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Go slow and go light when targeting redfish in extremely shallow, clear water.

Stealth is a key

Many anglers sight-fishing for redfish tend to make common mistakes because they’re too anxious about their approach. […]

Hilton Head's lagoon is producing plenty of big redfish for anglers using live, very active baits.

Lively bait has been key to catching Hilton Head lagoon’s bull reds

Brian Cope

Bull redfish are easy to come by in Hilton Head Island’s lagoon these days, and Capt. Stacy Garbett said the key to battling one is to keep the freshest live bait possible on your hook […]

Shallow, low-tide flats can be great spots for summer reds, but the action can be hit-or-miss.

Summer redfish spots

John Gribb

Even though redfish spread out in the warmer months, they relate to low-tide, shallow-water flats all year because flats provide security from predators like the bottlenosed dolphin. […]

Remove a crab’s claws and skirt, cut it into four pieces and hook one of them up for a redfish.

Don’t forget cut, live baits

Glenn Corley

Guide Kevin Blair may love fishing artificials for redfish, especially topwaters, but he doesn’t discount live or cut bait. […]

Natalie Blair caught this nice Charleston redfish on a red/white Super Spook Junior.

Top hat reds

Glenn Corley

Kevin Blair fishes the waters around Charleston about 200 days a year, but his favorite days are in May when he can catch redfish on topwater baits. […]

Cold weather has cleared the North Inlet marshes of fishermen, but the redfish are still there and biting up a storm.

North Inlet marshes are full of reds, but not of fishermen

Jeff Burleson

Despite the bitter cold, anglers are taking advantage of a strong redfish bite in the marshes North Inlet are reaping the rewards with daily double-digit catches. […]

Extremely clear winter water and schools of redfish make for a great December combination.

I can see clearly now

Brian Cope

Cold weather has been here for a while, and while these chilly days aren’t the most comfortable for anglers, they can provide some great inshore fishing. […]

Edisto’s “Rocks” are a heaven for bull redfish

Brian Cope

The bull redfish are abundant in the Edisto area, and anglers looking to tussle with them are finding plenty in the creeks, just off the beaches, and all around the near-shore reefs. The biggest concentration, however, is just off the beach in what is known locally as “The Rocks” – the many rock piles littered along the ocean floor about a mile off the beach.

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Catch New River Inlet redfish with these tips

Dusty Wilson

Fishermen targeting red drum often scour the skinny waters of far-removed marshes or bays as if in search of hidden treasure. While one may be found there, one guide has discovered a pot of redfish gold hidden in plain sight. Inside New River Inlet, around Sneads Ferry, locating deep-water oyster beds is the key to tangling with quality reds.

Capt. Ricky Kellum of Jacksonville’s Speckled Specialist Inshore Fishing Charters fishes the New River from the inlet to Sneads Ferry, chasing the best bite around. According to him, the likelihood of hooking a red that’s above-average in size is one of the main draws inside the inlet.

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