| McFaddin Drum Run Surf Report
Upper Coast,
TX
February 26th, 2005
Report by TJ 'Jolly Roger' |
Good Food, Good Friends, Good Fun!
Though there weren’t all that many fish caught, and the
weather was anything but cooperative, Drum Run 2005 was an absolute blast!
T.J. and I made it to the beach around daylight and didn’t
see anyone milling around yet so we ran down the beach to move and mark a
dolphin that came in Friday. He was huge (9’2” Bottlenosed) so
it took a little longer than anticipated. By the time we made it back down
to the Drum Run site, people were setting up.
There were a few hits and misses and finally T.J. hooked up.
He quickly handed the rod off to Brandon and the fight was on.
After a few minutes of “tug-o-war” Brandon landed
this nice 42” Bull Red that weighed in at 28 lbs. 10 oz. A big
congratulations to Brandon for his biggest fish so far!
A short while later Sarah hooked a nice red that self-released
itself as it was being leadered. This fish appeared to be at least 38”
or so. That was enough to get her pumped up though! During all of that, we
noticed some other commotion a few rods down. We assumed Josh was leadering
another red but it turned out to be this instead.
Apparently the gull wasn’t very photogenic, because as
soon as I snapped the picture I heard, “Let go!” None the less,
the gull was also safely released (after he released Josh).
After all this work, everyone was starting to get a little hungry.
It was a good thing Robert had arrived with a big ole pot and loads of potatoes,
crawfish boil and “slap ya mama.” Bait soon became lunch! Even
the new “Texan by way of Pennsylvania,” Tony, got in on the fun.
Apparently all the smells of boiled crawfish wafted
out to sea and got the drum a little hungry too. Not long after the feast,
Sarah was hooked up to a really ugly “Big Ugly.”
A short while later, we looked down the beach and saw that Tony
was hooked up. After a brief battle, Tony landed this nice red.
No sooner had Tony released his red when we saw that Sarah was
hooked up again! Sarah must have been doing something right because she landed
yet another big ugly.
I’m guessing that Sarah will be making a few trips down
from Dallas from here on out! Things kind of hit a lull at this point
so Michael broke out his washerboard set. The tournament was on!
I don’t really know what the final tallies ended up being, but it was
fun!
Just as it started getting dark, there was another good run and this time,
the rod went to Alexis.
This little lady fought that fish just like a pro. She made
landing a fish that was just about as big as her look easy. This is
Alexis’s biggest fish to date.
By this point, it was getting pretty dark and the temps were
dropping so everyone started packing up. Even though conditions were
less than ideal, there was still a great turnout. We had people from all
over the state show up!
It was a great time and it was a pleasure meeting all of you! Until next
year…
- Karen & TJ
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