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End of Winter Redfish Report - A look back.

4/6/2025

I was trying to decide what word best describes this winter's Redfish season. As I started to pour through the images from the last few months, the right word came to mind. "Incredible". That's the way I would describe this winter.

The photos on this post show just a fraction of the people and fish that spent time on my boat February through March.

Winter may be over, but there is still clear water and some schools of fish around. That being said, it's getting hot outside and things are quickly changing in the marsh. Before we celebrate the coming of board shorts and flip flop season, lets look back through some of the winter highlights.

This winter we had one of the biggest snows I've seen on the coast with about 6" of the white stuff on the ground that lasted for several days. Once it melted off, a lot of the fish had moved around, and it was a struggle to get on good numbers for a few days.

Within a week of the snow melt off, it was back on in the marsh.

I was able to locate several large groups of fish in February and March.

The only struggle for me, has been the increased number of boat traffic searching for winter Reds.

We still managed to work around the boats and find undisturbed fish. When you find a group of winter fish, it's not too hard to guess how much pressure they've seen. Winter Reds that haven't been pressured much are pretty easy to catch, pressured fish though, can be extremely challenging.

Not only did we enjoy great sight fishing on many trips, but I also got to enjoy time with some really spectacular folks.

Lots of memories made and lots of great fish caught. I hope you enjoy the rest of these photos from the last few months. If you haven't done a winter Redfish trip you're missing out. Until next winter comes around though, we have lots of great spring, summer and fall fishing to get after.