Redfish and Black Drum Hybrids

WHEN DISCUSSING REDS AND DRUM it is a good opportunity to get into details on something we have been investigating.

Have you ever caught a fish that looked half redfish and half black drum?

They exist. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department actually stocked red/black drum hybrids into freshwater Lake Braunig back in 1983 and 1984. Did you catch one of these stocked fish?

Or did you catch a natural hybrid in the wild?

And while we’re at it, there were speckled trout/corvina hybrids stocked in Braunig and Calaveras of ground in short order.

S.T.A.R. is a fun opportunity that can not only lead to great prizes for you, but scholarships for your children and grandchildren. The fact you do not have a motorboat does in the mid to late 1980s, in addition to pure corvinas. The state record hybrid weighed over 20 pounds! Did you catch one of these? not disqualify you from having a legitimate shot at catching a winning fish. Follow these strategies and see your odds of success rise.

If so, please email the photos and your story to cmoore@fishgame. com. We would love to highlight this in an upcoming edition of the TF&G Report e-newsletter.

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