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CROAKERSOAKER Flour Bluffian in training
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:17 pm Post subject: Caught on artificial |
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I took my neighbor and he is relatively new at fishing but he is dedicated. We fished through the rain showers and he caught this by South Pass lake. Rough measurement went 44". I thought it was a red but this is a drum right? Never even seen one this big. Is it common to catch them in bay this big and with a saltwater assassin at that. _________________ Take a kid fishing, best investment for them and our future of fishing. |
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BluffYakker Horse Mullet

Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 164 Location: the bluff
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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I catch drum all the time on gulp, and occasionally on spoons, soft plastics. As far as catching one that big, I thought that was only common in the winter, but I guess anything is possible. _________________ Chris |
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RttlTrap Finger Mullet

Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Victoria
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| He's gonna need a bigger net |
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CROAKERSOAKER Flour Bluffian in training
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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After about twenty minutes I ended up grabbing it by the tail. The head barely fit in the net. Ended up with three trout, two reds and this monster. _________________ Take a kid fishing, best investment for them and our future of fishing. |
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HighTide Member White Shrimper Boot Club

Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 552 Location: Padre Isles
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:01 am Post subject: |
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I catch them on gulps, but very infrequently. One time we did catch about 5 of them within a couple of hours last year. That was very rare. _________________ HighTide
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B-1 83 Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 621
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| RttlTrap wrote: | | He's gonna need a bigger net |
Well played, good sir. |
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Central Scrutinizer Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 3583 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Caught on artificial |
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| CROAKERSOAKER wrote: | | I thought it was a red but this is a drum right? |
It's a bit early for the Big Ugly Annual Run, but that is a drum.
Congrats to the newbie neighbor, and you for taking him. |
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CROAKERSOAKER Flour Bluffian in training
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Its pretty cool, as he is addicted and already bought a kayak..He is retired so he could not wait on my work schedule. Although people claim I don't work since I fish once a week. Sure is fun getting people to enjoy the opportunity to fish saltwater who have never done it. A big bonus when they have a day like this _________________ Take a kid fishing, best investment for them and our future of fishing. |
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