Black Drum fishing at the CBBT

[tieoneon]

Fished the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel dregding for stripers. Everyonce in awhile on these trips we hook fish that we cannot turn in the strong current and eventually break us off on a piling or rocks. Took the big stick (12wt Crosscurrent) out and luckily I hooked one of these beasts and got him to the boat. Turns out,our mystery fish is a black drum. Landed this guy in about 10 minutes, he put up a great fight. Definitely not just dead weight like alot of people say they are. Released him and on the next cast hooked his big brother. Not so lucky with him. Had him turned for about 2 or 3 minutes. Went to tighten my drag, and I guess he sensed that I had let off a bit and he turned and took off. Seconds later he broke me off on a piling. But overall a decent evening out on the bay. Caught him on a 6" Chartruese/white seaducer on a 400 grain sinking line.


Tight Lines,
George
www.addictiveflyfishing.com

[Dave Sikorski]

Well look what the cat drug in!!!

Folks, welcome George to the fray and get ready to do a little drooling over his adventures.

Pretty work on the drum buddy. Hope to get down there and join you very soon.

-D

[tieoneon]

Wassup Dave. I don't know if I can match up to your adventures, but I will surely try.

[jemche]

i saw an article about black drum fishing at the cbbt..looks fun. would love to try it sometime.

[CapeMayRay]

Great night of fishing. Don't think of Black Drum when you think about fly fishing, but I am sure it was a nice fight.

[tieoneon]

You guys are welcome to come down and give it a try sometime. They are normally here most of the summer. That article was written by my buddy Kendall, the guy in the picture with the big drum is the guy that I was was fishing with that evening. I agree CapeMayRay, you normally don't think of them as targets for fly, it is a fishery that is really starting to take off down here. During the day, you can actually sight fish to them around the rocks, very cool.

[jmercer]

George,
Any photos of that new andros you got, dying to see a photo. Hoping to get 23 cuda down the road.
jeremy