They are a hardly edible fish when adults, and rules don’t allow most of these to be kept even if they were. Plus, they are neither handsome in hand nor acrobatic when hooked. And even their ...

The closest relative to a redfish in our waters is the black drum. This chin-whiskered look-a-like of a sheepshead with gum disease, at first glance, has often been looked down upon by many anglers.

Fair spring days — even some not-so-fair ones — invariably find an eclectic mix of just about anything that floats anchored in and around bay/Gulf passes and adjacent channels along the Texas coast.