Gulf Shores 2010

[Delaney]

First time ever fishing on the beach had some fun and thought I would share some pics.

I believe this is a black drum. Fought him for 15 mins. Was a highlight for sure.

Couple of Flounder (I think...)

Towed this guy in the last day. This was about 30 secs before he pinched my finger, lol.

 

[JohnnyBond]

:cool:

 

[DOC1187]

:cool:

 

[Crosshairy]

I got pinched by a blue crab this year too. IT HURT!!

I couldn't believe how much damage it did to the end of my finger. It was embarrassing!

 

[Delaney]

No kidding! I was kind of wanting to keep him since he exceeded the 5 in min, but he made that decision for me when he nipped me and I instinctively slung him out to sea, lol.

 

[easy45]

cool

 

[Diehard Hunter]

Those black drum are a blast. I got into them this summer and they busted two reels for me.

 

[biglefty20]

from what i see that is a "red fish" or red drum... that is awesome man i cant wait to go catch some during christmas...they put up one heck of a fight..you are right about the flounder too...they say they are really good eating...i cut one up one time but dont remember eating it

 

[ShaneHallum]

I miss that place... We went out fishing and did the dolphin cruise.

 

[LA man]

from what i see that is a "red fish" or red drum... that is awesome man i cant wait to go catch some during christmas...they put up one heck of a fight..you are right about the flounder too...they say they are really good eating...i cut one up one time but dont remember eating it

i have caught thousands of reds and drum and that fish in the pic is a black drum

 

[Diehard Hunter]

from what i see that is a "red fish" or red drum... that is awesome man i cant wait to go catch some during christmas...they put up one heck of a fight..you are right about the flounder too...they say they are really good eating...i cut one up one time but dont remember eating it

i have caught thousands of reds and drum and that fish in the pic is a black drum

Absolutely a Black Drum.

 

[buckhorn40]

:cool:

 

[stik]

from what i see that is a "red fish" or red drum... that is awesome man i cant wait to go catch some during christmas...they put up one heck of a fight..you are right about the flounder too...they say they are really good eating...i cut one up one time but dont remember eating it

i have caught thousands of reds and drum and that fish in the pic is a black drum

Absolutely a Black Drum.

i was gonna say...
looks like fun

 

[basset]

Would be fine with me if I never went near Gulf Shores again... there and Wrightsville Beach, NC, are the two places we've had vacation trips which were so bad we said we would not return. Even struck out on the dolphin cruise... didn't see a one.

 

[Delaney]

from what i see that is a "red fish" or red drum... that is awesome man i cant wait to go catch some during christmas...they put up one heck of a fight..you are right about the flounder too...they say they are really good eating...i cut one up one time but dont remember eating it

i have caught thousands of reds and drum and that fish in the pic is a black drum

Absolutely a Black Drum.

Yeah, one of the locals identified it for me as a black drum, he was watching while I pulled it in. He was really surprised that is jumped (twice actually) he said they usually don't do that. Anyways I was sure hoping to catch another one or two. I never thought one could catch fish from the shore, boy was I wrong.

 

[biglefty20]

yall have got me with the black drum...why do you say it is that?? i have caught many reds with no spots not sure if you are telling by that...inform me please

 

[moondawg]

That's awesome, Delaney! Nothing like saltwater fishing.

I'm going to Pensacola in the spring, I'll definitely take a rod/reel with me and fish from the beach.

 

[Blount County Hunter]

yall have got me with the black drum...why do you say it is that?? i have caught many reds with no spots not sure if you are telling by that...inform me please

99.9% of reds will have black spot "somewhere" on its body, not always the tail, but somewhere, black drums have a few black stripes on them when they are smaller " under 15lbs", but they start to fade or go away completely as they mature, usually reds are longer and skinnier, and black drums seem to grow more upwards with their body and are usually short and stalkier

 

[Blount County Hunter]

But that one in the pic is for sure a black drum

 

[4onaside]

But that one in the pic is for sure a black drum

And aside from that which you have already identified, deeper body than a red etc., the black drum pictured is black. Every red that I've ever seen has a copper color/sheen about it, thus the name redfish, red, red drum, etc.

 

[Blount County Hunter]

But that one in the pic is for sure a black drum

And aside from that which you have already identified, deeper body than a red etc., the black drum pictured is black. Every red that I've ever seen has a copper color/sheen about it, thus the name redfish, red, red drum, etc.

Very true, thanks for the followup

 

[biglefty20]

my eyes must be off cause that fish sure has a red shade to me...i can see the difference in the body shape like what yall have said...learn somethin new every day..

i have for sure caught a couple reds with out spots though

 

[Blount County Hunter]

my eyes must be off cause that fish sure has a red shade to me...i can see the difference in the body shape like what yall have said...learn somethin new every day..

i have for sure caught a couple reds with out spots though

Not trying to be an a$$ or anything, but since you thought that black drum was a red, then how do you know those "reds without spots" you caught were not black drum?

 

[biglefty20]

i guess they could have been...dont know if they run together(reds and black...spotted and not spotted how ever you want to look at it) but caught some of a school that came by...one spotted one not..who knows...that fish still looks red in the picture to me but who knows...are you saying it is black drum because there is no spot on the side we see or do you see that fish as having a black tint in color??

 

[Blount County Hunter]

Its very possible to catch reds and black drum in the same area, I can tell that its a black drum mainly because of body shape, color, and the scales on it have a grayish dull tint, while reds have more flaky copper shiny scales

 

[4onaside]

Several years ago, I stopped in a commercial fish market(distributor) in Bayou La Batre, Ala, because I am always interested in seeing fish, and I wanted to see what they had. They had a huge amount of freshly caught from Mobile Bay, black drum. They told me that they were shipped to northern cities, where, as often as not they were sold as "redfish". So, whenever you order blackened redfish in a restaurant you just never know what you might be eating. lol

 

[Blount County Hunter]

Several years ago, I stopped in a commercial fish market(distributor) in Bayou La Batre, Ala, because I am always interested in seeing fish, and I wanted to see what they had. They had a huge amount of freshly caught from Mobile Bay, black drum. They told me that they were shipped to northern cities, where, as often as not they were sold as "redfish". So, whenever you order blackened redfish in a restaurant you just never know what you might be eating. lol

Mmmm fine by me, both are equally delicious in my opinion

 

[4onaside]

Several years ago, I stopped in a commercial fish market(distributor) in Bayou La Batre, Ala, because I am always interested in seeing fish, and I wanted to see what they had. They had a huge amount of freshly caught from Mobile Bay, black drum. They told me that they were shipped to northern cities, where, as often as not they were sold as "redfish". So, whenever you order blackened redfish in a restaurant you just never know what you might be eating. lol

Mmmm fine by me, both are equally delicious in my opinion

I'm kinda with you, because I like fish, just about any kind of fish. However, I also like to have whatever I am eating honestly identified. lol

 

[ShaneHallum]

Never had the chance to eat redfish.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

cool pixs