Flats Fishing Tampa Bay Redfish Schools - BIG REDS ONLY!

Redfish (red drum) are one of the most popular inshore fish species to catch in the United States. Common from the Chesapeake Bay to South Texas, they inhabit shallow bays and estuaries as well as deeper coastal waters. Often found in large schools, they can be targeted when they congregate and move together.
In this episode, I link up with Jim Pollard of Big Daddy Sportfishing right here in Tampa Bay to target these big moving schools of fish. Utilizing artificial Topwater lures like the @Rapala Skitterwalk and also live bait ( whitebait aka scaled sardines ) , we were able to locate some roaming redfish and put some bait in their faces. We also caught some nice snook and speckled trout in the process. If you listen and pay close attention to this video, you will learn important information and techniques for locating schools of redfish and how to present your bait to get a strike. It was an outstanding day with some BIG redfish catches. Be sure to visit bigdaddysportfishing.com and check out Captain Jim for a fishing trip of a lifetime.
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[@papalou190]

Good job captain joe! U put four of us on grand slams and some big reds last Friday, Thanks again!

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the video. I was thrilled we had such a great day out there. Lets do it again soon.

[@bubnale6268]

Another great video Joe. Thanks!

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Youre welcome!

[@Thonny]

Crushed it. One of my favorite vids right here! Nice 👍

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thank you sir! Means alot coming from such a great youtuber such as yourself.

[@JuanGutierrez-vm3iz]

Congratulations that is is amazing thanks for sharing your videos God bless you and your family thanks 🙏

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thanks glad you like the videos :)

[@arondavis2176]

Awesome video Captain Joe!! Way to get the slam in an hour!! Sweet Redfishing tips also, Big Daddy put ya on some good ones !! Yeww!!

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thanks Aron! Capt Jim knocked it out of the park.

[@DanTheFishMan]

Nice work my dude! Il be out Friday looking for the mogans!!

[@HeadFirstFishing]

The skitterwalk continues to impress.

[@julienrobins4121]

Always enjoy your videos especially when you take people out from the peers. That's paying it forward. Heading out myself in the morning around the mouth of Perico Bayou and the flats in that general area. I'll wave if I see you. KW196 BR

[@HeadFirstFishing]

We are headed out tomorrow as well, but offshore. Glad you are loving the videos. Perico had been really good lately...

[@monroemartini4781]

I'm sorry I haven't watched you in a while, I live in Gates,Oregon..and lost my home in the recent wild fires, but that doesn't mean you have lost your touch. I wish you the best. Cheers, to the best captain in Florida...... God's speed my friend

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Oh no I am so sorry that happened.

[@monroemartini4781]

@@HeadFirstFishing Thank you captain, things will get better. Just wish that these dam hurricanes would leave all of the southern states alone

[@HeadFirstFishing]

We are used to it.

[@shawneldridge4465]

🎣 A nicely job well done there on catching these big sized beautiful of beauties redfish. Wow what a fish that is, for sure I wish we had these type of fish in our area but we don't, only a nice little stream and bunch of trout in it and that's it. Great video this is and I enjoyed watching

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Hey thanks for watching and for the comment.

[@jamessullivan1770]

Great video. I was in that area today. Just saw one huge red swim by the front of my boat. Looked up at me and said, "not today". Jacks where attacking the bait fish.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Haha yeah the reds are always there

[@wildmang9728]

Nice job Capt Joe I have been throwing mostly topwater with only short strikes so far from the reds

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thanks. They knock it out if the water alot.

[@haydenbassett8361]

Love the vids man. Keep it up

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thank you Hayden I am proud of this video.

[@FishOnChannel]

Great video nice catch 😀

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Thank you sir! It was awesome to see those schools go by.

[@fishingflorida9599]

I recently got a little boat. So I live in Clearwater Beach and I haven’t really fished flat. Do you know the area? What I want to do the flats between Clearwater causeway and Dunedin Causeway there’s a lot of grass flats in between the channel and shore. What about flat or round Caladesi Island on the inside intercoastal.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

I've been there but I've never fished there.

[@johnnyfish8273]

How deep of water ? Fishing the incoming, or out going ?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

3 ft max, incoming tide.

[@josephcooley3374]

Great video captain joe I didn’t see you post your setup in the bio

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Diawa bg and tfo 7ft 6 in

[@josephcooley3374]

@@HeadFirstFishing what size bg I just picked up a 3000 size and a 7 ft ugly stick ultra lite pro

[@HeadFirstFishing]

4k i think, not mine

[@craigory972]

Your so lucky, you got to go fishing with Toby Keith on his new boat!!! I'm just kidding looks like another great day on the water!

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Hahahahaha

[@HeadFirstFishing]

It was a great day for sure.

[@TCampbell1990]

Awesome video! Would you say that drifting live bait is a good way to cover ground and find redfish?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Better to find the redfish first.

[@mrlifetime64]

i like the video- what brand is the landing net

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Lee fisher/joyfish

[@HeadFirstFishing]

What was your favorite part?

[@springteen3743]

Is there any where in Tampa bay suitable to fly fish reds from the shoreline? Thanks 🙏

[@HeadFirstFishing]

You'll have to wade.

[@springteen3743]

@@HeadFirstFishing thanks for replying, waders I do have . Then I will try., I just don’t have a boat,,thanks again.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

@@springteen3743 Emerson preserve is a good place.

[@J.Hemann]

Anyone know where this is in Tampa lol

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Its a mystery.

[@ChuckTaylor-ct6fq]

I didn't see any trout , I did see a Spanish and that's not part of an inshore slam .

[@HeadFirstFishing]

It was in slo mo on the lure I was using.

[@teamstrikezone543]

😎😎👍🏼👍🏼

[@HeadFirstFishing]

:)

[@jamieandrews4892]

hey get out of my spot! :D

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Haha the community hole you mean.

[@rotaryracing1982]

@@HeadFirstFishing any chance you’d tell me where these locations were?

[@HeadFirstFishing]

Haha not too hard if you ask around.

[@rotaryracing1982]

@@HeadFirstFishing I have been mainly fishing weedon and gandy mangroves in my kayak. Nothing larger than 12” has bit my lures.

[@HeadFirstFishing]

@@rotaryracing1982 Throw the skitterwalk they are killing it. Find the biggest schools of mullet around current breaks and funnels.