I've caught drum out of the white near Turkey Bottom off CR1
Freshwater Drum
My neighbor who fishes with me wantrs to cvatch a truly BIG FISH. I was thinking a big drum might do the trick. Anyone know of a place on either Bull Shoals or Norfork where there are drum. What kind of bottom would I be looking for - point or hump or??
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You can forget about drum on Norfork, Na3vy. I believe I have caught two there in the last 20 years or so. I get them quite often on Bull jigging in 30-40 feet on both points and shorelines. I usually catch them in the Summer while jigging with spoons for walleye. The problem is they are always accidental and I don't think there is a way or a place where you can count on catching them. Plus, if you think a 5-15 pound fish is really big, then I guess a drum would do. If you want a really big fish (20+ pounds or better), I believe you'd be better going after catfish. There are also some big 30+ pound stripers in Bull now but going after those things is a bit of a needle in the haystack operation. For some reason, they seem to catch most of the big stripers in the Missouri part of Bull.
Cheers.....
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Crawfish are the baits of choice for drum fishermen...d2
Ah, so. Probably why I don't catch many of the critters, d2. All the one's I've caught have been on lures. The only time I use bait extensively is using shad at night when I am fishing with the net. I never have caught one on shad though. Guess they feed during the daytime and sleep at night.Crawfish are the baits of choice for drum fishermen...d2
Sounds like a win-win for Na3vy though, fishing with crawdads. If he doesn't catch a big drum, he might just catch a big cat.
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Truth.Crawfish are the baits of choice for drum fishermen...d2
Wheres the union county boys on this??
May need to introduce your friend to a cypress trout.
Only drum I’ve ever caught has been while bass fishing with a jig. Always assumed they thought it was a crawdad.
All my drum been below the dams in Arkansas River when was catfishing lol
Can’t help him on clear water lakes. Gotta get some mud between your toes if you wanna catch a bunch of drum.Truth.
Wheres the union county boys on this??
Spring River, Current River, and Black River are FULL of drum.
Big Gar or Blues would be pretty easy
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