JYJ and I fished one of the creeks off of Heckscher today. We both caught quite a few Black Drum. I caught at least 12, and about half of them were slots up to 20". We found them in several different spots varying from oyster bars to deeper holes. All caught on shrimp. On the way back to the launch we saw lots of bait activity and a lot of bigger fish pushing wakes near the edges. Awesome weather today, calm and warm.

Looks like you guys had good luck....
All I can say is - I got the skunk off....

Great report! And what a great day to be out there.
Looks like you brought home some dinner.

Looks like you guys had a good day!!!
We found a few of those too........
My tally for the day 5 redfish and 4 blk drum........

Looks like a great time was had by all. Nice job guys

Nice going guys! I also slipped out onto the water for a couple of hours this afternoon myself, and chit-chatted with JYJ a bit. Ended up with half a dozen of these little guys:


...and only one of these:


As weather goes, today was about as "perfect" as it gets. Not too hot, not too cold, and NO BUGS!

What a great day to be on the water!! Sunny, not too windy, few bugs, and much warmer than the last 6 weeks of trips!!! AND....I got that "MONSTER SKUNK" off my kayak that had been a resident there for awhile!!

Saw a bunch of old and new friends out there: Iko, Pete@Jax, our So. African family who all four caught fish, Dreads, and my buddy, DropShot!! Missed BNZ tho.....

Mudfish/Jim was the "guide" for the day since some of the places we went were new to me, and his first two "favorite spots" were already taken by Stinkpots....and both were into the black drum big time!!
The species of the day was certainly BLACK DRUM!!! Literally everyone we ran into was catching them....MANY of them....and pretty good sized ones too!!

I got six of them including ones at 17" and 19"....and all were released to make babies and catch another day!! Caught them on fiddler "krab-k-bobs" and fresh dead shrimp...nothing wanted to eat a mudminnow all day??
Fun day on the water, and some of the "scenery" paddling past us was very nice too!!
JohnYaksJax

Actual proof that JYJ did get rid of that skunk . . .

Nice fishing guys. Mudfish, I can't get over your last report where you actually caught a mudfish. I'm still rolling over that one. Looks like you got out of the mudfish rutt on this trip and it is too cold for John to register his trash can slam these days!!!! Great day all the way around!!!

Looks like you guys had a regular JKF flotilla out there. I am glad you all had a nice day to enjoy on the water. I could not get out Sunday but I am glad you guys did and got your Drum fix. Nice day of catching and some good company too. Nice work guys!

It was a great day on the water. Saw some old friends and met some new ones. I even had a wonderful dinner of fish tacos.
All in all it was another great time in my plastic boat.

You and those fish tacos.....

Pete...... We'll get together and have Iko hook us up with dem Fish Tacos.......

They are Awesome!!!............ Dude can get down in the kitchen

Very nice report and my mouth is watering on that pic with the fillet knife in it. Way to tear em up!!!

Dreads,
Maybe you can talk Iko into posting his "Fish Tacos" recipe and some pics in the "Recipes" section I've got some fresh black drum fillets that might be good in some tacos.