re: Waited all my life, finally got in a red tide

I was not trying to belittle the guy. But when people start using terms of what the think is right, well, it's just wrong. Younger people read this crap in news print or the net and think they know something. Just use the Right term. A school of feeding red fish! Red tide, my butt.

Oh, yes, it is a cool thing to see.

I heard the term from the old men who fished the water all their lives....so fuss at them?

Oh shut the frick up.

I've heard old people say "red tide" referring to red fish too.

Dang, the OB is on edge tonight. I've also heard this referred to as a red tide. Would love to witness one some day.

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the term known by fisherman across the coast for breaching schools of redfish.

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I have lived several different places along the Gulf Coast and have fished almost all my life. I have encountered schools of redfish in a feeding frenzy before, but I have never heard the term "red tide" used in the manner you describe.
In fact, I initially thought that you might have been involved in a "jubilee," but it definitely doesn't appear that way.
I bet you have a Salt Life t-shirt or perhaps have a Salt Life sticker on your vehicle.
Here, have a downvote to go with it.

Yall are sounding like a bunch of girls. Seriously, why give the OP grief over something so trivial as a technical name of schooling redfish? Do a search on YouTube of redtide and you will find results. So obviously some people refer to schooling redfish as redtide.

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I bet you have a Salt Life t-shirt or perhaps have a Salt Life sticker on your vehicle.

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I bet I don't....I grew up on a rice farm in Bob Acres, La....I don't need a shirt or a sticker.

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fishfighter

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You are being a douchebag for no real reason here.

I've heard it incorrectly called that too, whome. But honestly I was expecting to see this;
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I have buddies that call thread fun and gizzard shad shiners too. I laugh at them and correct them also.


Fwiw, I have never been in a big busting school of redfish. But I have been in a school of white bass and hybrid striper that literally was a square mile in size. the surface looked like a pot of water at rolling boil. no need to zoom on the camera to try and see the school. If the OP wants to experience that, I would be glad to take him next spring.

Look at the title of the thread.
Look at the content of the OP without clicking on the shitty video.
What context is there?
It could have very well been:
Waited all my life, finally got in a red tide and I don't ever want to experience that again...coughing, sneezing, eyes burning.

It could have gone either way.
I will counter your "YouTube" search for red tide with a Google search. Tell me how many returns you get on Google that indicate schooling redfish?