redfish Archives - Carolina Sportsman

So many redfish spend the late spring and summer in hard-to-reach places that kayaks become a great way to reach them.

Redfish: The perfect fish for kayakers

If there was ever a fish perfectly suited for kayakers, it is the redfish. If you’re looking for a hard-fighting fish that loves skinny water, reds are it. […]

Redfish are biting in skinny saltwater creeks

Brian Cope

Too many anglers overlook small saltwater creeks. That’s a big mistake. They are often filled with redfish that can keep an angler busy throughout the tide cycle. […]

Spring redfish are on the lookout for the baitfish and shrimp that are arriving in inshore waters, and they’ll be feeding aggressively, which makes a spoon a great lure to throw.

Spoon-feeding spring redfish

Brian Cope

Anglers are catching plenty of redfish in the inshore waters of the Carolinas, and the Johnson Silver Minnow is one of the most productive lures this time of year. […]

Spot-tail bass, aka redfish, hit the spring hungry after a winter in the ocean, and they move into Georgetown’s estuaries in April with a big appetite.

Spring spot-tails fill Georgetown’s estuaries

Jeff Burleson

In April, redfish are plentiful and hungry in the Georgetown area. With plenty of baitfish moving into the area, the fish get in a feeding frenzy, making them vulnerable to live bait and artificial lures. […]

Waters in Brunswick County backwaters warm up sooner than other areas in the spring and draw hungry red drum and other predators.

Brunswick County fishing is turning on as water warms

Jerry Dilsaver

The inshore fishing is heating up in Brunswick County’s waterways as the spring weather warms the water, drawing in gamefish. […]

Red drum are on the move in March as big ocean schools start to break into smaller groups and head inshore.

Red drum on the move back into NC central coast’s inside waters

Craig Holt

March is a month when anglers along North Carolina’s central coast can get a decent catch of red drum. […]

The marshes south and east of Georgetown, S.C, are full of schooling reds through the winter.

Georgetown reds have plenty of places to roam in winter

Jeff Burleson

Anglers can find redfish in large schools in the Georgetown, S.C. area in February, and the fish are willing to bite, especially at high tide. Live bait is a great choice, but soft plastics will also work well on most days. […]

Warm, shallow waters in three bays between Fort Fisher and Bald Head Island are popular winter spots for redfish.

Fort Fisher bays hold plenty of redfish for winter anglers

Jerry Dilsaver

The bays around Fort Fisher are perfect spots for winter redfish. It’s a great place for anglers to target because the water is shallow, warms quickly, and offers safe haven for gamefish. […]

Guide Shane Flannigan of Charleston, S.C., can usually catch several fish out of a winter school of reds before they spook.

Go to school on Lowcountry redfish

Brian Cope

Winter is a great time to catch schooling redfish in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, especially since fewer anglers are on the water and the bait-thieving trash fish have also headed offshore for the next several months. […]

Redfish will not be stocked in Hyco Lake

Craig Holt

The NCWRC hoped to stock redfish a/k/a red drum, in Hyco Lake to help control the population of tilapia, but their studies determined redfish would not survive due to the quality of water hardness in the reservoir. […]

Hunting Island State Park offers great December fishing

Brian Cope

Hunting Island State Park’s beach and a big sandbar that runs just offshore offer December fishing options. […]

Stono River docks hold plenty of summer redfish

Brian Cope

It’s summer; it’s hot, and almost every living creature is seeking shade every day. The Stono River south of Charleston, S.C., has plenty of docks — and plenty of redfish. It follows that redfish in the Stono will spend a good portion of their summer in the shade of docks, and that’s where Stephen Fields of Charleston Fishing Company likes to concentrate his fishing efforts in July.

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