Predators go for the heads of prey, and because new bites in the tail area are rarely fatal, the spots help young redfish survive in the fish-eat-fish world they inhabit. By the time the fish ...

In 1933, angler Robert S. Barnwell, Jr. offered even more colloquial names for the spot-tail. “In Virginia the bass is called red drum; in Florida red fish; in South Carolina simply bass.

Scientists have no real theory other than the broad term of genetics as to why redfish, which normally sport just two spots on either side of the tail, sometimes grow many more. They do believe ...

the charity-based tournament that awards prizes for legal-sized redfish with the most spots. "As a positive benefit for the charity, the tournament will become the Safe Harbor Spot Tournament this ...