What's a bit surprising, though, is the dichotomy of returns for speckled trout and redfish. Whenever a program participant sticks a yellow dart tag into a redfish, there's a 6 percent chance that ...

Capt. Ross Barkhurst, left, and television personality Kevin Ford tagged a bunch of redfish during a trip this spring. Barkhurst tagged more reds than any other angler in the state this year. (Capt.

The program targets four species: redfish, speckled trout, red snapper and yellowfin tuna. By far, though, the fish that receive the most tags are speckled trout and redfish. That's not exactly ...