Redfish Guys Finish in 7th Place at 2016 Carolina Redfish Series #1

by Lee Padrick, June 6, 2016

Dwayne and I had the opportunity to fish the Carolina Redfish Series Event #1 on June 4, 2016, held at Chasin' Tails Outdoors in Atlantic Beach.

We checked out as Boat #22 in the 24-boat field at 5:45 AM.  Our gameplan included about 10 different spots where we had caught fish in practice, so we were in run-and-gun mode all day.

Our first stop yielded 5 fish, and we had about 8 lbs total weight in the livewell.  We hit 3 more spots, and caught no fish.  

Our next stop gave up 2 fish, both upgrades, so we knew we had about 9 lbs.  Stopped at 2 more spots, caught nothing, then made a run to a place where I had caught a perfect fish the day before in practice.  

The new moon low tide pulled all the water out of the marshes in the afternoon, and the fish we were looking for were obviously pressured, so we would find the school, pull a fish out, and they would disappear again.  Caught 4 fish at this spot, but couldn't find any upgrades, so we headed back for the 3 PM weigh in.

Ended up in 7th place with 9.5 lbs.

We caught 11 fish over the course of the day, the weather was nice and hot (like summertime should be), and it was an enjoyable day on the water.


Congrats to Jonathan Garrett and Matt Littleton for winning the event with 12.8 lbs.  

We want to thank Chasin' Tails Outdoors, PointClickFish.com, Crystal Coast Graphics, and Hook and Bones for putting on a great tournament.

We also want to thank Salt Life Optics, Grunden's, Salty Bay Baits, Deep Creek Lures, Captain Gary's Marine Care Products, Fins Superbraids, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Bubba Blade Fishing Knives, Tsunami Air Wave Rods, Bimini Bay Outfitters, Buccaneer Bait Company, and Power Pole Swallow Water Anchors for all they do to keep us on the water.  

- Lee

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I'll have video of our day up soon, still working on a lifestyle video from Memorial Day Weekend that I'm going to publish first.

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Redfish Guys Finish 7th at Carolina Redfish Series Championship

by Lee Padrick, April 24, 2016

Dwayne and I had the honor of fishing the Carolina Redfish Series 2015 Championship, that was rescheduled until this spring because of a hurricane warning last fall.

Grundens, baby

We both had fished a lot in practice, and neither one of us had caught fish.

So, since the tournament was Winner-To-All, we decided to roll the dice and fish a place we had never fished before.  We checked out Saturday morning as Boat No. 6, and ran to our new spot.  I put the jackplate up and we drove into the spot on a rising tide like we had been there before.  When we came off plane, we were in 1' of water.  And apparently, we had just run across a mile of 1' water.  

We fished the area hard.  It was overcast and windy, but we made a bunch of casts, and there was no fish home.  

So, at 11:30 am, we decided to scramble.  First stop was a place I had caught some fish Easter Weekend, but nothing since.  And we caught nothing.




Our last stop was a creek where I had caught some rat reds on Easter Weekend.  We ended up catching 6 fish, and weighed a bag of 6.85 lbs, good enough for 7th place.

6.85 lbs, 7th place

Congrats to Rob Koraly/Jacob Knight for winning the event with 11 lbs.  And congrats to Mike Taylor/John Roberts for their Team of the Year award.

We want to thank Chasin' Tails Outdoors, PointClickFish.com, Crystal Coast Graphics, and Hook and Bones for putting on a great tournament.


We also want to thank Salt Life Optics, Grunden's, Salty Bay Baits, Deep Creek Lures, Captain Gary's Marine Care Products, Fins Superbraids, Pro-Cure Bait Scents, Bubba Blade Fishing Knives, Tsunami Air Wave Rods, Bimini Bay Outfitters, Buccaneer Bait Company, and Power Pole Swallow Water Anchors.  

- Lee

Video of our day on the boat:

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