3-7-08 REDFISH MANIA!!!

There was a hard north wind today and we almost didn't  fish.  We waited until the afternoon to go and it was a good call.  Our first anchor was supposed to be for redfish, but the bull drum had moved in and ran the reds out of that area.  We had 3 on within the first 5 minutes.  All of these fish were over 30 lbs.  and the fight went on for the better part of an hour.  We only had 10lb test line on and we had to be very careful not to break these big boys off.  After we got the first round in and released, we put them back out for round 2.  Again, 3 fish on and they were all HUGE!!!  We broke one off, but got the other 2 in.   We decided we were done with these monsters and went to another one of my favorite redfish holes.  We had 2 on instantly and the action never stopped.  We could see large schools of reds cruising around the flats.  After several double hook ups, we had 6 reds on at one time.  Every rod we had out went off and it was utter chaos!!  We lost a few, but most of them made it in the boat.  After an hour and ten mintues, we had caught 21 slot redfish and lost several others.  The average weight of the reds was 7 lbs.  All in all, we had over 271 lbs. of fish (as per the Boga grips).  We only kept a few fish for the grill, but it was one of the best redfish days of the year.