June 28

[KCKT]

Heading down Friday. Sounds like the crank pulling bite is slow.  Anyone been out bass fishing. Buddy and I will be in white and silver Charger SUV.  I will post if we can fiqure anything out .

Thanks

[VJMAC]

Went out of Stockton ramp sun afternoon. Trolled with flicker shads at 4 different depths. 10' at bank side and 20'+/- at far side. Trolled around for 6hr at various depths trying to figure out a pattern. All fish hit the outermost deepest running bait and mostly in 25' depth range. Couple crappie, butt load of drum and doz or so giant bluegill. BG's had to be close to a pound. All fish looked like theyd swallowed a goose egg. All spitting up small fry and baby shad. There are gazillions of baby shad everywhere. Fished a bluff end with Ned rig right before dark. Couple small bass. Theyre bellies also looked like they were about to explode. Stayed after dark and droped in the green light and fished minnows till 11pm. Set up next to the flooded trees and then on top of a brush pile. BP topped out at 30' and had alot of fish suspended over it. Caught one 9" crappie.  I dont think theres a hungry fish in the lake. Just reaction bites. My opinion for what ever its worth !! With so few available ramps its just ridiculous trying to get in and out. Good luck to ya

[KCKT]

Thank you for report. Just looking forward to getting out of town. We've chased those big gills when things are slow. Mighty tasty. How ever catches the most drum on any outing is the drum master.

[MoCarp]

Drum are good eating 

[dan hufferd]

I have caught a brazilian drum on a spoon. You can always tell what they are on the graph,  those things can feel the vibration of a bait from quite a distance.

If you see a suspended fish on your sonar, vector directly for your spoon, it is probably a drum.

[dan hufferd]

7 hours ago, MoCarp said:

Drum are good eating 

You should keep all of them. I guess I would eat one if I was hungry.

[top_dollar]

12 minutes ago, dan hufferd said:

I have caught a brazilian drum on a spoon.

Brazilian drum are extremely rare at Stockton!

[liphunter]

I've never eaten one, but brazillian or domestic, There fun to catch.

[Dutch]

On 6/27/2019 at 11:16 PM, MoCarp said:

Drum are good eating 

I know some people who like them but not me.

[olfishead]

The Freshwater version of a saltwater Redfish! (Red Drum)And, redfish are considered one of the good eating fish of the gulf.  I agree with Dan keep all you can. They do compete with the other "more desirable" species.