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ID this fish #8663879
09/19/26 06:27 PM
09/19/26 06:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2011
MT
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snowy Offline OP
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snowy  Offline OP
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
[Linked Image]


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
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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.
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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
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snowy Offline OP
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snowy  Offline OP
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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
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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 Offline
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Turtledale  Offline
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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 Offline
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Joined: Nov 2015
Oscoda, Michigan
Also known as sheephead

Re: ID this fish [Re: John-Chagnon] #8663925
09/19/26 08:13 PM
09/19/26 08:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2011
MT
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snowy Offline OP
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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
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Joined: Jun 2026
Texas
Gaspergou


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Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663929
09/19/26 08:17 PM
09/19/26 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2014
Virginia
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52Carl Offline
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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
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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
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Nessmuck Offline
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Joined: Nov 2011
New Hampshire
It's needs more dirt on it...before I can make an accurate answer...


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Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663986
09/19/26 09:49 PM
09/19/26 09:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2017
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Wy
Drum are very good eating.


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Re: ID this fish [Re: snowy] #8663988
09/19/26 09:53 PM
09/19/26 09:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2007
Illinois
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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


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Re: ID this fish [Re: foxkidd44] #8663989
09/19/26 09:55 PM
09/19/26 09:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2026
Texas
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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
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james bay frontierOnt.
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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
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Arkansas
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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
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MT
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snowy Offline OP
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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
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Manitoba
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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
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South Dakota
Caught one of those over 17 lbs out of the Mississippi many years ago.

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