Boatpoor, red drum are under a similar amount of pressure and are not doing well. Since the mid-1980’s, when red’s were given gamefish status with no commercial fishing pressure, recreational regulations have been tightened (creel limits, slot sizes, etc) many times. If memory serves me right it went from something like to 20 fish to 15 to 5 to 3 to 2. Slot size went from something like a 14" minimum with no upper limit, then only allowing one fish per day over 32", then one per day over 27", etc etc until we have the current slot.
From 2018 http://dnr.sc.gov/news/2018/jun/jun6_reddrum.html
“We’ve been monitoring red drum populations across the state using the same techniques for nearly 30 years, and what we’ve seen over the last 10-15 years is concerning,” said assistant marine scientist Dr. Joey Ballenger, who oversees SCDNR’s red drum research. “Across the state, we’ve seen declines in abundance of the juvenile fish most commonly targeted by anglers.”