Big Black Drum

 

ADVENTURE LOCATION:

ROCKPORT, TEXAS

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The morning started slowly and much piddling around went on. Then the OFM gave up on house work and went to the public park at Little Bay to fish or fool around. It turned out to be a wonderful day.

While there we got to help two kids learn about fishing and fishing gear. The OFM spent a couple of hours teaching fishing rod handling to a young girl and her older brother. Both of them were quick learners and soon were doing well.

We were fishing along the boat channel out into the bay and the children were quickly learning about rod handling. But they wanted to catch a fish. As you can see the boy got lucky on that issue. The girl was quickly learning some of the techniques of casting and doing really well at it, But her brother happened to put his shrimp in front of a black drum near the bulkhead and the fight was on.

We got lucky in that a very nice young man (21yo.) was nearby and came over to help when the fight began. The OFM was not able to do the needed quick responses needed to land the fish under slippery conditions. The nice young man stepped in helped the boy with the fight and land the black drum.

Then came all kinds of picture taking and hi fives etc. It was a wonderful time. Finally a good shot of size comparisons was made.

The young fisherman was really impressed with the catch especially since it was first big fish to catch. We think everyone went home smiling. Yes the fish went back into the water to fight again on another day.

For the OFM it was a wonderful day of helping two children learn the fun of the outdoors and fishing. Good Night.