Randy made the trip to Galveston with me this weekend for some action on big, ugly Black Drum. We arrived at the Yacht Basin around 10:30 AM to sunny, clear skies, about 72 degrees and winds from the south around 5-10 mph. The clear skies turned to fog around noon and lasted for several hours. When we decided to leave a little early around 4:30 PM, we had to navigate into the fog and cross the ship channel in very limited visibility using the trail on the GPS.
When we arrived at the boat cut at the North Jetty, I checked and the water temp had warmed two degrees to 65 from the prior weekend. That must have been part of the trigger needed to get the Black Drum biting. We caught 9 Black Drum on the trip and lost two due to broken lines. We kept one drum that was 28 inches and 9 pounds and Randy had the largest drum coming in at 42 inches and 42 pounds. The Black Drum run is definitely on for 2008, and should last a few more weeks if this year tracks with last year. We saw multiple boats hooked up on Saturday and Sunday, and we left them biting under a strong incoming tide near the boat cut on Sunday.
Randy's 42 Pound Black Drum
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