Tuesday, August 30, 2016
End August Update
The Big Drum fishing has been different this year with the bait situation off. Menhaden yet to swarm the river system have shown at areas near the mouth. Catches have ben awesome, fair and notta. Had loads of fun tripa that has limited my time to updatesite - sorry
Here are some shots





Posted by Capt. Dave on 08/30/16
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Day 2 withh the Bells
Day 2 for the Bells found the SW wind blowing in am. Lil Dave
got the first early in the rollers and Dad David
closed out trip with a Fat Male! Was a pleasure having 3 generations of Bells out. Great folks from Texas getting to see our world class fishery. The DOA Popping Cork AH Swimbait combo is the ticket. Out fished all anglers I know in this area in the past few day. No used just by me butread full article
Posted by Capt. Dave on 08/18/16
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
First Great 2016 Trip
What a great morning on the Neuse. 3 generations of Bells from Texas and they all caught Big Drum. Couldn’t get any better. We go again Thursday and if is as good as today Texans will be pouring in for this action, our world class fishery! Bob
and his son David and David’s son David
. The Bells. I did get a 48” female on Ralapa Skitter Pop 12
that just exploded on it – changed out trebles withread full article
Posted by Capt. Dave on 08/16/16
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Drum Status
Well, a lot of folks have asked why I am not posting much of lately. The reason is Big Drum has started slow and not too much to report. There are a few fish cooperating but it has been tough. The first Full Moon spawn is this coming week so things should improve drasticly.
There has been some drum caught on both DOA and bait. Your preference is the only decisionfactor as they both work. Iread full article
Posted by Capt. Dave on 08/14/16