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I have never caught a freshwater drum till today. It hit a shineee hineee!Attachment 16724 They put up a fight! My buddy Jay kept it and plans on eating it. Crappie fishing has been tough on beaver with the high and muddy water. I'm going to go downstream to clearer water tomorrow.
I wouldn't eat that nasty thing!
Me or the fish?Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkies daddy
There are some neat stones in it's head that make cool necklace items. Right between his eyes & pretty deep about an inch or two back. There will be two of them. They are really calcium but the drum rubs them together and makes a vibration. That is what you hear at night while sitting in the river. Really cool conversation pieces too.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T. Crappie Guide
poor boy shrimp.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T. Crappie Guide
My granddaddy use to eatem. Says their good right out of grease, once they cool off kind of like eatin a big ball of cotton just gets bigger N bigger. I say they probably better thrown up on the bank for the coons & possums.
ummmm, you guys can have all the goo's ya'll want. Too many crappie in this world for me to eat an ol' goo.
Interesting! I always thought that they bounced off the bottom of the boat and that is where they got there name!Quote:
Originally Posted by Millwood Lip Ripper
Welcome aboard Lip Ripper!
Looks like cut bait for those slow crappie times :) Bet the fight was a god one though.
Hey Jason, drum ain't too bad. Fillet it and parboil it in old bays seasoning. Chill it and use it in any crab salad recipe. Won't tell a difference.
EITHER!Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T. Crappie Guide
I have been guilty of slipping a goo tor two into a fish fry. It has been a while though. Seems like I scraped red meat off of the good stuff. There 'taint much left when you filet them and cut the ribs out.
DP
I'll let you have them goo's. I just assume let them go, or feed the coons (they gotta eat too).:cool:
We topped that one today! A customer of mine caght a 17 pound drum! It put up a fight but we got it in using a 6.5' B&M ultra light with 6 pound test and a crappie jig! No picture because they didn't want to keep it (thank God!) and the camera was in the truck. I may give up crappie and persue drum the way the fishin has been!
Hey J.T. thats pretty funny I caught two goo's using crank baits while fishing a bass tourny a few years ago and both went over 7lbs and the judges wouldnt let me weigh them in lol. My fishing buddy still hasnt let me live that one down.
Way I heard it is you fillet them on an old pine board, then throw away the fish and eat the board. LOL