MONSTER BLACK DRUM OFF SEABRIGHT

[surfrocket]

Yesterday morning my buddy John travled out by himself in his 16 foot aluminum boat. About a mile off Seabright he incountered a giant school of black drum. From a distance he thought it was just bunker swirling the surface, until he got there. He saw huge fins breaking the surface then explosions on the ever presant bunker. His first cast with a live bunker he hooked up. Only to have his reel smoked and line broken off. He then switched to a heavier set up. Now realizing he was in the middle of the largest school of black drum he ever heard of.The first catch took him a half hour to land this monster and get it in the boat by himself, the second one was not as long of a fight. The third one tired and exhausted he released at the boat. He then brought these monster to my house to be weighed, the smaller one bent the hook on my 60lb scale, keeping us from using that scale. So we did the math. Lenght *girth*girth divided by 800, and we came up with one being 86# at 49 inches and the other was 68# at just over 50 inches.These fish were on the surface exploding on bunker,and was an experience he will never for get.

[salty pig]

Wow  Nice .... you eat those things?

[wink_man]

Great report, and great catch, and his little girl is a cutie. Correct me if I'm wrong, thats a rather unusual catch for up that way?

Garry

[Uncle Luna]

Nice, just goes to show you never know what you
will come across while out there fishing great
catch. 

[surfrocket]

yes it is an unusual catch. thats why i posted it. he said they were just slowly moving around on the surface.  by the way that cute little girl is my work. that is my little baby.

[wink_man]

yes it is an unusual catch. thats why i posted it. he said they were just slowly moving around on the surface.  by the way that cute little girl is my work. that is my little baby.

I stand corrected surfrocket, YOU have a very cute little girl, and thanks for the info.

Garry

[seanr8w]

Awesome catch.... It's like the novel "the Old Man and the Sea" !! Your daughter is a cutie too...That fish weighs more than her doesn't it!

[surfrocket]

thanks, she is a great kid. yeah she weighs 47#,lol.it took the two of us to get them back in the boat so he could bring them home. talk about slime omg, i heard the smaller ones are good to eat. after seeing that slime i think ill pass.

[Capt. Mike]

Great job nice...

[fishon42]

thats ridiculous, great fish and im sure that was a haul to reel in 

[gymrat987654321]

Nice 

[bayonne]

nice catch for your buddy i heard last season their were some caught aswell common by seaside but not up north baraget inlet is suposedly a good spot to fish for them

[mboy]

Very cool.

They are also getting them right off of or in sandy Hook.

May have to target them next week.

Saw a number of carcasses (and whole fish) floating back in keyport.

Some fool(s) is catching them and just dumping them.

[Luna Sea 5]

all I can say is.. 

[IrishAyes]

Nice catch. I have heard of some catches in the Sandy Hook area as well.

They are supposedly good to eat, but you only get a little bit of meat in relation to their size.

[CapBob]

Great job....the meat is pretty good......but have a couple of sharp knives and a steel, that skin is real thick and tough

[Bucktail]

   That's awesome!

Saw a number of carcasses (and whole fish) floating back in keyport.

Some fool(s) is catching them and just dumping them.

Do you think it's possible that people are catching them by accident on tackle that's just too light for the job?

If you fight any fish longer than what should be necessary, and to the point of exhaustion, it will probably die soon after being released.

Just a thought.

-Bob

[IrishAyes]

Bob, I heard the dead fish were floating at the docks in Sandy Hook. Not a matter of a stressed fish, but idiot fishermen. 

[FINITALIA2]

excellent catch

[Bucktail]

Bob, I heard the dead fish were floating at the docks in Sandy Hook. Not a matter of a stressed fish, but idiot fishermen. 

Gotcha.