I thought I was seeing things. While watching the bowfin, gar, crappie, catfish, and bass in the Concord, NC aquarium at Bass Pro a redfish swims by.
I though I must be mistaken, but it looks just like a redfish without spots.
When I got home I did a quick search and it was a redfish.
Yes they can live in fresh water; We catch them way up the ashley and cooper, and I have a friend with a fresh water pond in Edisto who raises striper and has some big ol reds in there too. Completely fresh water.
Every now and then, you catch a flounder on a worm while fishing for large mouths way up the east branch of the cooper. Flounder are very tolerant of fresh water also. Pretty cool.
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I’ve read that the game and fish people in Texas stock reds in land locked lakes that are over a hundred miles from saltwater. The article that I read said that they can live in freshwater but it makes the fish sterile and they have to restock the lakes every so often.