Black Drum

[BlueDog]

Hey, anyone happen to come across the very large school of black drum off of Sea Bright today? I was motoring back up towards the hook and saw what looked like like a brown spot in the water, I got closer and saw it was a huge school of drum, not one but a few, broken up by something very large.
They were just swimming along on the surface , just like a school of bunker...
Then you would see them scatter and splash at the surface with something chasing them. Only one time I saw a Large fin and a monsterous splash, I'm thinking a White was feeding on this school.
I tried to catch them by throwing clams and some lures, no biters but I think they were in survival mode. I did manage to snag one and get him boat side for a few pictures.


http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/...ps252c2cb4.jpg

[kmaty]

last 4th my uncles friend hooked one on a snag and drop in the same type of situation he had a 2I ft Grady cc and it was longer than the boat is wide huge fish caught and released as usual great fight on fluke tackle tho had to be close to a hundred lbs

[tombanjo]

The white might have broken a few teeth on those prehistoric scales.

[BlueDog]

Originally Posted by tombanjo

The white might have broken a few teeth on those prehistoric scales.

Prehistoric scales or not, something was trying to eat them....

[tombanjo]

Drums in a frenzy? That must have been something to see.

[russandsue]

I was on the bow of the angler and had seen the same thing .Some thing very large was feeding on 80 lbs. plus drum and bringing them to the surface.It was pretty wild,made my day!

[BlueDog]

Originally Posted by russandsue

I was on the bow of the angler and had seen the same thing .Some thing very large was feeding on 80 lbs. plus drum and bringing them to the surface.It was pretty wild,made my day!

One of the coolest thinks I've ever seen. Reeling one in with a Newell 220 and a medium st croix was pretty wild too.