winter reds

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Three se7ens

Quote from: STRIPER LOU on November 18, 2018, 06:17:29 PM
Very nice fish on artificials Adam! Are they good eating??

..........Lou

They are good eating, but I dont usually keep them. We have a slot limit where you can only keep ones between 14 and 23 inches anyways.  I will sometimes keep slot reds and trout, but lately I have plenty in the freezer, so Ive been letting most go unless they were hooked badly.  My favorites to eat are flounder and sheepshead.  And as Daron noted, they are serious fighters(just look at the shoulders), and I really like them for the sport and want to help maintain a healthy population here.  A couple of the guys I fish with regularly tag any redfish over 23", and a few have been caught again and reported. 

I fish pretty much exclusively with artificials now.  I like the challenge, and appreciate the skill that goes with being able to reliably catch fish on artificials.  Youre not just waiting for them to come by, you have be there at the right time, put the lure in the right spot, and then make it work well enough to make the fish want to eat it.  Its made me rethink a lot of what I thought I knew about fishing, and have had many fishless days in the process.  Ive also had to downsize my gear a lot to be able to get good casting distance with light lures.  Much of what I use weighs between 1/4 and 3/8 oz. 

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I'm with you Adam with the artificial bates, sometimes they out fish the live bate..........................Joe
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gstours

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foakes

Thanks for the great reports, Adam!

Best,

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El Pescador

Delicious and tasty for sure!

Paul Prudhomme made a career with his legendary recipe - Blackened RedFish!!!!

             https://www.chefpaul.com/site.php?pageID=300&view=128

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oc1

#35
Because of Prudhomme's blackened redfish craze the demand for redfish went through the roof.  Commercial gillnetters started exploiting the near-shore and offshore congregations of adults.  It almost collapsed the population and was the impetus for the first redfish regulations.  

The new demand also sparked development of redfish farming technology.

Years later, Prudhomme apologized for the mess he had created and encouraged people to blacken other coarse fish species instead of redfish.  All fish (or your flip-flop slipper for that matter) come out tasting the same after applying the heavy seasoning and burning it.
-steve

Shark Hunter

Reds are still abundant in the gulf.
I've never heard of Prudhomme.
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Crow

Nice drum !!  Hopefully, in a couple weeks, I'll be tagging some of those on Dauphin Island !
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Swami805

I still use Prudhomme's blackening mix for tuna. It's some good eating right there. It was a craze for awhile, blackening just about everything.
Those redfish congregate in big schools to breed so it was easy to net them. Really a shame what they did. I guess they bounce back ok though
Do what you can with that you have where you are

Fishy247

Try that blackened redfish magic on some rockcod fillets sometime. It's pretty fantastic! Great on halibut also.

Mike

conchydong

#40
I love blackened fish on occasion. I use the Badia blackened seafood  creole blend seasoning as a less expensive alternative to the Paul Prudhomme's version. Not much Redfish in S. Florida but it can make Kingfish taste great.
Nice fishing.

Scott


drumbum

The Prudhommes Magic seasonings are excellent.  We buy the 24oz size containers.

Meat
Seafood
Redfish
Pork and veal
Poultry
Fajita
And recently some Vegetable magic to try.

Not too fond of the Blackened steak magic,...but I need to try it again.

Three se7ens

Not a redfish, but one of my favorites to eat:  sheepshead.  Also known as convict fish, and one of the most notorious bait thieves ever

Gobi King

Quote from: Three se7ens on November 29, 2018, 01:17:57 AM
Not a redfish, but one of my favorites to eat:  sheepshead.  Also known as convict fish, and one of the most notorious bait thieves ever

Looks a bit like spade fish??
Shibs - aka The Gobi King
Fichigan

Crow

    Quite a few of the "snow bird fishermen" in the campground have trouble telling the difference between a sheepshead and a puppy drum (small black drum)....they do look a lot alike, ....until you check their teeth !
There's nothing wrong with a few "F's" on your record....Food, Fun, Flowers, Fishing, Friends, and Fun....to name just a few !