Drum

[DADAKOTA]

My buddy was at Stockton over the weekend and said that you couldn't keep the drum off of his walleye rigs. Are they getting over populated?

[Dutch]

I catch one once in a while but not like on Pommy. That place is loaded with them.

[LoweSTX175]

I catch a drummer boy just about every trip.

[Skeeter ZX190]

I beat my record. On Saturday I caught 6. Catch at least 1 every trip.

[Ham]

Drum have a spawn. That may be going on right now. I would think it foolhardy to think fish populations are out of balance based on the results of a few fishing trips.

[LoweSTX175]

Eat em. They're good.

If you can show me a decent recipe I'll give them a try. I remember as a kid one time my father decided to filet and fry him up. To this day I still have a vivid memory of how nasty that thing tasted.

[MOPanfisher]

Fileted and fried ain't bad on drum, Cajun seasoning is my favorite. Boiling in crab boil is another, let it cool and make tacos.

[BilletHead]

Yep just like Mopanfisher said. Boil in the shrimp/seafood seasoning and dip in cocktail sauce. Another way to use it is make scampi and use drum fillets instead of shrimp. I have used bass and crappie for that too. I had at onetime a bow fishing book that had a recipe where you season and broil it, dip in melted butter and eat (lobster imposter it was called) Wish I knew where this book was now!

BilletHead

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[Aggressor1988long]

They are good for cut bait thats all.