Heading to Florida for my annual 3 month bass fishing trip tomorrow morning. I usually fish the Kissimmee Chain and the Harris Chain. I've been going for about 20 years and I always wanted to try fishing for redfish as I've watched tourneys on T.V. and it looks like fun. It seems that all the typical bass fishing gear is well suited for redfish so I'm set in that department. I tow my bass boat down and I've always been afraid to dunk my old trailer in salt/brackish water for obvious reasons. Last year I had a new all aluminum trailer built so I'm ready to give it a try. I would appreciate some guidance on where to put the boat in for a reasonable chance at some reds. I would imagine some consideration has to be given to tide conditions etc. that wouldn't come into play when freshwater bass fishing. I'm located in Kissimmee near Toho so directions from there would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Best bet, hire a local guide for your first trip.  Their job is keeping up with where and how to catch redfish in the changing seasons, and day to day. 

I'm not going to have a FL answer for you, but they're fish I've pursued all my life on the TX coast.  If you know the structure, you can plan trips in advance around tide movement that will improve your odds of finding the bait that draws redfish. 

On FFR forum, a new TX coast resident made 5 shut out trips before learning how to find and catch redfish.  Once he paid his dues and learned his way around, he was bringing meat home every trip.   

 

Indian river and banana river are supposedly great for redfish