I have been catching quite a few reds this year… So far this is my best.
Last year we got 12 in one day all were around 38 inches.
This year we had 3 in one day all around 40 inches.
Whoooeeee that’s some hog you got there!
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whooooweeeeee is right…thats a mac daddy there…nice pic!!
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
Heeeeeeeere! Piggy Piggy! And in the harbor, no less! Great job and welcome to the site!
Since your new so you know, that deserves its rightful place in the “inshore reports” section. With a lable reading HOG catch!
Great going!
Vinman
19.5 Triumph, 115 HP Honda
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Is that a whale?
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Did you land that on the light tackle setup behind you?
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(**() nice hook up, did you catch that where you were in the harbor
17.5 grady cc 115 yam
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Caught on a mullet, light spinning rod 20lb test 50 lb leader 8oz weight 35 ft of water. 20 min revive time. Fish swam off just as strong as when I brought in. Fish was caught in the area of picture. Good luck finding my contact point. I troll to find my spots the anchor and make huge catches. Read spoonplugging material. Spoonplugger.net
Dave
Do you catch the big reds on spoonplugs?
This technique seems really interesting
Yes in the harbor I use solid wire and troll 9 mph in the summer water. The big reds will def take a spoonplug.
I once caught 12 reds in a row on spoonplugs. They were all 18-25 inches. Caught on a falling tide in 9 ft of water. Stacked in the exact same spot. I have hooked some really really big fish in the shipping channel never got any of em up off the bottom.
Jb1and jb2 are bigger spoonplugs a guy John bales is making for saltwater. I had a pig dolphin on last year trolling 28 ft under the surface.
Get the green book and start studying if you apply the techniques you will increase fish catches size and know when where and why.
Dave
The charter captains in Biloxi have been trolling for reds for years. Out in the Gulf, we trolled for them with medium sized drone spoons that had a chartreuse finish on one side. These really worked for the larger fish. Once we found the big ones, we would drift with the school and throw smaller lures and spoons to catch the smaller, better tasting fish. We’ve never tried it in the harbor, so thanks for the post. I have always wondered why more people didn’t use this method in the harbor…maybe more will try it now. It truly works folks. I would not have believed it…but fished with my brother out of Ocean Springs MS 10 years ago and we caught way more than we wanted to keep this way.
PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC