Puppy drum are basically juvenile red drum. Depending on whom you talk to, pups cross over into adulthood when they grow to between 26 and 30 inches long. By then, they already have formed a ...

On Friday, CCA plans to release 8,000 to 10,000 more juvenile redfish in Brevard County. Management of red drum in Florida is considered a success story. In the late 1980s, red drum was overfished ...

Red drum have a slot limit, with only fish measuring between 18 and 27 inches legal to keep. However, the fish Dubiel catches are much bigger than juvenile fish he calls “puppy drum.” ...