redfish

noun red·fish \ ˈred-ˌfish \

Updated on: 13 May 2018

Definition of redfish

: any of various reddish fishes: such as

a (1) : a marine scorpaenid food fish (Sebastes marinus) of the northern Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America that is usually bright rose red or orange red when mature — called also rosefish

(2) : a fish (Sebastes mentella) related to the redfish

b : red drum

Recent Examples of redfish from the Web

Palacios — Guide Ray Sexton reported limits of trout and redfish on Down South Lures.

— bink grimes, Houston Chronicle, "Outdoors report: April 15," 14 Apr. 2018
One April morning in 2016, Daryl Carpenter, a charter boat captain out of Grand Isle, La., took some clients to catch redfish on a marsh pond that didn’t use to exist.

— christopher flavelle, Bloomberg.com, "The Fighting Has Begun Over Who Owns Land Drowned by Climate Change," 25 Apr. 2018
Guide Jamie Pinter reported solid redfish and trout.

— bink grimes, Houston Chronicle, "Outdoors report: April 12," 11 Apr. 2018
Justin Bowles runs fishing charters for speckled trout and redfish in eastern Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne and surrounding marshes.

— todd masson, NOLA.com, "One-boat fish-off takes big turn for the better," 16 Jan. 2018
Saltwater fishing for tarpon, cobia, redfish and sea trout is also available in the spring and summer.

— Smithsonian, "Discover Palmetto Bluff’s great outdoors," 1 Apr. 2018
The kind of fresh, sediment saturated water a blue catfish might find suitable, but certainly not anything salinity-loving speckled trout or even most redfish would tolerate if given a choice.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Reading and heeding the signs of spring," 22 Mar. 2018
From the coast, Captain Bobby Abruscato has been finding lots of slot redfish for his clients fishing the marsh edges with live shrimp or Vudu Shrimp artificials under a popping cork.

— frank sargeant, AL.com, "Friday Fishing Report," 23 Feb. 2018
Galveston - Guide Mike Williams of Tarpon Express said bull redfish and oversized black drum are on the move.

— bink grimes, Houston Chronicle, "Outdoors report: March 16," 15 Mar. 2018

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