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Won't be long until a movement will be made to call them all "fish". Equality across the cutting board.
BTW- I've always fished for and caught "crappie"......
I like to call um Dinner.
We like to eat some slabs too.
Does anyone eat Black drum? I will not touch one. Someone was recently talking about the black drum they were catching and I sort of scoffed at the idea of eating one. The guy said the fish on the Atlantic, in South Carolina, aren’t riddled with parasites like the black drum and amberjack in the Gulf. I had never heard that and wondered if it was really true, and if so, how far South does that apply? I mostly fish the Gulf, so the thought of putting a black drum in the cooler would be about like keeping a freshwater carp.
6-pack...its whats fer dinner:)
That's just all we could hold in our hands. There were more on the fillet table 😁😁😁
Caught a few last summer out of the Atlantic off my coast (actually in a canal/marsh coming off the ocean). Filleted one and tried it out while cooking some reds. If the reds were a 9/10, the black was a 6.5/10. Not bad. Not great. Going back in two weeks. Will probably not keep one this year to eat...
I've eaten smaller ones several times, fried they were pretty tasty. I let the bigger ones go.
My son's personal best. Caught her yesterday morning.
Holy cow! Are you sure that fish didn't catch your son?
Caught a couple this evening. May try them out...
@amjadawgs - well, don’t worry, your son’s young, he’s got a lot of life ahead of him to catch a fish worth showin’ off. /s
Beautiful fish! And congrats to your Son!
On a frog to top it all!!!! Awesome fish!!!
I know it's recruiting time, but wanted to bump this back to the top of the list....
Let's talk different types of line: Braid, Fluorocarbon and Monofilament...
Braid - Frog, punch rig and carolina rig to the swivel (Fluorocarine liter) - that's about it!
Flouorocarbon - pretty much GREAT for anything other than top water (best overall line on the market)
Monofilament - top water treble hook baits, that's about it.
Thoughts?
Just got back from Apalachicola Bay; all 10 lb braid, typically double uni to 20-40 lb fluoro leader then to a non-slip loop knot depending on the structure I'm finishing. Should've been every time, but because I was throwing a light plastic in a clear channel of an empty mud flat I swapped out the fluro for 20 lb mono to get more action on the retrieve. It worked as a 30" red grabbed the lure 5' in front of the kayak and started ripping line as it headed out to the bay. Pulled the anchor stick, line still screaming, so I reached to tighten the drag. At the first increase in pressure, the leader snapped below the knot (thankfully). So, somewhere there's a bull red swimming around with a jerk shad hanging from its lip. Fluro from here on out.