My friend who fished with me this past weekend caught redfish and red snapper. I asked him which he preferred to catch. I’d like to know which YOU would prefer to catch…trout, redfish, or red snapper? Oh, yeah…before you say it, the bull red was quickly released to fight another day.
There are a lot of snapper caught on the oil rigs, but I have found some bottom structure in about 65’ of water about 3 miles offshore and I catch snapper there. I don’t want to venture too far out in my bay boat. I pick my days. I’ve caught snapper on butterfly jigs and all sorts of cut bait. I have an abundance of trout bellies, and they make great snapper bait.
Me personally, Spot Tail. They can be tricky to catch but also can be easy. They have amazing pulling power and some have some beautiful colors to them as well. I don’t eat any fish… so the drag peeling rod bending hand-shaking heart-pumping action is what I love the most!
I did disaster relief in Slidell for almost a year after Katrina, won a good bet that a redfish and a spot tail were the same fish. My Granddad and neighbor taught me spot tail, so they’ll always be spot tails to me!
Slidell/New Orleans is the only place I’ve ever eaten fried shrimp with the heads on… was too crunchy for me haha, I’ll stick to tails. The crawdads were tasty though!
Love me a big red drum on light tackle. Seeing them tail always gets my heart racing, followed by the reluctant patience needed to calmly get in casting range. And then the eat!