How to Catch Redfish – A Beginner’s Guide

Client: Lurenet

Client Brief: Write a beginners’ guide to catching redfish covering what equipment is needed, where to fish, and what lures and baits to use.

Hard fighting, great eating and widely available in coastal waters, redfish or red drum are outstanding game fish. Here’s what you need to know to get into the redfish game.

So, you want to catch redfish. Where do you start? In this guide we’ll cover what equipment you need, where to fish, and what lures and baits to use to catch these great gamefish.

Red drum, most commonly called redfish, rank among of the most popular coastal saltwater recreational fish species. Inhabiting coastal waters from New England to Florida and from Florida to Texas, redfish are hearty, strong-fighting fish that are excellent on the table.