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I wasn't sure where to post this as Red Drum are saltwaterfish but I did not catch these in the salt. I caught these fish at a PowerPlant lake in Fairfield Texas. I have been a little behind on posting my fishing trips but my last two have been very successful. A few of you know that I like to fish fairfield in the winter and the pics will tell you why! The TXPW guy at Fairfield said the redfishing has been slow and it is best in the spring. Well, I have found that winter is the most productive!! I have fished the lake since I was a boy and the winter has always been kind, with November-may being most productive.
I started my day at about 5:30 a.m getting bait(which I only used a few) and then headed to my first hole to give it a shot. My first cast made was with a RatLtrap and I hooked up imediatly but this fish didnt feel like a red. Turns out, I brought in a 7lb blue cat. I took a few more cast to see what would happen and hook up again. This time a 5ft gar!!!!!!! I shake him off at the boat and am happy he is gone. I decide to finally lay the rod down and put a tilapia on(BIG TILAPIA, bigger than my hand) my 8ft loomis and chunk him way out. Soon enough, boom!!! I reel and fish is gone, turns out a big blue had just grabbed him right behind the hook and let go. I did let him run with it for a while too, I opened the free spool and let him run. Oh well, missed fish. To make a long story short, this happened over and over for about an hour and finally, I decided that there was nothing in this hole but a ton of blue cats. I figured the reds would be in with the cold front and they were not. I did catch a few small reds here(at first stop) and did catch a few more cats but that wasnt what I was after. I think the blues were so thick that they chased the reds out!!!!
WEll, hit up my next hole with a drift and this is where the fun began. I am trying to keep this story short. We drifted the red hole, which is on the west side of the lake and litterally caught around 40 reds with the largest being 22lbs. I lost another one(20+lb fish) after I got him to the boat and he decided to take another run. I put a little too much pressure on him while he was running, he came to the top still burning line and did a few head shakes and the lure came out. I was SOOOOO sad. It happens. Too make a long story short, all reds were caught on RatTraps in the 1oz-mag trap size and all were let go but 6. Was a heck of a trip and cant wait to get back out and slaughter the reds again.
Sorry if the report is tough to read but the wife is hurrying me and I have a bunch to do.
Also, for those of you that dont think reds have teeth, I took some pics to show just how sharp their teeth are!!!
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I started my day at about 5:30 a.m getting bait(which I only used a few) and then headed to my first hole to give it a shot. My first cast made was with a RatLtrap and I hooked up imediatly but this fish didnt feel like a red. Turns out, I brought in a 7lb blue cat. I took a few more cast to see what would happen and hook up again. This time a 5ft gar!!!!!!! I shake him off at the boat and am happy he is gone. I decide to finally lay the rod down and put a tilapia on(BIG TILAPIA, bigger than my hand) my 8ft loomis and chunk him way out. Soon enough, boom!!! I reel and fish is gone, turns out a big blue had just grabbed him right behind the hook and let go. I did let him run with it for a while too, I opened the free spool and let him run. Oh well, missed fish. To make a long story short, this happened over and over for about an hour and finally, I decided that there was nothing in this hole but a ton of blue cats. I figured the reds would be in with the cold front and they were not. I did catch a few small reds here(at first stop) and did catch a few more cats but that wasnt what I was after. I think the blues were so thick that they chased the reds out!!!!
WEll, hit up my next hole with a drift and this is where the fun began. I am trying to keep this story short. We drifted the red hole, which is on the west side of the lake and litterally caught around 40 reds with the largest being 22lbs. I lost another one(20+lb fish) after I got him to the boat and he decided to take another run. I put a little too much pressure on him while he was running, he came to the top still burning line and did a few head shakes and the lure came out. I was SOOOOO sad. It happens. Too make a long story short, all reds were caught on RatTraps in the 1oz-mag trap size and all were let go but 6. Was a heck of a trip and cant wait to get back out and slaughter the reds again.
Sorry if the report is tough to read but the wife is hurrying me and I have a bunch to do.
Also, for those of you that dont think reds have teeth, I took some pics to show just how sharp their teeth are!!!

img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/PiePuncher/messoffish.jpg[/IMG]