Chatham caught Redfish, 35#!!!

[Hooper]

A buddy text'd me a pic this week of a 35# redfish saying it was caught off Chatham by guys vertical jigging for bass in the commercial fleet. Saw it posted on Riverview B&T website too, anyone know the story? Pretty cool catch for NE waters. Maybe a State record too, that's a pretty good sized redfish! Congrats to the angler.


After a hurricane in '85 I was on a boat that caught an amberjack in Nantucket Sound, and I remember reading a story about a tarpon caught from a Harwichport jetty in the early 80's too.

 

[Frank Grimes]

What's the fish thinking...."I came all the way to Cape Cod for my summer vacation, just to get hooked by this guy. Next year I'm going to the OBX."

 

[Hooper]

Some of the guys think it's a red drum, but I've never caught either, so I don't know!

 

[MDI45]

i would say Drum also

 

[burley]

red drum, red fish, puppy drum, spot tail bass.channel bass, are all the same fish!

Sciaenops ocellatus​

different regions will call the same fish by different names

 

[Hooper]

red drum, red fish, puppy drum, spot tail bass.channel bass, are all the same fish!

Sciaenops ocellatus​

different regions will call the same fish by different names

Ah! Good info right there! Thanks Burley!