By User Ol'Red
Here is a Drum report from my 10 year old son Drew:
"Yesterday afternoon my Dad and I went out on the Blind Date with Capt Stan, and Mr. Chuck Harrison. I have fished with Mr. Chuck for as long as I can remember. Mr. Chuck writes for the Fisherman a lot and catches a lot of fish. Our plan was to run to Fisherman's Island and go for Red Drum.
We had one good hook up, but it came off after about 2 minutes. After that nothing happened. Just as it was getting dark, we got a call from a friend of Capt Stan that said there was a good Black Drum bite not far away. We picked up the anchor and ran over. Capt Stan found a really good spot and we dropped anchor. In about 10 minutes my rod went off on a long run and then Mr. Chuck hooked up too. Mr. Chuck got his to the boat and it measured 43 in. Capt Stan tagged it and slid it back in the water. I fought mine for another 10 minutes, but I couldn't get it in. It stayed about 20 foot from the boat and then it came off. I was so frustrated.
Capt Stan hooked up next and got his in pretty quick it measured 45 in and we tagged it. Things got quiet for awhile and then it was my Dad's turn. He felt the fish nibbling on the bait and slowly cranked the circle hook right into the jaw. His fish swam up current and then turned back. Capt Stan netted the fish and it measured 48 in and was tagged and released. It was about time to go when we got another bite, since I had not landed a fish yet I got another chance. This fish ran up current and then crossed over the anchor line. We had to unzip all the curtains so I could follow the fish around the boat. He fought for about 20 minutes. When Capt Stan said he needed help to lift it in the boat I knew it was big. It measured 51 in and it had a 40 in girth. It is the biggest Black drum I have ever caught. We tagged it and released it. It was awesome.
We caught all of the Drum on clams. Sometimes we put a crab on at the same time, Capt Stan calls that a Drum sandwich. We all used different rods and reels. I got mine on Capt Stan's Thunnus spinning reel.
