Redfish Love The Z-Man Kicker Crab

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on the forum. Work has had me pretty tied up seven days a week for the past several months. But I finally got a chance to go out a little over a week ago.

The fish were super hungry and cooperative on this particular trip! I caught a ton of redfish on the outgoing tide in a couple different creeks on bends and oyster mounds. The lure of choice was the Z-Man kicker crabz (redbone color), matched with a 1/8 oz Eye Strike Texas Eye jig head. When the bite slowed for a little bit, I switched to a smaller profile and use the Salty Ned Shrimpz with a finesse eye jig head. The fish were all over it as soon as it hit the water.

I basically let the bait fall to the bottom, and had it rigged weedless, so that it would not catch on any oysters. A steady, slow retrieve was the key. The redfish simply could not resist either bait.

Here is a link to the video if you’d like to see how the day went. I can’t wait to get back out there again soon! Tight lines

Kevin

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I really enjoyed that video, loads of good tips and tricks in that one.

Good stuff.

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Gotta’ love it when you catch 'em stacked up like that!

Thanks for another fine report, and the outstanding video.

My guess on your mystery fish would be a Pinfish?

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Thanks man. It was just one of those days where everything came together.

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Thanks Mixed. I think it was either a juvenile ARS or Lane snapper but wasn’t able to verify it for sure. Great seeing them in the creeks though!

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I think its a juvenile lane snapper.

Maybe @barbawang will clear it up for us.

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Yeah, after a little more pondering, the mouth makes me lean towards a, juvie, Lane Snapper, as well.

I was mostly going by the yellow fins, originally.

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Great work! This is a tough month to fish salt. You really killled them!

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Yes, it does look more like a lane than a red, much more defined black spot and more body and fin coloration too

I’m gonna pass it along to the reef fish experts tomorrow and see what they have to say

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Kudos to the CF community for reaching the same conclusion as the experts, and for the same reasons!

“Lane Snapper, yellow fins give it away.

Four indicators for Red snapper:

  • The spot would be a bit farther back on a Red.
  • Red would have mostly vertical bars.
  • Anal fin is also pointed on Reds
    -Less yellow more pink/red”
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Nice catchin! Just so people don’t get confused. He’s fishing the Texas Eye Finesse, not to be confused with our Finesse EyeZ which is a completely different product.

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Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too.

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This cold front we have going on right now is really going to slow things down for a week.

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Awesome! This is all great info, much appreciated. I love that these juvies are inshore for us to see every once in a while.

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Yes, that is correct. Thanks, Dave! I will be sure to be more specific next time and even show the setup.

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Nice video and good information. Looks like a very good day for fishing. Appears the reds were on fire

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