"Ya just can't make this stuff up!"

A rod I left on the dock of our rental (Mobile Bay side) either blew off or washed off Sunday night. I decided to search the sandy bottom for it by dragging a treble hook across the area. After about 45 minutes of nothing, I snagged something. Then the "snag" began to swim off! Whatever it was snapped my 30lb test like sewing thread (had the drag cranked down for dragging bottom).



Not even fishing and catch "the one that got away" on a bare hook!



So bright me decide to put a strip of fish bites on another treble hook. Double duty; drag bottom AND fish. An hour later I had caught and released about a dozen black drum, all about 16-22 inches long.



Guess the one that got away was their 'big brother'..............

I never did find that #*%&#&% fishing rod.......:mad:

Out Ft. Morgan?

Released??? Those are the best eating size!!!

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Originally Posted by CarlF

Released??? Those are the best eating size!!!

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Absolutely spectacular on the grill!

Aren't black drum wormy?

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Originally Posted by Nimakdm

Aren't black drum wormy?

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Small black drum are excellent. I have to admit that I've never kept a large black drum. I've always netted them and released them, even as a kid. So I can't personally attest one way or the other about larger drum being "wormy". Most larger speckled trout have spaghetti worms. I just cut those areas out. I imagine that you could do that with any fish.

True enough Eym. What's considered "small/large" sorry Midwesterner here!

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Originally Posted by Nimakdm

Aren't black drum wormy?

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Big ones, yes. The really big ones (20+ pounds) are really inedible (IMO).

But 12-24" ones are fantastic eating.

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Originally Posted by JayHook

Out Ft. Morgan?

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Gasque (just past Mile Marker 11)

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Originally Posted by CarlF

Released??? Those are the best eating size!!!

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Yeah, but remember, THIS is the dummy that left a rod on the dock with a storm coming in.............
:mad:

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Originally Posted by eym_sirius

Absolutely spectacular on the grill!

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And now I won't know. My wife fell a couple hours later and broke BOTH knees. The hospital has arranged a medical transport to UAB trauma center (in Birmingham). We leave Wednesday morning.

And I never got to the pier to say hi to everyone.

Awww man I’m sorry to hear about your bad news! Thankfully it wasn’t worse.

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Originally Posted by Nimakdm

Awww man I’m sorry to hear about your bad news! Thankfully it wasn’t worse.

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Thanks. And you are right. I had already gone to the dock, she fell in the house, and my sister-n-law was still inside and heard her scream. If not for my sister-in-law my wife could have laid there quite a while.

I have to say Kudo's for the Fort Morgan Fire Department. The first guy was here in 3 minutes! The rest were soon after. And they were all extremely professional, patient, and compassionate (I'm an EMT Basic and have seen the full spectrum of EMT conduct).

Thanks, guys!

Damnnnnn, hate to hear that. Hope she fully recovers.

Wishing her a speedy and painless recovery from all of us pier rats.