The American redfish, native to the North Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico, also known as the red goo fish, belongs to the perch-shaped order, the family of rockfish, scientific name Sciaemops Ocellatus. appearance and China's production of the greater yellowtail is more similar to the color of the body color of the vaguely red, it is called the "American redfish" (hereinafter referred to as the "redfish"). (hereinafter referred to as "redfish"). Although the redfish is a warm-water fish species, it has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, can withstand low temperatures, in the range of 2 degrees Celsius to 33 degrees Celsius can survive, 18 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius its fastest growth rate. The redfish has a wide range of food, the bait requirements are not very high, small mixed fish, shrimp, shellfish and artificial bait can meet its growth needs. The reason why the redfish is favored by people, mainly because the fish meat is tender, less spiny, its appearance colorful, edible flavor. It has been determined that the protein content of redfish is higher than that of yellowtail, but the fat content is low, which belongs to the top quality sea food treasures.

Because of the rapid growth of redfish, high yield, significant economic benefits, our country in 1991 began to introduce and reproduction, initially limited to tropical waters in the south, and then with the breeding, breeding technology continues to mature, the breeding range from the south to the north, and continue to be expanded. Qingdao sea area large-scale use of net box culture of redfish began around 2000. Many aquaculture units and individuals, in order to speed up the turnover, early benefits, only in the season when the water temperature is suitable, from Fujian and other tropical waters to introduce the weight of about 300-500 grams of fish fry, directly in the net box culture, after a few months of fattening to promote the growth of the weight of close to 1,000 grams or so when entering the market. In the process of aquaculture, due to typhoons and damage to the nets, the number of redfish escaping is huge and the individuals are large. In recent years, they have been caught around the nets and nearby shoals, reefs, breakwaters and other places. If the tide is in the right time and the fish are in the right group, the catch is quite abundant. The weight of the redfish also varies in size, the small ones are about 300 grams, and the big ones are close to 4000 grams. Whether all of these redfish are escaped or some of them are reproduced in the natural waters after escape, I dare not jump to conclusions due to the lack of relevant knowledge and investigation. Redfish are fierce and have brute strength, and because of their large mouths and fierce swallowing, they are very exciting and fun to catch.

The following is a brief description of several fishing methods for redfish in Qingdao waters, and anglers in a position to do so may wish to give it a try:

1, raft fishing

After the permission of the breeding unit or individual, you can take its transportation boat to board the fish rafts of the farmed redfish (made up of a few or dozens of farmed nets linked by wooden boards), and select the gaps between the nets or remove the spaces in the nets to fish off the line. It is best to use a hand line. Because of the strength of the redfish, usually choose about 8 (thick line can also prevent strangulation) nylon line as the main line, the length depends on the depth of the water to determine, the end of the tie about 50 grams of medium-through the activities of the lead pendant, 40 centimeters in front of the pendant and pendant after the fall of the tie No. 18 Marusei hooks (other hooks with a wider door can also be a long-shanked hooks), braid can be used with a 4 line, the length of about 30 centimeters. When fishing, the lead fall to the ground, tight line, a bait to the bottom, a bait from the bottom of about 10 centimeters, from time to time to lift or move the line, so that the underwater bait is active, in order to attract the red fish to swallow. In order to enjoy the feel and do not want to use the hand line anglers (such as the author) can also be used harder boat rods or short rods, hooks, lines, pendant requirements and fishing method is basically the same as the above, just the main line can be slightly thinner. Market in the sale of raft fishing rods due to too thin and soft, it is not easy to control the hooked redfish, fish in the rush is very easy to hang on the overhanging fish net, resulting in rod folding, line broken, fish death, so extremely impractical. Both with hand line or boat rod, sea rod, fish also need to be quickly lifted, try to control the scope of the fish's impact, so as to avoid hooking fish. Fish bait is best used in the farm daily put noodles fish, can also be used in white shrimp, shrimp, sandworms and rock worms can barely, just easy to attract small yellowtail (six lines of fish), small blackheads (juniperheads) biting, hooks too much time to hook food, easy to lose a good opportunity to catch redfish. The reason why I chose to fish in the crevices or spaces of the nets is that when the farmers spread bait in the nets, there are a lot of bait through the nets of the net mesh leakage drop, and the escaped redfish have long been accustomed to the food to open their mouths and enjoy the success, so the range of the cruise is not large, and the long time to live not to leave. Because of the redfish's habit of aggregating, once a fish opens its mouth to bite, it can continuously catch fish.

2, iso fishing or breakwater fishing

Late fall, early winter season, due to the drop in water temperature, (less than 10 degrees Celsius) the redfish has stopped growing, most of the finished redfish in the nets have entered the market, even if there is still not sold, the conditions of the farmers will be redfish indoor rearing, and the conditions of indoor aquaculture, the farmers are also rarely or no longer to the nets to put bait. At this time, the redfish living in the vicinity of the net box (escaped), helplessly ended the food to open their mouths of the aristocratic life, in order to survive, you must come out to fight their own food. At this time and then fishing on the net box is tantamount to a waste of good times. The net box culture, in order to avoid the wind and waves in most of the choice in the harbor near the bay or the water quality is better in the bay. Redfish probably do not have a large distance migration or migratory habits, even if they leave the net box area, will not go very far, then, the breeding area near the reef or harbor breakwater, will become an excellent fishing spot for redfish fishing. As the reef or breakwater is full of seaweed and shellfish, and is a place where small fish and shrimp gather, it naturally becomes a good feeding ground for redfish. As with other marine fish, redfish fishing should also choose the right tide, otherwise it is easy to get half the result with twice the effort. In Qingdao area, according to the author's practice and the experience of other anglers, the peak of the redfish bite in the full tide before the hour or so, or low tide after the first rise of an hour or so, the rest of the time will be captured, and even if there are fish, but also a very few stragglers, it is very difficult to gather. If you are fishing on the reef or breakwater, it is best to use a 5-meter hard-tuned rock fishing rod, with a little more buoyancy, a No. 6 main line, a No. 4 brain line, and a No. 18 Marusei hook or other hooks of similar size. The preferred bait is still small spaghetti fish, because the redfish is cognizant of it, after all, it is one of its habitual baits; small shrimp and rock worms are also good, and you can also fish for true snappers (sea perch) and junco (blackhead). Redfish bite aggressively, swallowing the bait and then turning away, never sending the drift, so when you see the apo sinking, you can shake your wrist and brake the hook after a second or two, and bring the fish to shore. When you catch two or three redfish in a row, you can decide that you have encountered a school of fish, and then it is best to use seawater-soaked cornmeal with shrimp chaff (the leftover skins and crumbs from making seaweed) or smashed shellfish to build a nest, which can retain the fish for a longer period of time and increase the fish catch.

3, mudflat fishing

In the absence of reefs or breakwaters around the bay, as long as the bay has been farming redfish nets, especially to confirm that the redfish have escaped, the bay's mudflat, but also a good place to fish for redfish. The best way to fish for redfish in the mudflats is to use a rod with a hard tuning of about 3 meters, with hooks, lines, and pendants configured like raft fishing, and with the same bait as the ones mentioned above. The key to catching redfish in the mudflats is to grasp the tide, that is, an hour or so before the full tide, and the rest of the time the fish are not ideal. The best way to catch redfish in the mudflats is to have a good mix of sand and gravel. Then it is not too far to cast, the water depth of about one meter can be, especially at night fishing, because the redfish are not frightened, dare to feed in shallow water, sometimes migrate in the tide, the water depth of about half a meter, offshore is also three or five meters away. The above is the author in Qingdao near the sea fishing redfish a pipe of opinion, other sea areas are not known to be suitable for the wrong Anglers, especially in Qingdao area Anglers corrected.