While fishing in Louisiana can be productive year-round, the big bull season is during the late fall and winter months of November through February. Redfish are native to the southern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, but the Delta region is the epicenter of their habitat, and widely considered the best fishing for numbers of big bulls in the country. When in distress or during spring spawning season, red drum make a deep croaking or thrumming sound. Some scientists believe the tail spots are a defense against predators which encourages an attack on the tail instead of the head and vital organs. Also called red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus get their names from the dark red on their back that fades into a white/silver belly. Redfish are typically found in inlets, channels, canals, and shallow estuaries. Bush by executive order made redfish a federally protected gamefish, and populations have since then been continuously increasing. We will catch Bluefish, Sharks, Bonita, Allies, and Jacks mainly through our warmer months here in North Carolina.Redfish stocks were at one time seriously depleted due to their unprecedented appearance on restaurant menus across the country, but on October 20, 2007, President George W. But trout are an awesome game fish on a fly rod! Some years our speckled trout fishing is better than other years. That’s a state-recognized fish here in North Carolina. The biggest trout we caught on a fly rod this year 2021 was 5 pounds at 27 inches. This type of fishing can lead to great numbers of catching. In the fall and winter, we can see speckled trout staged up on holes and we slide closer minnows through the holes and catch speckled trout. They can be a little spooky in the shallows but will eat if we get the correct shot. We will also get shots at speckled trout in the flats. But we are in the act of hunting and capitalizing on our shots in a shallow water hunt! Sometimes we blow a shot, or a fly line gets stuck on your shoelace, I hit an oyster rock with my push pole. Teamwork makes the dream work! Sometimes it doesn’t always happen like that. You’re on the bow and I’m eagle eyeing from the platform. We tire him out and get him boat side, snap a few pics, get the release, slap a high five, talk about it then go right back to our hunting positions. You lay the perfect cast, slide your fly in front of him and he blows up on it! Ripping line out of your hand until he hits your reel! Then it’s on. The majority of the fishing is sight casting! Whether we are looking for tails popping up or a crawling redfish in a flat with his eyes completely showing! It will make your knees shake then I will slide you into the perfect position to take the shot. Schooling season starts around December through March. We will have flood tide fishing opportunities from April through November. When fly fishing in southeastern North Carolina we have many different looks at different types of fish.īut our main fish to target is redfish in the flats. BUT! Blow too many shots and the trash talk will begin from the poling platform! All in good fun! Come on out and learn something while catching fish! Not only here in North Carolina but wherever you may live too. Then to talk about conservation and the steps needed to lead to take to have a flourishing estuary.
#FLY FISHING FOR REDFISH HOW TO#
To help and give tips on how to double haul with tighter loops or to help you optimize your cast and accuracy on light tackle rods. I'm not just here to take you fishing but to educate you on my backyard. Giving you the best possible shots to land a fish we can high-five about afterward. Also, when it comes to wintertime water clarity here in Southeastern North Carolina it turns to gin clear. Many years we will find groups of 50 fish to 100+ fish in a foot of water. They will begin to school up when the water begins to cool off. Then wintertime becomes a whole different look at redfish. That is more of a summertime behavior (April to November). Whether that be tailing redfish in a flood tide or crawling redfish in inches of water completely exposing themselves and even seeing their eyeballs out of the water looking for their next meal. Here in Southeastern North Carolina, we get to see redfish in many different looks. Any saltwater fly fisherman/angler has redfish on their “species to catch” list.
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