Dale Hollow trash fish

[waterdog101]

the best place in the world, to get your line streched and broken by big drum. is in the head waters of lake Cumberland. in the spring they gather up there by the thousands. when you troll over top of them in the boat you can hear them grunt like big hogs. go up the lake until the water starts getting swift and fish around the gaint boulders. rig your line with a good size slip sinker and two crawdads on a hook tail to tail, and hold on. I haven't done this in a long time. since I started fishing for striper, I haven't fished for drum. but drum fishing in the head waters of Cumberland, was something that I looked foward to every spring. and I love to catch them, and the smaller ones are good to eat.

[BassMasterMikeD]

I have a buddy that eats drum all the time. I thought he was crazy until he fried one up that I caught about 5lbs. out of Rough with some crappie and I have to say that I couldn't tell a big difference, it was actually pretty good eaten.

[RICHYD4U]

The great white perch....the cause of many fishermen tears once they realize what it is, lol! That's a big one too!

-Rich

[kygorski]

Rich the white perch and the drum are different fish.They do look the same to some extent. White perch almost are a nuiscance fish in the great lakes.They dont get big, but eat like whales.And fresh water drum are fair table fare. Its all in the batter or breading, and cleaning, just as good as white bass or stripers.

[publican57]

My big question is with a nice boat like that and all those nice rods why couldn't you afford to have a net on board rather than wrestling that big fish bear handed?

Big fish though. Impressive.

[18RangerZ520L]

Yeah it would have came in handy, I left the net in the garage...

My big question is with a nice boat like that and all those nice rods why couldn't you afford to have a net on board rather than wrestling that big fish bear handed?

Big fish though. Impressive.

[DJD]

I have a buddy that eats drum all the time. I thought he was crazy until he fried one up that I caught about 5lbs. out of Rough with some crappie and I have to say that I couldn't tell a big difference, it was actually pretty good eaten.

I have eaten Black Drum from salt water and they were decent eating. I'm guessing it's the same fish?

[kygorski]

One of our favoriye fishing trips involved trash fish, dodn't start out that way though.Head waters of pickwick in Al.Drifting with the current fishing for SMB, instead catching drum of all sizes, along with catfish, sauger some bass a lot of small stripers. The only time either of us was fighjting a fish is when we tieng on new jigs.

[waterdog101]

One of our favoriye fishing trips involved trash fish, dodn't start out that way though.Head waters of pickwick in Al.Drifting with the current fishing for SMB, instead catching drum of all sizes, along with catfish, sauger some bass a lot of small stripers. The only time either of us was fighjting a fish is when we tieng on new jigs.

what time of year, were you fishing. I would think in the spring, if so what time. like first week of april or what. I've never fished there but would like to try it sometime.

[kygorski]

We were fishinjg in early november.

[BurleyDog]

I wish I were a better drum fisherman. I love to eat them and I think they are fun to catch.

Anyone ever have any info on them in Central Ky let me know.