indi said:Well atleast you caught a PERCH! I go fishing for catfish and end up catching DRUM! I go fishing for crappie and end up catching DRUM! I am THE DRUM SLAYER! In Chicago i would go fishing for anything and catch CARP! good thing i dont fish to put meat in the fridge, I would be eating a lot of DRUM! While i am thankful for DRUM, they put up a nice fight!
Drum are good eating. Just as good as sand bass.
When coming back from 3 years overseas in the army, I was stationed at Ft Leavenworth Ks.
My house was up the hill from the missouri river. I fished it three days a week, and caught mostly drum. That's pretty much what we had to eat.
At the time the military paid starvation wages if you lived off post. It's better for them now.