Freshwater Drum Drum Fish Skull

In america the species most often associated with the lucky stone are the freshwater drum aplodinotus grunniens also known as the river drum drumhead sheephead sheeps head wuss fish gaspergou gou grunter grinder google gobble croaker croaker fish or crocus fish and the red drum sciaenops ocellatus also known as the.

Garageband drum kits. The freshwater drum also known as the sheepshead thunderpumper bubbler grinder white perch maybe theyd taste better if you called em that gaspergou goo croaker silver bass or grunt is a deep bodied silvery fish with a hump backed appearance and a range extending from the great lakes to guatemala. This is an aluminum cast of the inside of a black drum fish skull. A black drum is a salt water fish and i caught this one in 2011 at dauphin island alabama in the gulf of mexico.

The fishs otoliths are quite large and look almost polished and ivory like. Light or medium tackle is best. Its generic name aplodinotus comes from greek meaning single back and the specific epithet grunniens comes from.

Freshwater drum fish aplodinotus grunniens are a native freshwater fish with the greatest range of any fish in north america. Freshwater drum are silvery deep bodied fish with long dorsal back fins that are divided into two distinct parts. The head and body slope upward from the snout to the dorsal fin to give a distinctive humpbacked appearance.

In a small bowl use a fork to thoroughly combine all ingredients except the drum fillets and unsalted butter. They are the only north american fish that inhabits freshwater its entire life. Ototliths in an inner ear could be an inch in diameter in freshwater drum.

A lucky stone is actually the unique ear bone or otolith of a freshwater drum aplodinotus grunniens also known as the sheephead fish. Eggs float on the surface of water till it hatches. It helps the fish to remain balanced and oriented in murky water.

It weighed 29 lb which still is a personal record for me and you can see that its a really big fish. Dip each piece of fish in melted butter and then sprinkle some of the blackening spice mix evenly on each side. Fish on the bottom in deeper pools in rivers or on drop offs and points in buggs island lake.

A bottom dwelling fish found in deeper pools in the clinch and powell rivers. They are tough fighters on the line and according to most are not great for eating although some disagree. The freshwater drum aplodinotus grunniens is a fish endemic to north and central americait is the only species in the genus aplodinotus and is a member of the family sciaenidaeit is the only north american member of the group that inhabits freshwater for its entire life.