So I figured I would share this photo with you guys! My buddy and I as well as our girlfriends headed down to Sargent for a few days to see if we couldn't catch some fish. Unfortunately we came down the day of a cold front moving in. The fishing wasn't great we just got a 22" red on live shrimp and a 22" black drum as well. This morning everyone was asleep so I went out to the dock and decided to throw out this 8" mullet we had on a surf rod into the middle of the ICW. Pretty soon I get a bite. I could tell this was a huge fish and after a pretty decent fight I finally saw it. The biggest fish I had ever had on my line. I knew I would have to net it myself. So after he was good and tired I set the rod down and grabbed the line to lead him to my net. As I did this I hear a snap and I am left with a handful of broken line. At this point I started screaming obscenities knowing that no one would believe me. I woke up my friends with my yelling and told them the story about the one that got away. As I had back down to the dock to clean up the rest of my poles I was shocked to see the same fish rolling on the top of the water. I also noticed our lightest rod was bent over. I picked up the rod and slowly started bringing the monster in. Somehow my lines got tangled and I still had the fish on. Luckily this time I was ready and got about half of him into the net pulled him onto the deck and let out a WOOHOO! After running up to get everyone we came back down measured and took pictures. He measured out to be 42.5" and around 50 lbs if I had to guess. He is by far my biggest fish to date as well as the biggest fish landed on our dock. This is one time that I am grateful for tangled fishing lines. I just wanted to share my experience with you guys!

P.S. The fish was released and swam away strong!

Huge black drum,congrats!!!!

Thanks Jean!

Wow.

Props!

Nice fish. Fun fight. You got lucky!

They aren't called "Big Uglies" for nothing. Congrats on a particularly big ugly.

Very nice, congrats on the big bruiser!

Thanks everyone!

nice!!! thats one ugly fish lol

They may be big uglies, but when the pole is bent in half, it's a beautiful thing!

Nice catch!

Nice fish!

I can remember when my husband caught a 44 inch Black Drum...had to throw it back because it was too big...it's hard to watch a grown man cry!!!

To be honest I was glad to let this monster go. Nothing but respect for this fish, and just hope he grows some more for some lucky angler to catch him again.

Nice fish, congratulations on a PB.

I appreciate all the comments guys! Don't think I will ever top this fish.

Congrats!! That thing looks prehistoric! Glad you released it..she needs to enjoy her retirement!

Nice fish, and keep at it. Hopefully many more to come in your life.

Good Luck and Tight Lines.

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big ole ugly LOL, nice fish

Congrtas, I'm still trying to catch a big one. So far I have caught a 18 inch flounder. I ll get him one of these days.

When your line broke, my guess is, you were using vocabulary you didn't even know you had. LOL!!! Great job. I proud for you.

On top of the new vocabulary I think I was reaching sound levels I didn't even know I could achieve hahaha.

very nice...........