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Phyllis Adams, Capt. Charlie's daughter
displays her drum.
Sometimes they aren't the huge oversize ones
and you get
into the puppy drum - still mighty
delicious!!!
Raymond Appel hangs on to the
"monster of the deep"!
It was a 37 incher!
Chip Conrad with his
first BIG DRUM!!
Aerich is trying to beat his Memee's (BJ) record on a
BLACK DRUM, and he may have done it with this one.
Howard Linder with Capt. Charlie
and a nice
catch and release black drum.
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Even the little ones, like
Coleman Ledbetter have fun helping to catch these big "catch and release"
(after the pictures) black drum.
BJ happy to catch this drum - they are fun to catch!
Big grins over that monster that
took 40 minutes to land!
Daughter Chelcie
Oliver finally took time to go catch one
of the BIG BLACK
DRUM. She'll be back again next year
on the ANNUAL
DRUM RUN judging from this smile!
Judy Linder and her big drum. |
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The boat is rigged with
both light and heavy tackle giving the fisher a choice in their degree of fight.
You can have a leisurely fight with the heavy tackle or you can opt for an arm
stretching, sweat popping wrestle on 12 lb. test line.
You really get a
workout!
As always please remember to
practice fishing etiquette when you release these fish by relieving them of the
air pocket that forms when they come up from the deep water. Take your pictures
quickly then have an ice pick or small bladed knife handy to punch a hole just
below the lateral line to let the air out. Please see picture to the left for
example. While she is laying on the deck press down on the fish and you can hear
the air escape. Return the fish to the water and gently move it up and down
until it swims out of your hand. This process keeps them from floating away to
a certain death.
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