In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve taken in a lot of new Floridians over the past few years. A lot of them brought their fishing gear. And some of them ask: “Why is the red drum simply called a red ...

Avid anglers like me often feel pressured to catch big fish. I must confess: I sometimes fall prey to wanting accolades or gaining favor with colleagues and followers whenever I post trophy fish ...

RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — Three million annual fishing trips are associated with the red drum species. For that reason, researchers want to learn more about their movement. The North Carolina Marine & ...

Autumn is here, and the mature red drum, known as bull reds, have also arrived in the near-shore and estuarine waters of the Carolinas. Each fall, the adult red drum move in from offshore in spawning ...

The Red Drum, a popular sport fish, is experiencing overfishing along the coasts of South Carolina to Florida. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is proposing new regulations to address ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has declared that new restrictions on Red Drum size and daily catch limits will be enforced starting June 20. The new regulations are: Daily creel: 4 ...

One often overlooked and quite scrappy fighter and good food fish is the black drum. This cousin of the red fish (red drum) has never gained the notoriety as a game fish as their red cousin although ...

This Atlantic States Fisheries Marine Commission (ASFMC)'s decision on Georgia's state saltwater fish seems to swim against the majority of Atlantic coastal anglers. On Oct. 30, the 13-state coalition ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Resources held a two-part public meeting on Tuesday, inviting anglers to give feedback on how to manage the population of the state’s most ...

Jack Limroth almost decided to turn his boat back to shore on Day 2 of the Red Drum Rodeo, an annual charity fishing tournament. He and his friend, William Blomdahl, were in the lower Chesapeake Bay ...

They call it combat fishing. When the hard-fighting red drum feed offshore from the Outer Banks, devoted anglers daily line up shoulder to shoulder on the Hatteras Island shoreline to cast lines into ...