drum fishing

[buckshotgumbo]

Drummed out!! I get it!
I thought that was a pretty funny summary of drum fishing!
But, I haven't gotten into'em yet, either.
Tried it. Had soft crabs for dinner.
I'd do it again, but not on the short list...
Guess I need to follow you, Johnny..

[27 sailfish]

FWIW: I have a Furuno 667 ( older unit ) - Drum so up on my finder almost like a triangle shape - roughly 1-2 feet high but on bottom.

If you zig zag along the Stone Rock area on a calm morning - you'll see the bottom is mostly flat - small humps / gullies.

When you see some thing odd - worth dropping a bait on it.

It also pays to either zoom in / bottom lock or adjust setting to get the most screen. You do not want the screen on 50 feet when in 20 feet. You lose more then half the view area.

[Old Hat]

Drum fishing on the mid bay is totally different than the conventional approaches down at the mouth of the bay and the Delaware bay. In these two other spots, you mostly anchor up and fish sea clams while waiting for the boomer to come to you (usually in the evening or dark). In mid bay, capt steve is correct in that it can be bumper boats out there some days but other days you will be on your own...........which suits me just fine.

Here is a screen shot I took of a recent trip. You will see the reddish orange blob on the bottom which is a drum. i have a structure scan as well which confirms what you are seeing on regular sonar. The structure scan (downscan) will show a very bright white mark just off the bottom. Jumbo will probably poop on me since the gps numbers are on my split screen but I don't care because "fish have tails" and tomorrow's spot will be different. Beware of the bent rod sonar guys as they rarely look at their sonar since they prefer the easy method. Most guys are respectful and play nicely in the sandbox






Enjoy the hunt for the black drum. My favorite day fishing for drum was two years ago when my crew had all caught at least one and stopped fishing to photograph a boy fighting a biggun. We watched a 12 year old boy fight a 75 lb fish. I took pictures of the fight which had to last 25 minutes and finally got the dad's email address to send him documentation of his proudest moment. He was pretty psyched!!!

[littlepoo22]

thanks old hat ill just keep riding around till i see some thing like that maybe ill hook up so it is best time to go in evening

[Old Hat]

You'll get um if you put your time in. The water temps got warm quick so I hope they are still around in decent numbers. I usually look for awhile and if I don't see em I go jigging for rockfish.

[dinfos]

Capt Stu
On the Hook Mash.
Damn good Drum fisherman
Check old Md Gazette articals

[Wild Bill]

Don't be mistaken, I will go drummin in a heatbeat if that's WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS........and do my best to get them a fish.

I was trying to inject a little humor into the post and the TF site........guess that got drummed out.

Steve-

I thought it was an excellent summary of black drum fishing in the middle bay. The humor was noted. Every time I have personally tried humor on TF, it fell completely flat--sarcasm attempts were even worse.

[knotworkin]

Im not a real picky eater but the two times I ate grilled drum I did not think it was that bad.
Kind of like a fishy tasting pork chop.

[Spottail]

I grew up eating them on the ESVA and was into my thirties before I read that others didn't and were worried about the worms. After the fish is cooked the worms are not a problem! I know that everyone is worried about eating fried food but that's the only way to eat drum (and flounder too) in my opinion. And fried drum roe is out of this world. Fluffy and salty. Everybody talks about eating red (puppy) drum but I release 'em...great sport when they get bigger and too spongy for my taste. To each his own!

[Lanceman_1]

I love to catch and eat black drum. In Chincoteague they get up to 10 bucks a pound for it and they call it drumfish. To me it tastes a little like pork and not real fishy at all. BBQ drum ribs are out of this world.