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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A rising east wind was blasting across the salt marsh near Louisiana's Lake Calcasieu. The open water of Big Lake looked like any other coastal bay under a siege of contrary wind — sandy and choppy, a ...

When it comes to bass fishing, there’s little argument spinnerbaits are the most versatile lure in any tackle box, maybe the best ever, although you’d get some pushback from the folks who worship at ...

It was in the late 1990s that then-Sarasota angler Mark Schindel was among the first to discover the allure of safety pin-style spinnerbaits designed for bass on shallow-water redfish. "Believe it or ...

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 ...

Thanks to a healthy population of resident winter redfish, fishermen along the Mid-Atlantic coast can get their fishing fix throughout the winter. Large schools of slot-sized red drum spend the cold ...

Last week’s Louisiana fly and light tackle redfish trip was typical – good fishing, good friends, good food, beautiful settings. There’s just no place like Houma. Joe Bruce has been coming to this ...

The bull redfish run is one of the most anticipated angling events on the Texas Coast. From September through November, anglers head to the Gulf of Mexico for the chance to catch a fish of a lifetime ...