite often this way, or maybe the one over is all you'll get.
happy fishing!
Todd
King killer you musts got it in while I was typing!
yea that happens alot lol
I was not sure so I released a 28" Red fish Yesterday that I would of Kept.
Llive and learn, Live and learn,
Die and forget it all
Bah. Those ole big uns are best sent back anyway....imho
I suggest you to catch a 30" rod and keep him with the rest of your catch has to be in slot. :)
Those big reds, especially the one from the bay, have a tendency to look a lot like a can of noodle soup when they are opened up
I've never caught a redfish with worms. Even the bulls. And the smaller "bulls" aren't bad eating.
Bull Black drum are another story. Nastiest tasting fish I ever tried to eat. Has a funky cartilage/connective tissue type stuff between the muscle flakes. Nasty.
I like the bulls about 30” fileted shin on Olive oil and Greek seasoning, put on a grill on low heat
Close the lid and wait for the meat to get done. You can plate them the skin on.
We keep up to about 30inches too. I've never seen worms even in big ones. The black drums are another story. I agree, they are as about as nasty as fish come. It's strange since the puppy drum in my opinion are one of the best eating fish out there. I keep those until they lose their strips.
I gut hooked a 12lb red at the pier last June while floating a LY for kings. I was going to remove the hook and lower it back into the water but it was bleeding really bad and the guy with the net said it would die shortly so I kept it. It yielded some nice meat but took forever to clean and there was a ton of waste.
The only worms I've ever seen in bull red came from the intestinal tract, and I don't think I'm gonna eat any of that, no matter how well it's cleaned.
Lol same here. The reds are good but almost all big black drum and even a few small ones have worms.