Eating Drum from the Red

[Jake G]

I ate drum this year for the first time caught out of the river earlier in the year. I mixed it with walleye and didn't tell anybody the only difference I noticed was the meat seemed denser not as flaky, not fishy. nobody said anything when they ate it.

THIS, is why I don't go to other peoples fish fry's!

 

[Enslow]

The worst fish i have ever had were Red River channel cats and eel pout from leech lake. Soooo gross.

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Woops i forgot one. Big J smoked some paddlefish once and vacuum sealed them. I cant explain, without a video of me gagging, how bad it was.

 

[espringers]

Been hashed out before. But, the red ain't polluted. Just dirty. And small cats early taste good. A lot like tilapia in my opinion. Anything out of 80 degree water this time of year is gonna be a bit on the ishy side of things.

 

[deleted_account]

Clearwater does not = non polluted water fyi. And vise versa. But please, people don't bother fishing the red, think of your children...

 

[Twitch]

Ha ha... For some reason I picture the nbc the more you know psa commercial music playing behind Wags' post.

 

[bigcatpike]

Drum are nothing special on the table. They don't taste bad, but eating them gets old fast..... In cold water though, just about every fish tastes good so I would keep them then.

 

[CatDaddy]

Drum are nothing special on the table. They don't taste bad, but eating them gets old fast..... In cold water though, just about every fish tastes good so I would keep them then.

I think that's the perfect way to describe drum....