Redfish on a Fly

This Redfish was caught on an 8wt Temple Fork TiCrx, Orvis Battenkill Mid Arbor V Reel, and 8wt Bonefish Mastery Series Line. I was using a straight 20 lb. flourocarbon leader, and a large gold clouser type fly. I hooked this fish very near the Mississippi/Alabama line in area called Grand Batture. Dr. Tom Dempsey of Mobile worked the push pole and the camera.





























The fish weighed right at 30 lbs on boga grip hand scale. I fought the redfish for about 15 minutes. This is a very, very large redfish for inshore waters. We spotted the fish cruising in about two feet of water just off the bow of Dr. Dempseys Maverick flats skiff. He took the fly on the second offering. What a battle!