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ladyfish · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:30 am Post subject: Reds

Has anyone done survey on RedFish size. are the reds caught in the bays
heavyer then on the surf, examble a 25'' red in the bay 10 lbs a 25'' red in the surf 12lbs just wondering. Fished BHP sunday one bull red 37'' 20.2 lbs. There were alot of bonnet pups sharks and hardheads. Water was dirty

MJW · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:31 am Post subject:

thats a great question, cant wait to see the responses
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justin.light · Finger Mullet Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 17

Most of the redfish I catch in the Laguna Madre that are around 25 inches usualy weigh between 6-8 lbs, I usualy don't fish the bay or gulf so can't help you there.
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topdog15 · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

While larger reds tend to be more offshore/surf oriented there are big ones in the bays. As for a 25" fish weighing more or less b/c of where it lives.........not sure there's any correlation. I would think it would have more to do w/ food availability and competition for that food rather than which water body they're found in. I've caught 28" bay fish that weighed 10-12 lbs and 28" surf fish that weren't even close. In my opinion, there's probably no correlation btwn size and water body
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IslandMike · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

I'd have to agree with TD on this one. I caught waht I consider to be a HUGE red from the packery jetties and it only weighed 18.5 lbs. I've seen a 35 incher in the bay that only weighed 12. I had previously thought that once they got real big, you'd be looking at a pound per inch, but I was WRONG.
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Me too on the TDog statement. I have seen skinny reds in both the bays and surf and fat in both environments. The reds I like to catch are those with the big fat head and shoulders that look almost like Big Black Drum.

ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

That red my buddy caught and tagged was only 33 inches but it went a whopping 16lbs. It was really fat and had really nice thick fillets. I would have figured 14 lbs. The rest were 7-12lbs average. Very Happy

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gcoppin · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

It is all dependant on the environment of the fish and availability of bait as well as type of bait that is present. The big difference you will notice is the difference between freshwater and saltwater reds. Freshwater reds on average tend to be much fatter and I think it is because of the bait selection as well as the feeding activities of redfish in the river or close to freshwater flows. shad and minnows and crawdads and perch seem to be much higher in fat . and are easier to catch. I have been catching black bass in the river close to the bay when all of a sudden I hook a 10 pound 28 inch redfish. I hope this helps.

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