sorry to revive old post but.....i was fishing offshore some years back and we were out around NM and with it being that close you can catch anything at any time , we caught a huge flounder that day, but we also caught what i believe is the biggest red i have ever seen although now that i read it might have been a red drum, i thought it was a red, but it had to of been 48 inches easy and felt like darn near 50+ pounds, and we were bottom fishing offshore, you dont expect to catch a red or flounder fishing offshore like that, at least i didnt....your prolly wondering, yes we removed the hook and set the red back in the water and watched it swim away...but this is an instance where anything can happen, it wasnt are fault we caught it...but yes you are right targeting them even if its for the fight should not happen