Massive Black Drum

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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Holy Crap! what a monster!

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WHAT A SLOB!!!

16’7" Crestliner w/ 30hp Mercury

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Used to be able to get them like that around the old Cooper River Bridge. Nice fish

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Nice catch and bet you were wore out after that battle. A question about the release, did the fish require any type of reviving or did it just swim away. I figured it may have been pretty tired as well. Amazing something that big would hit a small shrimp. That will be your fishing story for quite a while or until a bigger one comes along. Thanks for sharing!

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Originally posted by Pescador16

Caught this beast earlier today on cut shrimp

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That’s a fish of a life time. I can imagine your arms were a little sore the next day. That’s a bragging fish for sure

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That’s the largest one I’ve ever seen. Dang [:0] Nice job! I bet that scoundrel could eat a LOT of shrimp in a day.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats

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Right Larry. Guess that was why the shrimp baiting has been so poor the past couple of years.

Seafox 246 w 300 Yamaha

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Holy mother of ugly!

nice !!!
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That is a very nice big black drum. Those fish calculators don’t do so well with big blacks as they are so thick up front and taper quickly. I have a old picture of a 72 lber my dad caught back in the day I will dig up and post later when I get a chance. From all of the years targeting these things, the fish looks to be in the 60ish range. Maybe Pat will give his thoughts on the size, if he is still on here. I know he used to target the big ones too. Still a very nice fish and probably a once in a lifetime for most. Good Job.

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The infamous grillage area can hold big black drum in the summer months. I’ve seen some monsters come out of there.

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In the late 50’s , early 60’s there were lots of Black Drum . We didnt have any scales so Dad would estimate . One day we had 5 going from 45- 90 pds . We went to see what another person, that Dad knew , caught one around 105-110 pds . It was neat to, hear them them drum . I know how they got their name . We used blue crab for bait .

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quote:
Originally posted by Apickett

Used to be able to get them like that around the old Cooper River Bridge. Nice fish

REALLY?!

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quote:
Originally posted by APOB

In the late 50’s , early 60’s there were lots of Black Drum . We didnt have any scales so Dad would estimate . One day we had 5 going from 45- 90 pds . We went to see what another person, that Dad knew , caught one around 105-110 pds . It was neat to, hear them them drum . I know how they got their name . We used blue crab for bait .

I DONT HAVE A BOAT
BUT LOVE TO FISH> HINT

I remember stories like that too. I always wondered why there seemed to be more larger ones back then than now. They were never a species that were under alot of pressure. Maybe everyone was keeping the little ones. It is amazing how light the bite of a fish that large can be on a half of blue crab.

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quote:
Originally posted by CaptFritz

The infamous grillage area can hold big black drum in the summer months. I’ve seen some monsters come out of there.

Charleston City Papers Best Guide of 2014

There are NO fish at the grillage at all!