While targeting Sharks with cut Whitting this Saturday morning on a falling tide at Bulls Bay, my BIL and I both caught our personal best ever Redfish. We were more than a little surprised by the catches since we were expecting to hook up with Sharks, which he has been catching in that spot.
Both fish were released after a couple of quick pictures, and swam off strong.
Did you guys catch them fishing up against that bank or did you have baits in deeper water farther of the bank? Great fish!
Connor Malark
Fishing deep water not to far from the bank…
dadgum those are large inshore reds…
congratulations and thanks for sharing…
Great fish! Just a friendly FYI. Im sure the fish swam off strong but never ever hold a big red like you are in the first picture.
Awesome fish brother!!!
She thinks were just fishin…
Hold 'em anyway you want brother. They swim with the sharks don’t they? I’ve never caught bull reds when sharks weren’t the dominant species in the area. I have a theory that the big spottails swim with the sharks and blue fish to feed on the fresh scraps from these sharp toothed predators. Those fish represent the success of slot limits, and the catch and release efforts of sport fishing vs. meat fishing from years ago. The elimination of legal gill netting has probably done more to help maintain a breeding population of spottails than anything else.
Sol Mate
Mako 20B
225 Optimax
^^^ always swam off happy for me. Me thinks holding them like that is only a problem if you’re holding them diagonally or horizontally, putting their own weight on their jaws, but what do I know? Great fish fellas, thanks for posting! You guys cheated with the waist holders though 
2000 Aquasport Osprey 175 CC
I’ve never seen reds that large inshore. Good catching, men. I don’t care how you hold the fish.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
THAT is a hog. You usually see them that big further out. Good catch!
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Originally posted by bossdog1Hold 'em anyway you want brother. They swim with the sharks don’t they? I’ve never caught bull reds when sharks weren’t the dominant species in the area. I have a theory that the big spottails swim with the sharks and blue fish to feed on the fresh scraps from these sharp toothed predators. Those fish represent the success of slot limits, and the catch and release efforts of sport fishing vs. meat fishing from years ago. The elimination of legal gill netting has probably done more to help maintain a breeding population of spottails than anything else.
Sol Mate
Mako 20B
225 Optimax
Never thought about it that way. Sorta like natural selection, if humans are included in the equation…
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Dang what a fish.
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‘04 Renegade 29’ 2 225’s
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That spot is probably close to the open ocean, where the big boys will reside.
Great inshore fish, cant beat BB! Never fished there in the spring,always in the fall during shrimp season, nice fish!!