Red drum get their common name from their dark red, often reddish bronze color. They can grow to over 90 pounds with the Florida record just over 52 pounds.

Kids react to red fish at the weigh-in station during the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo at the Grand Isle Marina in Grand Isle, La., Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Kids react to red fish at the weigh-in station during the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo at the Grand Isle Marina in Grand Isle, La., Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Fittingly, the redfish continues to put up a fight even after it’s dispatched, in the form of scales so hard to remove that most cooks don’t even bother.

The father/son duo caught redfish after redfish, but the fish of the day was Hank’s perfect 27-inch keeper. Monday, in a howling wind, Pat Robertson and Russell Elliott fished in Withlacoochee Bay.

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