darenative
Twelve Pointer
Little man is on the board.
His first big drum of 2020
His first big drum of 2020
2020 red drum pics
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Justin
Old Mossy Horns
Congrats. I’ve heard this spring has been one for the books from the sand. Go figure.
STOP!
Sweet! Congrats to him.
Clark
Ten Pointer
Quick - where is the sand???
darenative
Twelve Pointer
Hatteras island. Boys have been smoking em. Good bite from the beach at times, great bite sight casting to em from boats and yaks.
Hoss
Eight Pointer
Wow I can't see my accident prone self staying afloat in a boat of that size with that bigun on the line. Nice job.
nchunter
Twelve Pointer
I lost two poles, a small tackle box, and a cooler of beer once launching from the surf.
Everything gets tied down now.
It happens.
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Clark
Ten Pointer
Thanks! Send 'em down to Lookout, I'm chasing spanish and cobia next week.
oldest school
Old Mossy Horns
Let's go folks.
Please post your pics when you get going again. Please.
Please post your pics when you get going again. Please.
HotSoup
Old Mossy Horns
Gonna miss the action from OCP....
Buxndiverdux
Old Mossy Horns
First Old Drum trip of the season for me. We caught 1 fish. Still a little early for where I like to fish, but great to get out there.
25contender
Twelve Pointer
There has been some huge schools outside of Oregon Inlet as of this pSt weekend. Looks like they are moving into the sounds.
coachcornbread
Ten Pointer
Took off the week before Labor Day to chase em around, hopefully they will be there!
NCHNTR
Old Mossy Horns
First Old Drum trip of the season for me. We caught 1 fish. Still a little early for where I like to fish, but great to get out there.
Big CB-He reeled him in with 1 hand [emoji41]
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Buxndiverdux
Old Mossy Horns
Big dude for sure...
jbaldwin
Six Pointer
Week before full moon in Sept is prime time for NUMBERS...... All the work we did with the Lupton rig and all the data from George and Anna showed that week as about the best possible
nekkedducker
Ten Pointer
I know the mouth of the cape fear doesn't produce as many as the nuese and Pamlico but now that we have a place in that area, I'm planning to make it a goal to put one over the gunnels this year. Would the techniques be the same for the cape fear area, popping corks and soaking cut bait, following schools of bait?
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Justin
Old Mossy Horns
If I had access to mouth of the cape fear, drum wouldn’t be the species of choice this time of year. Bow to the king down there.
nekkedducker
Ten Pointer
Oh for sure, I know all about the fall king run in that area. After I get my fill on flounder, kings will be at the top of the list. Ive never caught a old big drum, just want to check that one off the list. I'm down there almost every weekend, so I'm afforded the luxury to mix up species.
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Justin
Old Mossy Horns
Not those kings, silver kings. There’s a decent fishery in the Cape Fear for tarpon. I’ve got a buddy that works on them pretty good from the shore down there. I don’t know more. Just see the pics.
nekkedducker
Ten Pointer
Ah, gotcha. Tarpon really never enter my mind in NC, I always think of them as a Florida thing. I know there's some people that have them figured out in. Although I did see a monster jump in the waterway just past South Port one day. I thought I was crazy, but the other people on the boat seen it too.
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Justin
Old Mossy Horns
The cape fear fishery is hush hush..... its there, it’s awesome but that’s all I know. I can’t ever get down there, injust always see the pics. Same guy slamming multiple fish every year with his feet on dry ground.
nchunter
Twelve Pointer
Would be a blast to hook up with a bigun’ fishing from a yak.
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coachcornbread
Ten Pointer
Found a little Neuse gold this afternoon.
Woods and water
Ten Pointer
They are down here now , there is a deep cut they travel within 25 yards of an island. Trick is to use big enough gear so they don't spool you and you don't have to chase them. Probably try my luck on evening this week
Justin
Old Mossy Horns
I may or may not know more than I let on.... but plausible deniability is easiest. I don’t know enough to take time off and take time and $$ from my drum fishing habit to try and catch one lol
Secret Spot
Six Pointer
It has been more of a struggle than usual for me to find an old drum in the Neuse but finally this morning caught two 48 and 45 inches.
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Old Mossy Horns
Congratulations Secret Spot.It has been more of a struggle than usual for me to find an old drum in the Neuse but finally this morning caught two 48 and 45 inches.
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My drum trip on the nuese this past weekend was a bust.
A guide at the gas station (after the fishing was over) told me exactly why we hadnt caught chit.
He said he had been catching them shallow not on the traditional bait ball deal.
Sure wish i had ran across his wisdom on friday instead of Sunday.
redbow
Ten Pointer
How shallow?Congratulations Secret Spot.
My drum trip on the nuese this past weekend was a bust.
A guide at the gas station (after the fishing was over) told me exactly why we hadnt caught chit.
He said he had been catching them shallow not on the traditional bait ball deal.
Sure wish i had ran across his wisdom on friday instead of Sunday.