These changes follow a state stock assessment showing the Red Drum stock is not overfished but is experiencing overfishing, necessitating management changes. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...

For that reason, researchers want to learn more about their movement.

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 ...

The tracking platform was made possible by a 2024 pilot study where 10 adult red drum were tagged in the Pamlico Sound.

A few years ago, NOAA warned northern anglers that they'd better learn how to catch red drum since that southern species would be moving north with Climate Change. Yet, red drum remained almost ...

South Carolina's most popular saltwater gamefish, the red drum, could receive some added protection if a bill reducing the daily catch limit from three fish to two makes it through the legislative ...

The sought-after red drum might be severely overfished since 2010 in the Southeast but not the mid-Atlantic, according to the latest survey. Or the reverse might be true. The problem is in the metrics ...

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 ...