My dad lives in South Texas. Today he took his boat out for the first time in about two years. He went out Arroyo city and was fishing anchored on the side of the channel. He called me around 11am this morning and told me he had just fought a bull red for 30 minutes. It was 38 inches long. He was debating using his tag to keep it(in TX, you can only keep one Red over 28 inches with a tag that comes on your license) and head back in. I told him he should stay and fish a little more as he said this was the first fish he had caught of the day.
So, 15 minutes later I get another call and he is currently fighting an even bigger Redfish. About 30 minutes later he calls and told me he finally boated the beast and was exhausted after catching the two fish and fighting them for over an hour. He let the first Red swim home and hept the second. It measured out at 44". He took it to the taxidermist and is having the beast mounted. I was dying to see it and he finally emailed me the pictures. This is the biggest Red I have ever seen! I know its not a record for salt water in Texas but Im not sure how close it would be to the top 10 or 20. He was fishing with 10-12" mullet. He is heading back out tomorrow with a buddy to see if he can get back on them. Here is the picture.
So, 15 minutes later I get another call and he is currently fighting an even bigger Redfish. About 30 minutes later he calls and told me he finally boated the beast and was exhausted after catching the two fish and fighting them for over an hour. He let the first Red swim home and hept the second. It measured out at 44". He took it to the taxidermist and is having the beast mounted. I was dying to see it and he finally emailed me the pictures. This is the biggest Red I have ever seen! I know its not a record for salt water in Texas but Im not sure how close it would be to the top 10 or 20. He was fishing with 10-12" mullet. He is heading back out tomorrow with a buddy to see if he can get back on them. Here is the picture.
