Redfish on The Flats - How I Rig with Plastics for Redfish

[cwjones0322]

Best thing about the Indian River in Florida, you can catch 30 inch trout and reds in the same spots on the same lures. I would recommend anybody looking for great action to find a guide in the Indian River/Mosquito Lagoon area.

[MrRedfishhunter]

Ive got a shimano Sedona 2500fd I can hold about 200 yards of 15# braid should I buy a 7 foot medium heavy or 7'3 or should I buy a plfueger reel and buy a rod for that

[xXxjoemanxXx]

when i go for red fish in shallow water is it bad to use the wire leader with the 2 hooks on it? i usually use shrimp but is there a better setup i should use?

[wsmuller84]

@xXxjoemanxXx Use a popping cork with a jig head about 10-16 inches under it (the length will depend on the depth you're fishing). The depth around the grassy flats is usually 1-2 feet, so about 10 inches of line under the cork would work. Hook the live shrimp through the head in between his brain and his eyes, or try any artificial lure - a standard cocahoe minnow works wonderful. Reds pretty much bite anything you put in front of them. Sometimes low temperatures call for plastics.

[MrEarthmon]

You should put those together, and sell them on E-Bay. I would buy a few.

[MrRedfishhunter]

Redfish is the best to catch in the world.

[MrWebcamvids]

cpt rich or any on else need help me and my friend are going fishing in flamingo florida for redfish we have no boat and no idea how to catch a redfish plzz help can u tell wat i nedd to get some redfish and what is the name plzz if any one can help out it would be nice.i dont saltwater fish alot so that y i am asking for help

[wsmuller84]

@MrWebcamvids the most important thing, hands down, that you need to catch a redfish - or any fish for that matter - is a fishing license. The second most important would be location; fish the shallow grassy flats with your line about a foot from the grass (sometimes you can even see the redfish because they poke their tails out of the water). As for bait, anything goes because a redfish will bite damn near everything that it sees. Live shrimp is always the top choice among anglers.

[gonnaragonu]

same here, i'd rather catch one good redfish rather than 3 good trouts.....i broke my record yesterday, 26" beautiful red!!...on a Bayou Chub Minnow, avacodo Port Isabel, Tx

[richielottoutdoors]

@gonnaragonu Aint that the truth...! Redfishing is better than drugs. Glad you got a good one brotha!!

[sfwdcivic]

fish can maybe see braid but they can't see fluro under the water

[jetlaged]

can they see it out of the water?

[richielottoutdoors]

@jetlaged LOL!

[igaroot]

Great tips. I'll let you know how it goes in Florida later this month.

[richielottoutdoors]

@igaroot Yeah, this rig should work pretty much anywhere you catch flats redfish. We used it on the tour in FL many times back in 2007-08. Great rig and it will cast a mile.

[baitwormII]

i like the enthusiasm

[richielottoutdoors]

@baitwormII YEP! We got plenty of that..... !

[Gradey3]

ive seen most of your videos and dude if you could like send me an mp3 playlist of all those songs that would be awesome, lol.

[richielottoutdoors]

@Gradey3 Yeah, they have actually been snatching all my good music off my videos and they're replaced with crap. But, I do have that list for real! Holler anytime...!

[madfishermancjr]

Where was this?

[richielottoutdoors]

@madfishermancjr This was around St. Simons Island in Coastal GA salt marshes

[fryedaddy54]

good video

[richielottoutdoors]

@fryedaddy54 Thanks Frye..... We appreciate it. All we do is fish. I believe redfish are my favorite. We target mainly larger reds and rarely go after rat reds at all, even though this rig will catch any of them..... Thanks again!