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 Bait for freshwater drum
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07/12/20 06:55 PM
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Falcon Lake Guide
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Looking for the best bait for freshwater drum never fished for them . Some we caught by accident . ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/07/full-85034-59090-fe592eeb_00dd_4b7f_a1cd_e81a97362fae.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/07/full-85034-59091-dc197821_82ab_40c7_b7ab_ea485b227aa4.jpeg)
Last edited by Falcon Lake Guide; 07/12/20 07:02 PM.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
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#13627968
07/12/20 07:01 PM
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Curt0407
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They like crawfish (mediums), if you can come up with them. I have caught them on night crawlers, minnows, and on jigging spoons trying for sand bass.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
[Re: Falcon Lake Guide]
#13628010
07/12/20 07:49 PM
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Osbornfishing
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Minnows, cut bait, and earthworms. Those are some nice ones.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
[Re: Falcon Lake Guide]
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07/12/20 08:32 PM
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Curt0407
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I don't know if you have tried them, but the smaller ones fry up just fine. 
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
[Re: Falcon Lake Guide]
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07/12/20 10:06 PM
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uncle_bagster
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A better question might be, what won't they hit? I've caught them on ever kind of bait imaginable, both real and artificial. If I was going after them, I'd get some redworms and fish on the bottom.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
[Re: Osbornfishing]
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07/13/20 12:13 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Pumpkin Head
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Minnows, cut bait, and earthworms. Those are some nice ones. Plus #1. 
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
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07/13/20 03:14 PM
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fmrmbmlm
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Several years ago when there was always enough water behind Granger Dam there was a group of people that fished in shifts at the end of the rocks. Two people on each side of the river, when they caught as many as they could carry out some others came and did the same. They used crawfish 1-2 in., most fish weighed 11/2-3 lbs. Never witnessed that again.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
[Re: Falcon Lake Guide]
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07/13/20 11:44 PM
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JimBridger
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I’ve caught quit a few on rubber crawfish and square bills while bass fishing.
Last edited by Pappybear; 07/13/20 11:52 PM.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
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#13632222
07/15/20 11:50 PM
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McKinneyLonghorn
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The ones I have caught on my fly rod have typically been on crawfish flies.
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Re: Bait for freshwater drum
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07/16/20 05:19 AM
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MinMirny
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This is a very good accident! 
Light tackle carp fishing vet.
PB carp: common 27lb - mirror 27.5lb - grassy 42lb - ghost 14lb
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