Annapolis Area LTJ - Black Drum???

[zags]

I did pretty well on Friday from 5:30-7:30am with strong outgoing current with endless undersize rock (12-16") and many 10"+ perch... and managed to get 3 keeper size rock up to 22".

On Saturday am I went out a bit later, 7-10am, again outgoing current. The undersize rock were smaller, other than one that was 17.5"... and there were fewer big perch. But I did get an interesting surprise - a 15" Black Drum ! I have never caught one before so I had to get out a fish chart to figure out what it was and that it was 1" too short to keep. I have only heard of Black Drum further south - how uncommon is it to catch one in Annapolis area?

Sorry no pics... cell phone cam was broken. And then when I got back to marina I somehow managed to lose the broken cell phone overboard . So now I have a new cell phone and next report will include pics!

[Timbo]

Nice catch. Black drum have been caught in that area and even a little north. General Warren Magruder caught a big one two years in a row above the bay bridge on the west side (search for Candy Thompson's article in the Sun). The mouth of the Chester is also a place to luck into one this time of year. The furthest north I ever caught one was Stone Rock. Here's a pic from three weeks ago.

[zags]

Wow! They look a lot different when they get BIG! Thanks for sharing!

[Bottom Knocker]

small one caught at Ft Smallwood earlier in the month..

[Krabaholic]

Got a 66 pounder south of the bay bridge yesterday

[Shawn Kimbro]

Got a 66 pounder south of the bay bridge yesterday

You were jigging too, weren't you? Was hoping you'd chip in.

[27 sailfish]

The bay area near Annapolis is very interesting - never know what type fish will so up each year.

The salinity in the area can range high enough that Spanish Macks will be caught - then next year low enough that Catfish are caught.

So far this year - salinity is up , so likely we'll see fish more common to the south show up.

Congrats on a unique fish on a jig - most are caught on bait.

[Salmo trutta]

Check out Kimbros book and the chapter, "There will be giants" or something like that.

[Roger T]

Nice! last yr. a few guys caught a couple giants jigging just slightly above the bridge,right around this time last yr.decent fish around too..

[Shawn Kimbro]

You don't hear about too many drum caught on jigs. Don't misinterpret that to mean they aren't. It's their belligerent attitude toward lures that attracts artificial bait fishermen to them.