Freshwater Drum Fishing Rigs

Use a standard weedless hook and hook your baits to minimize weed fouling.

Drum brake self adjuster repair kit. These two fish are cousins. You can drift fish on the bottom or change the depth with a bobber or float. Frogs can be hooked in the upper leg to avoid snags and minnows can be barbed behind the dorsal or anal fins to deflect vegetation.

Then take the fish basket from the water and allow the pieces to drain. With this rig you can use weight sufficient to cast your bait out where you need it and get it down to the bottom while still allowing it to flow naturally through the water and into a fishs mouth. Weedless rigs are simple to set up for fishing all manner of baits including large live minnows shiners crawfish and frogs.

Since black drum are usually digging in the mud or grass for crabs its easy to see why this lure works so well. This type of rod will provide enough backbone to drive a freshwater drum out of the current and turn it back upstream when its on a run. Let the fish cook only long enough so it turns opaque and begins to flake.

The freshwater drum is the only north american freshwater representative of the sciaenidae family which includes the croakers corbinas drums seatrout etc. Were drifting along lake erie here in southern ontario using the flexi jig baited up with. Wed use the same drum fishing rigs that wed use to catch catfish and everything else below the dam.

Between the rockies andthe appalachians southward through eastern mexico to guatemalas rio usumacinta system and northward through manitoba canada all. Hello folks today were jigging up a less common yet still fantastic fish the freshwater sheepshead. Its 2 long it imitates a crab well and is small enough to fit in their small mouths.

If it does get hung up it can. What this deep water rig is all about. It occurs over much of the us.

This is a great way to fish eggs and other lures down around the rocks where fish tend to be. Here are a few drum fishing tips. Its best in water thats clear because since its small and looks just like a crab it relies on black drum seeing it.

The slinky drift rig allows you to bounce baits along the bottom in moving water. For freshwater drum fishing in lakes and rivers i recommend a 6 12 7 12 foot medium or medium heavy powered spinning or casting rod. But jigs lures and artificial flies in your drift fishing rig will produce good results too.

Remove the pot from the fire and let the fish soak for about 15 minutes to pick up the seasonings. Red and black drum are game fish that live in the atlantic. I believe in generalized gear even in freshwater drum.

The red drum is known for its reddish color with a black dot at the tail. You can drift fish on ponds lakes rivers and streams any time of the day and year.