Black Drum Information |
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Black Drum are very abundant along the gulf coast. In Texas, over 1.3 million pounds of Black Drum are caught commercially per year and about 750 thousand pounds by sport fisherman. Black Drum can be found from the lower gulf coast all the way to the upper Atlantic coast. Black drum are members of the croaker family, which includes the Red Drum (redfish), spotted sea trout, and Atlantic croaker. As a member of the croaker family, Black Drum are capable of producing a "croaking" sound |
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C&T Bay Charters Drum Fishing Guides |
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with their air bladders. Sometimes, you can actually here them producing the sound, especially during the "run". Black drum will spawn in February – April with a late spawn in the June - July time range. During this time they are very active and run along channels. Black drum will do what is called "free spawning", where they release eggs at random in any location. Black Drum will grow 6 inches in the first year and a total of about 16 in the first three years. After then, they will average about two inches a year. The Texas State Record is 81 pounds and 51 inches. The largest ever recorded was almost twice as much at 146 pounds. A "bull" Black Drum is an over sized drum being of 30 inches plus, averaging about 30 to 40 pounds (Bag and Size Limits). The most successful technique used to go after them is to fish in channels on the bottom with peeled shrimp or blue paw crab. |
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