If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...

If you've never used spinner-baits for shallow-water redfish, you should, simply because they'll often get reds better than any lure you can cast, including spoons or jigs, plugs, and sometimes even ...

I’ve always viewed red drum—a.k.a. redfish—as the largemouth bass of saltwater. If you compare the two closely, the similarities are staggering. One of the key reasons largemouths are hailed as ...

But the Who Dat spoon's attractiveness to redfish is only part of what makes the lure so effective, Borchgrevink said. Like most South Louisiana anglers, he searches for redfish in ponds that hold ...

HOMOSASSA BAY — The 14-pound bull redfish plowed across the shallow flats after the gold spoon flashing in front of it. Its flat, broad head separated the water like a submarine preparing to ram an ...

He casts it out, lets it fall to the bottom and begins a slow retrieve. "Don't work them at all," he advised. "It's a simple cast and retrieve, and it's as slow as you can go. If you're in current, ...

One of the best-kept saltwater fishing secrets in the Titusville area is a little-known surface plug that was the brainstorm of a South Florida tackle wholesaler. Trader Bay Lures’ Primo Chugger has ...

PUNTA GORDA -- Redfish have come full circle in Florida. The species was almost decimated by commercial overfishing in the early 1980s and rebounded only when state and federal authorities instituted ...

The Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament faced tough times over the past few years. That's no different than most fishing competitions across the country. Like other events, the GJKT board ...