NBC Hometown Outdoors - Big Redfish on R&R -Sabine Lake Texas

I was filming a TV segment I use to do called Hometown Outdoors for NBC in Beaumont Texas. I did a weekly "outdoor report" where we would hit different lakes and coastal waters highlighting the area and the guides. On this segment, I hooked up with a huge Redfish up in the Sabine River....we thought I had shattered the freshwater redfish record, but found out later it was considered brackish water, not fresh. Anyway about it, record or no, it was and still is my biggest Red to date....wow

Ranger Dave

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• fishing
• big
• redfish
• saltwater

[AMAZONDAVE]

spoons are great for redfish.A gold Johnson spoon is a killer

RD

[aadizzle212]

red fish in fresh water while bass fishing are there really reds in fresh water?????????? plz reply

[AMAZONDAVE]

brackish water/ Sabine RIVER is fresh, it flows into the lake, lake to jetties to the Gulf...tides come in, tides go out, mix of both waters...= brachish

Yep...redfish on Sabine is kick butt

RD

[AMAZONDAVE]

About the same really, both are huge head shakers at this size. This Redfish was my biggest on the lake...have had big fish on the jetties but not on the lake...thought I had a World Record but IGFA said Sabine was brackish so I lost out...but for a few days we thought I had shattered the record

Tight Lines

Ranger Dave

[OnShoreGuide]

@aadizzle212 Both redfish, striped bass, and snook can all live in freshwater. In florida there are places where snook, redfish, tarpon, and striped bass travel up rivers to get into brackish waters where they can make their way into freshwater lakes :)

They love the shad, shiners, bluegill, and everything else in those lakes

[versatileangler]

Dave, can redfish be caught on lures such as crankbaits. I also heard you mention "breakline",,a word coined by the late Buck Perry. I am a Spoonplugger myself and would think that these Redfish would smack a Spoonplug being trolled! When one says Freshwater Red, are these fish coming in from salt to fresh or are they like a fresh water striper that can actually stay in freshwater throughout its entire life? Thanks

[Txfire409]

very nice red, but that fish didnt weigh an ounce over 40. you should have weighed it.

[jjpear713]

i Always catch Them That big In Freeport Tx n Shark But Nice Catch

[jjpear713]

yeah but in Lakes They Cant reproduce good Enough

[KeyWestfishingcenter]

I catch all my fish on a soft lure with a little spoon and some lunker sauce

[austinkylethomas]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

huge bull red fsh.today say one about that big and it really surprsed me how big a redfish can get.

[dudaintright]

In Texas they stock them in some of the lakes.

I have seen a big one in lake farefield