REDFISH MIGRATION

8-19-2012--It's the time of year again when redfish start gathering up for their move to the Gulf.  With trout scarce, I've been lucky to have been on a school of 26 to 32 inch redfish for the last few days.

Friday and Saturday we had the Copano Energy sponsored Cystic Fibrosis catch and release tournament.  This year there were 79 guided boats with two contestants each competing for best stringers of 2 trout and two reds each.  In this contest large redfish can really make a difference.  Most of the redfish my team weighed in were oversized, putting their score high in the rankings even though one of the anglers only caught one of the three trout he needed.  This is always a fun tournament with everyone dedicated to helping the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Picture is of today's crew with the kind of redfish we've been catching.  All of these reds bit live piggy perch or croaker.  Shrimp would get you small reds and sheepshead but not the big reds.  These fish were all caught wading in thigh deep to waist deep water.  Bite was never fast but when you had a bite it was a good fish.