A comprehensive assessment released in December 2022 found that redfish, officially known as red drum, were on their way to being overfished. The data showed that the number of 1-year-old redfish ...

The aim is not to solve the population declines plaguing redfish, officially known as red drum, since stocking alone will not come close to doing the trick, state officials say. But the pilot ...

I’ve always viewed red drum—a.k.a. redfish—as the largemouth bass of saltwater. If you compare the two closely, the similarities are staggering. One of the key reasons largemouths are hailed ...

Many have come for the red drum, also known as channel bass, redfish, or just plain red. Fun to catch — particularly the bigguns known as bull reds — and great on a plate. Unfortunately ...

On Friday, CCA plans to release 8,000 to 10,000 more juvenile redfish in Brevard County. Management of red drum in Florida is considered a success story. In the late 1980s, red drum was overfished ...