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!

Saaaaaaaaaweeeeeet! Cool story and love the girls on the dock with you. I know Black Drum don't get much credit compared to the Reds, but that is one heckuvan accomplishment! A huge Black Drum.

In fact, I'd like to nominate the second photo for one of our monthly TFF covers!

And bc, I love the smile. That says it all!!!

Fouz

Nice fish! Congrats!

Thanks a lot Fouzman!

To be honest the biggest fish I had ever caught before this one was probably a 24" Red.

That smile has not gone off my face all day!

What a catch! Congrats, sir!!

Thanks Guys!

That is an awesome fish! Great story as well, thanks for sharing.

Thats awesome man, big congrats to you!



I 2nd that for monthly cover!

WTG

Nice Big Ugly!!

Very, very nice.. Congrats!

very nice drum! the other day my friend and I were getting excited over sight fishing for some half that size. can't imagine if we saw one that big!

Great lookin fish and even better story!

I know this is probably the wrong category to ask this, but I have been thinking about getting a replica of this fish made. If anyone had anyone that they would recommend who does decent replicas, or any online companies that you have used.

Thanks a ton!

Still can't stop smiling every time I see that fish hahaha.

I don't know what all they do breed wise, but I know Lake Fork Taxidermy does great work.

http://www.lakeforktaxidermy.com/index.html

Congrats on a monster drum! I've caught some babies before but never anything near that big. Your heart must've been racing.