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ID this fish #8663879 09/19/26 06:27 PM 09/19/26 06:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663881 09/19/26 06:31 PM 09/19/26 06:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 illinois	Kind of tools like a drum from around here but it’s pretty dirty

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663882 09/19/26 06:32 PM 09/19/26 06:32 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Saline county,Mo. J jhh trapper
jhh trapper J Joined: Oct 2010 Saline county,Mo.	Drum

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663891 09/19/26 06:47 PM 09/19/26 06:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Thanks!! Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663894 09/19/26 06:53 PM 09/19/26 06:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri M mississippiposse trapper
mississippiposse trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri	Yep freshwater drum

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663917 09/19/26 07:53 PM 09/19/26 07:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Sheepy, ole' chrome dome. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663923 09/19/26 08:11 PM 09/19/26 08:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Oscoda, Michigan John-Chagnon trapper
John-Chagnon trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Oscoda, Michigan	Also known as sheephead www.lenonlures.com

Re: ID this fish [Re: John-Chagnon] #8663925 09/19/26 08:13 PM 09/19/26 08:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Originally Posted by John-Chagnon Also known as sheephead Thanks! How are they to eat? Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663927 09/19/26 08:14 PM 09/19/26 08:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2026 Texas ColdspringKidd trapper
ColdspringKidd trapper Joined: Jun 2026 Texas	Gaspergou …and anyone that tells you different is a traitorous Yankee

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663929 09/19/26 08:17 PM 09/19/26 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia	No worse to eat than liver and onions. I reckon liver and onion eaters would enjoy eating just about anything...

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663938 09/19/26 08:34 PM 09/19/26 08:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam trapper
Big Sam trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	Originally Posted by snowy Originally Posted by John-Chagnon Also known as sheephead Thanks! How are they to eat? I like them, but I'm a Bohemian and a former Iowan.

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663976 09/19/26 09:30 PM 09/19/26 09:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck "Mr. Leavenator"
Nessmuck "Mr. Leavenator" N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	It's needs more dirt on it...before I can make an accurate answer... It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663986 09/19/26 09:49 PM 09/19/26 09:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2017 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Wy	Drum are very good eating. Christ is King

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663988 09/19/26 09:53 PM 09/19/26 09:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois foxkidd44 trapper
foxkidd44 trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois	In my opinion,, drum perch taste better if you catch them before the middle of June… late march, April and may are when they seem to taste better. I don’t like know if it’s the water warming up or what. But they fry up pretty good Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: ID this fish [Re: foxkidd44] #8663989 09/19/26 09:55 PM 09/19/26 09:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2026 Texas ColdspringKidd trapper
ColdspringKidd trapper Joined: Jun 2026 Texas	Originally Posted by foxkidd44 In my opinion,, drum perch taste better if you catch them before the middle of June… late march, April and may are when they seem to taste better. I don’t like know if it’s the water warming up or what. But they fry up pretty good ….. hard times

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663993 09/19/26 10:01 PM 09/19/26 10:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Any fish is better out of cold water. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8664007 09/19/26 10:21 PM 09/19/26 10:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas W WhiteCliffs trapper
WhiteCliffs trapper W Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas	Cant believe you guys from walleye country are actually discussing eating gaspergou

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8664014 09/19/26 10:33 PM 09/19/26 10:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy OP trapper
snowy OP trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	I wouldn't eat this drum and I don't eat cats either. I can eat better fish then both of them and eye is one. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8664029 09/19/26 11:06 PM 09/19/26 11:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Manitoba	Originally Posted by snowy Originally Posted by John-Chagnon Also known as sheephead Thanks! How are they to eat? They are the biggest eaters of Zebra mussels but unfortunately they have very high levels of heavy metals from doing this eating pattern...that is what is happening locally here.

Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8664042 09/19/26 11:40 PM 09/19/26 11:40 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 South Dakota R Rat Masterson trapper
Rat Masterson trapper R Joined: Aug 2012 South Dakota	Caught one of those over 17 lbs out of the Mississippi many years ago.

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