Results a little different. Fished same deep hole. I caught drum. Hubby caught catfish. Used same bait and fished same hole. Oh well it was chilly but fun. Water temp was a warm 41 degrees. Fish that is what is for supper tonight. Attachment 293912
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Results a little different. Fished same deep hole. I caught drum. Hubby caught catfish. Used same bait and fished same hole. Oh well it was chilly but fun. Water temp was a warm 41 degrees. Fish that is what is for supper tonight. Attachment 293912
Well upside down again. Those fish are good at hanging into table.
No hellbenders this time?!
Looks like you were busy.
Nice!
Those drums give one heck of a fight.
Drum are fun to catch!!!!
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They will down a Flicker shad as fast as a walleye or big crappie.. Caught plenty of them trolling on Stockton.Quote:
Originally Posted by MinnowDipper
Yes they will. Love Flicker Shads for everything. Catfish love them too. They are our go to bait for Canada. Plus the price is good on them.
Fun day
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Nice...
Nice catch and pic
I was always told drum were not for eating
I never tried it
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I've read that they don't taste bad.. Have a different texture though, firmer, supposed to be good for soups and stuff, or boiled.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfar
Next time I catch one I will keep it to mess around with.
OK I'm confused. Only freshwater drum I ever caught was in Lake Erie and was told they were trash fish not good to eat. Black Drum are good eating but they are saltwater .What are these?
As far as I know they are just drum. That is what they are listed as. The small are good to eat. Big crappie size is best. When they get over 2 lbs. they get fat and can have an off taste. But the smaller ones are fine. I just cut all the red meat out like all fish and fry them up. Hook into a 10 lb fish and they are a blast.
We caught some in Erie fishing for Smallmouth Bass and Walleye. They ran upwards of 5-6# and we thought we had a trophy Smallmouth on the line. Locals said they were not good to eat, besides we were only keeping Walleye to cook. Man were they good out of that cold water.
I had never even seen a freshwater drum. They are the northern version of our Bowfin I guess.