Reel Twiztid

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This is kind of a late post?but I didn?t get a chance to post it yesterday. I?m not even sure if I?m posting this in the right section?But after all we were floundering. I?m actually making the post for my friend?s Fish Xpress. They are Rodeoing this weekend so here it goes. We both took our boats floundering Thursday night. I was alone and Fish Xpress had his brother and his friend Josh with him. It was windy and a bit choppy to say the least. They decided to head for a little calmer water and I stayed at my spot battling the wind. I called them about an hour or so after they left me to find out if they found calmer water and how they were doing? All I could here in the background is best described as a party. Fish Xpress then told me that Josh had killed a huge black drum with the bow. It was his first time shooting a fish with a bow and I guess that was why it sounded like a party (I guessed wrong?kind of). He asked me where I was at because he said the fish wouldn?t fit in his cooler. I told him I was a couple of miles from him and I would put it in mine. After getting there I could see the rope over the side of the boat tide off. I asked them how big it was and they started lifting him up. As his nose broke the surface I knew right then there was NO way it was going to fit in my 96 qt cooler. We tried and he hung over both sides. That wasn't a problem though?we were about a mile or so from the boat ramp and I had a 160 in the back of the truck we put him in. The fish was in about a foot of water when he shot him and he made the shot about 2 inches below the back fin. Not bad considering it was his first time shooting a fish in water. Needless to say the fish spooled the Zebco 808 on the bow and if it wasn?t for Fish Xpress chasing him with the trolling motor the out come may have been different. I guess it is safe to say that Josh is ready to go back. All in all I think it was a good effort made by all three on the boat. The next day we looked up the Bowfishing Association record for Black Drum and found out it was 51.2 lbs. We weighted it on Josh?s deer scales and it was 56-57 lbs. So I called Tim at Outcast to see if we could weigh him on their certified scales. By their scales it weighed 49.95 lbs. It kind of sucks on the record because after loosing fluid and being on ice I think it would have probably been there. O well...the over all experience was worth more than a record anyway. As for the flounder it was a decent night but they aren?t nearly worth bragging about than the drum. If any one reading this lives in the area they were at?they are sorry if they woke you up with the hooping and hollering. Seriously!<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">

Chris V

Good job! I haven't bowfished since I was about 12, now I want to go!

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markw4321

How are you going to fix him to eat?

Mark W

Reel Twiztid

I think they have the meat soaking in milk right now. Same way you can soak out big fresh water cats. If all else fails...fish patty city:letsdrink

new wave archery

yea the record hasnt been changed for some time and my friend from Louisiana holds it now. but the bad part bout it you have to bea member to hold a record. going out to night to chase flounder in the big rig hope to find some clean flounder filled water? havent been out in awhile dont know where im going yet. great job though guys.

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Cocahoe

Why would you want to kill a 50lb Drum that is no good to eat? That fish was a breeding stock drum that is probally over 15 years old.

The LaJess II

And Why would you make such an ass comment on a legal fish? If you don't like what you see or read on legal fish don't come back into fish reports. Just stay away from fish reports if it upsets you that much.

cert-315

That is one SICK drum! That things freakin bulgin! VERY nice!

Collard

x2, there will be one in evey thread about someone keeping a fish. That's what they're out there for. Why is he no good? (personal opinion is why) but just like it always is when somebody gets their panties all wadded up over a personal decision to kill fishit should be your opinion too, and if not, you're the bad guy.

Geez there's tons of fish out there, have fun and live a little. You don't know this guys circumstances. He may need to feed his family for a week or two on this fish. Then again maybe he just wanted to kill it. Good for him either way.

Helluva fish, I wish it would've broke the record. Better luck next time, although it can't get much better than a 50lb fish on the first go.

Fish Xpress

Thanks for all the comments, Reel Twiztid thanks for posting the fish . We cleaned it and my dad is going to cook it today. We had a blast catching the fish.