My brother is taking me and a few others down to Port O'Connor in mid-February for the black drum run. Anyone else heard of or doing this? It'll be my first time...

Wade

No, I think your brother has no idea what he's talking about. What's a black drum?

jack-a*s

I sure hope he puts me on the fish...for ONCE!

I wouldn't mind getting in on that! Never caught one before.

Big Ulgys they get huge--cant really keep any but fun to catch

wade, u talking about these kind of black drums???

Fun to catch , not that good to eat . Light tackle their a blast . Heavy tackle and all your doing is being a wrecker.

I think that this is the kind big black drum being disccussed.[img]http://www.addictivefishing.com/NewGallery/ViewPhoto.aspx?photo=1270[/img]
This was taken on the lydia ann channel at Port A with Capt. Bob Bean.
Also, I disagree on the eating of them. the smallest ones you can catch that are still above the length requirements are GREAT for eating, very mild. But they do get pretty nasty towards the upper slot limit

Great fun we go every year in the middle of march and catch many.
We fish off the end of TCD in a deck boat.Live crab is the ticket and don't keep them out of the water long, quick cpr! Good luck, oh yea use aleast 20lbs test they pull like a freight train.

I am heading down to the aransas/ portland area toward the end of march, i too am looking for the bull run, which is true, for those who don't know what it is, it's when the big bulls gather in huge schools before the spawn and are found in different locations (guts,jetties,sand bottom channels). they are pretty good to eat(smaller black drum) if they are under 5-6 pounds, just fillet, no skin and deep fry or skillet it. If anyone has any advice on past fishing trips i could use some extra help locating them, i am taking my parents and my brother and his fiance down and don't want to disappoint them

bobby705,

My woman wants to know who that handsome devil with no shirt on is.

They're a blast!

they're not called big uglies for nothin'!!!! nice fish h.m.!!!

I can't wait...

Pot lickers love the drum run around here(haha) However, the run started very early in CC area this year and it is already the tail end. However, you should still be able to catch a few. Run happens during months of Dec., Jan., and Feb.

oh i wanna go.....

Would someone please PM the TFF member "Hard Wired" this topic? He thought my big bull red was a black drum!!! Ticked me off!

I catc hbig reds but never a black I here the big one have worms.? But feb and march is the run.

I catch big reds but never a black I here the big one have worms.? But feb and march is the run.

why the need for two posts?

HWY_man is that Galveston bay?

Beanstalker,

that's my best friend, but rumor is that he's get'n married to some hot chick... Sorry, he can't be stalked!

Venice LA.

Hooked...

"Is that a barn?"
"Is it red?"
"No"
"Then it's not a barn."

If it's not a slot, and it is not red, then it is a big ugly as far as I am concerned.

PS...You are spending way too much time on here. If the big city is getting boring, come down here next weekend.

I dont know why people here keep refering to march as part as the drum run. First off, this is not a species that I fish for, but I know my fish, and have friends who love to catch drum; and have never heard of or known march to be part of the run.

Im sure that you could still catch a few stragglers, but I have always known Dec. & Jan. to be the prime months with the thing pretty much winded down by end of Feb. I've been asking a couple of my friends who like to partake in the Drum run, and they told me the same thing. Maybee this is just how it is in CC and it is a little longer the further north or something? The run is already winding down around here and started in Dec. again.

Anyways, alot of people dont know this but during the summer eating sized Drum stack up on shallow flats much the same way that redfish do, with their backs sticking out of the water. You can catch them by fly, DOA/Gulp/or other naturally scented lures, but your best bet is a piece of peeled shrimp rigged weightless and sight casted. This is the only situation that I will not pass up when it comes to Drum. However, find your own secrete spots!!!(lol)