One quick story from today

[skiptomylu]

I went out for just a little to look at the bridge trying to get better use to my 1197 and the new software. Heck I didn't use it enough last year to get good with it as it was. I mean very little time on the water and most of that was fishing and not looking and learning.

Anyway I went there and after on the way back home I decided to just pull a Roadrunner a little. Just got started and kind of still getting settled in and wham, the Roadrunner stopped and my rod was bending like crazy. First I thought hung up, of course right after I set the hook, LOL. Starter to swing around as the wind was kind of blowing and realized that is was a fish so pulled really hard and then harder. All the while thinking is this really a fish? The heck yes it is and I double over that 10' pole way more than normal for sure. Got that ting up so I could see it and then netted this one big drum. What a let down, but I kind of had my suspicions since it was really hugging the bottom. Anyway probably a 6-7 pound drum, but at least it was exciting for a while as I was by my self so no help to call to.

Have a good night guys,

Skip

[fish_4_all]

Nice catch anyway and a good get your blood pumping day. I hear a lot about those drum, can't you eat them?

[hays47]

freshwater drum otherwise known as sheephead ? When hot-n -tots were all the rage in the western basin of Lake Erie. My fishing chum talked me into buying a dozen of these storm lures and off to sandusky we went for a whole weekend.

It was about a 2 1/2 hour drive up there and all I heard was how great these lures were and how all you got was walleyes on it. Needless to say my first fish on said lures was about a 12 lb sheephead. To be fair though we did KILL the walleyes that entire weekend. That was the only sheephead I ever got on that lure and he were a monster of a sheepy.

[soswine]

Nice catch anyway and a good get your blood pumping day. I hear a lot about those drum, can't you eat them?

Ifyou want to try it without all the mess of catching and cleaning one, just soak a cotton ball in fish oil overnight and then try to eat it.:rolleyes:

[PawPaw Gene]

Skip at least the story didn't end "....but the big one got away". It's always nice to test your skills and tackle that way now and then.
"gene"

[skiptomylu]

What we call a sheepshead down here is a salt water fish with wide bars much like want we call a butterfly drum which are great eating. Sheepshead I have caught and they are called that because of their teeth. Black bars over a silver side fish. This was what we down here call a freshwater drum and pretty much all gray. Some people do eat a sheepshead like we have in salt water and they are not all bad. I just know this thing has other names, but not sure which one it is. It did have enough teeth that stopped me from lipping him, but not like a sheepshead.

Good grief I just did a search on fresh water drum and can't believe it has so many names and I guess basically all the same. Even your sheepshead name is in there, but our sheepshead is way different. Only mine was more gray than gold.
Freshwater drum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a picture of our sheepshead...
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Skip

[PBUG2009]

ive caught a few sheeps head in NC. around the pier pilings

[skiptomylu]

Yeah PBUG that is where you find them a lot. They will get around that stuff any place they can eat the barnacles off them I think. Their teeth look just like a sheep's.

Skip

[PBUG2009]

and my goodness do they fight...

[azslabber]

I was gonna say,that looks like a fun fish to catch.