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Drum and Redfish:
 Red Drum |
There are two types of drum: Red Drum and Black Drum. Red Drum is the more popular and the most common fish. Red Drum obviously get their name from their color and the drum-like noise the males make during spawning time. Red drum are are not actually bass but are related to black drum, spotted sea-trout, weakfish, sea mullets, croaker and spot -most of which also make drum sounds. Juvenile Red Drum, called puppy drum are usually aged 1 to 4 years and are a prized recreational catch. Breeders are usually 4 years or older and range from approximately 30 to 37 inches. Drum will have one or two or more spots on the tail to fake off predators.
Drum and Redfish Habits and Habitat:
Drum largely live by feeding on the bottom for Crab
Crab as a productive bait:
Crab is a highly productive bait for many species:
Rigging a Fiddler Crab or a Blue Crab
How to Use Fiddler Crabs for Saltwater Fishing
and
Shrimp
Crab is a highly productive bait for many species:
Rigging a Fiddler Crab or a Blue Crab
How to Use Fiddler Crabs for Saltwater Fishing
Shrimp as a productive bait:
Shrimp is a highly productive bait. Unfortunately, live and natural shrimp are very difficult to fish with. Here are several very good shrimp baits:
Don't forget about shrimp as a fresh water or brackish water bait either; they are great.
plus baitfish such as menhaden, mullet and spot [A1]. Drum are highly dependent on estuaries during the early stages
of their life cycle; issues of environment greatly effect their numbers
and production. Young red drum seek quiet, shallow water with grassy
or muddy bottoms.
Shrimp is a highly productive bait. Unfortunately, live and natural shrimp are very difficult to fish with. Here are several very good shrimp baits:
Don't forget about shrimp as a fresh water or brackish water bait either; they are great.
Drum/Redfish Rods/Reels, Baits and Lures, and Line:
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Puppy drum, three or four year old Red Drum, continue to live in the sounds and estuaries or in the surf zones along inlets. As they mature, they are more frequently found in the ocean, but still use the estuaries and inlets to feed and spawn. Drum tend to like waters above the low 50's degree with optimal fishing in the low 70's degrees. Many anglers will not pursue drum when the water has been too hot for these fish. The Pamlico Sound and its estuaries plus the Hatteras beaches are prime areas for Red Drum.
Lures and Bait for Drum and Redfish:
A very common drum bait is live bait; fresh cut bait and especially mullet or menhaden heads and strips are good. Jigs and Softbaits
Jigs and Softbaits:
Softbaits and soft plastics are among the most productive and cost effective methods of fishing.
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are productive for drum in the sounds and estuaries but are not considered as productive elsewhere.
CrabSee at our site:
Crab as a productive bait:
Crab is a highly productive bait for many species:
Rigging a Fiddler Crab or a Blue Crab
How to Use Fiddler Crabs for Saltwater Fishing
and
Shrimp
Crab is a highly productive bait for many species:
Rigging a Fiddler Crab or a Blue Crab
How to Use Fiddler Crabs for Saltwater Fishing
Shrimp as a productive bait:
Shrimp is a highly productive bait. Unfortunately, live and natural shrimp are very difficult to fish with. Here are several very good shrimp baits:
Don't forget about shrimp as a fresh water or brackish water bait either; they are great.
are both very good baits for drum.
Metal Spoons and Jigs
Shrimp is a highly productive bait. Unfortunately, live and natural shrimp are very difficult to fish with. Here are several very good shrimp baits:
Don't forget about shrimp as a fresh water or brackish water bait either; they are great.
Metal Spoons and Jigs are great for a variety of fish and are productive for both salt- and fresh-water use.Shrimp as a productive bait:
They are a standard for pier, surf, trolling, and other situations where weight is important.
We keep:
-- Got-CHA Lures
-- Hopkins Spoons
-- Haw River Stingsilvers
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, which reflect light as they are reeled, resemble baitfish on which drum eagerly feed. Gold is considered the best color, but silver and copper spoons and painted spoons also work well. They are a standard for pier, surf, trolling, and other situations where weight is important.We keep:
-- Got-CHA Lures
-- Hopkins Spoons
-- Haw River Stingsilvers
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A variety of other tackle will take drum in good conditions as drum are not dainty eaters. Drum are easily spooked, especially in skinnier water.
Due to the "stressed" condition of the Red Drum fishery, many anglers are looking for methods for boating fish that improve the survival rate of breeding age drum. Survival of returned drum can be improved by using a circle hook, don't overplay the fish, keep the fish in the water while treating it gingerly, and finally swirl the fish to wet his gills before release.
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