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FishLady · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:38 am Post subject: Big Ugly must be YUCKKY!??!!

Black Drum or Big Ugly...same fish, right? I think if everyone would stop calling 'Black Drum BIG UGLYS, more people would eat them!!
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bluffrat · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:06 am Post subject:

Normally the ones over 30" are called the big uglys, therefore you shouldn't be eating them anyways

BigBeeZee · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:11 am Post subject: yup

Yup, that's my take. They don't start gettin' ugly till they start gettin' big!
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ratherbefishing · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:12 am Post subject:

And, slot limit is 14-30"
With 1 over 52"
But, the bigger ones have some awful looking worms that won't hurt you.
And, better let the big ones go so they can continue to breed
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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Yep, the really big ones can have sores on them and if you really want to get grossed out look in their mouth ( same with bull reds ) and many times you'll find a parasite that looks like a small albino VW with lots of legs on it. Imagine a monster rolly polly or pill bug etc.

5moreminutes · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:56 am Post subject:

Tyler I remember that pic of that parasite going around awhile back. Makes you want to NOT eat a fish! lol
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justletmein · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:02 pm Post subject:

Big Ugly = oversized drum. A slot/black drum would be a Medium ugly Laughing

Puppy drum = small ugly???

FishLady · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 10:01 am Post subject:

That IS Yucky!!
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TroutSlayer · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 432

A nice filet off a 18-20 inched is mighty fine in my book. Truth is many good restaurants serve BD. My only problem is I have yet to find a "sporty" way to catch them. Serving up dead shrimp on the bottom just seems like something a Rockport guide would do.... Laughing

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BrandonFox · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:09 pm Post subject:

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justletmein · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:25 am Post subject:

x3. We got into a school out East fall of 2012 and the fly fishers cleaned up nicely. My oldest son caught a bunch on flies, the rest of us were catching on various Gulp baits. We only kept middle slot fish 18-22 or so, probably caught well over 100 between us all over 2 days. Kids even got bored catching them. Laughing

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lagunarat1975 · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:07 pm Post subject:

x4 drum are far more challenging than redfish on a fly and if you want something really sporty get a sheepshead on the fly Texas permit for sure !
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