Originally Posted By: lassig
Is this one stocking size? Caught it Friday on Lake Erie with many smaller ones



Originally Posted By: Omaha
Freshwater drum should top most pond owners lists. Most underrated freshwater fish in my opinion.

Other than that, for different reasons, I'll say peacock bass. If I lived in their temperature range they would be my target fish. Love their fight, appearance, taste and size. It's the species that got me obsessed with fish in the first place.


Nicely done! Drum all over the great lakes are going to resemble that fish due to all the zebra mussels? With unending source of forage who knows how large Drum or fish like PS or BC could become.


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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