When out Saturday to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay with my son and one of his buddies. Spent the better part of the day chasing Cobia and Red Drum. No hook ups so we put away the heavier tackle and headed to give the Tautog a shot. Not much action there either until I hooked this Bull Red Drum on Penn Peerless 9. That little reel had no problem handling this 40 lb fish. Pretty happy how it performed. That's my first mate (youngest son) holding it.
Nice fish ,m bet you got a work out pulling him in ........
That a nice one great job man,,,,,,,, ;D
Big red. That's what a No.9 is for.
Nice job, Joe —
Thanks for sharing it with us!
Best, Fred
Nice! I bet they will talk about that for a while.
Thanks fellas! Yeah, we were all pretty excited. He put up a good fight. Team effort with my son manning the net and keeping the old man from falling overboard and his friend clearing the deck and lines.
Thanks for the picture, nice story about the No 9, cheers Don.
nice fish and big head on that one, pretty sure the fight was a blast !
Nice fish!
Yep, you got a nice fish 🎣. And your the man of the house 🏡 again! ;)
Nice redfish !
Sounds like a pretty nice day!
Frank
Congra, interesting fishing area, many wrecks
Wolli
Redfish seem to be moving more and more north. I fish New Jersey, and have never caught one, but they do appear. Also sheepshead are being caught in NJ more frequently.
Never caught a redfish. I've watched while fishing when others hung one. They look like a fun fish.
Quote from: Decker on May 21, 2021, 03:11:30 PM
Redfish seem to be moving more and more north. I fish New Jersey, and have never caught one, but they do appear. Also sheepshead are being caught in NJ more frequently.
Why did they name it Sheepshead Bay?
Quote from: oc1 on June 22, 2021, 06:14:19 AM
Quote from: Decker on May 21, 2021, 03:11:30 PM
Redfish seem to be moving more and more north. I fish New Jersey, and have never caught one, but they do appear. Also sheepshead are being caught in NJ more frequently.
Why did they name it Sheepshead Bay?
I always wondered about that myself. I believe the town is part of Brooklyn, so the name must be quite old. Also, on the NJ coast near me there is Shark River.
That's a great Redfish caught on the little reel :)
Quote from: Decker on June 22, 2021, 12:14:27 PM
Quote from: oc1 on June 22, 2021, 06:14:19 AM
Quote from: Decker on May 21, 2021, 03:11:30 PM
Redfish seem to be moving more and more north. I fish New Jersey, and have never caught one, but they do appear. Also sheepshead are being caught in NJ more frequently.
Why did they name it Sheepshead Bay?
I always wondered about that myself. I believe the town is part of Brooklyn, so the name must be quite old. Also, on the NJ coast near me there is Shark River.
I think around NY/NJ "sheepshead" is used for both, F/W Drum & Black Drum
prob., both abundant around brackish tributaries at "Bay naming time"