Weekend report

[Buck_West]

Hit up Cherokee friday night and the north wind got the best of me. Scratched out 2 decent 5lb or so hybrids and a 2lb largemouth. Had around 10 total blow ups not being able to fish hardly any of my usual water. Didn't help the lake was up 12 or so feet in 2 weeks time. Sunday evening was a better day, killed a hog that morning and slipped down to chick that evening from 2:30 til 5:30. The drum were tough to weed through as usual probably caught 30 of those several in the 15 lb range on 10 lb line. Only took a picture of one which was far from the biggest but otherwise had a good average trip down here. All on artifical.

 

[Buck_West]

 

[WTM]

very nice, did that little pig go on a spit? drum are some good eating, i like the smaller ones.

 

[RUGER]

Looks like a pretty good weekend.

 

[Buck_West]

I don't think the wife and I could tackle 275 lbs of pork in one sitting, but we will be cooking a good bit of it Sunday for mothers day.

 

[wobblegobble]

What's drum taste like?

 

[Buck_West]

Drum is very firm fleshed. The most comparable would be striper I suppose texture wise. Flavor wise it is slightly sweet kindve like bluegill but a lot firmer. They are closely related to redfish if you have eaten it. Just HAVE to remove all red meat from fillets just like stripe.

 

[WTM]

yep taste like redfish but dont cost 25 bucks for a couple of filets, lol. i like it blackened. dip filets in clarified butter, coat with old bay blackening seasoning, and throw it on a flat cast iron skillet at 450 deg. cook outside.

prolly the camera pic but i thought that pig looked like a 50 lb suckling. yeah a couple hundred pound would be a bit much for 2 lol.

 

[Rjratliff1975]

Congrats on a nice weekend!

 

[Dbllunger]

Good fishing trip for sure!