Black drum is the gentle giant of the gang ... The fish shake their heads side-to-side, wallow around and tire quickly. A drum rig is is a 6/0 or 7/0 hook rigged to a 12- to 15-inch wire leader.

Always check leaders after catching a big drum and be sure to re-rig if it's even slightly chafed. Spring-run black drum can be caught almost anywhere there is tidewater, from Fernandina Inlet to ...

Black drum will feed heavily on mole crabs ... There are a variety of rigs to use in the surf. “There are high-low rigs with double circle hooks,” explained Jimmy Vasiliou of Captain Steve ...

Dennis said shrimp, pieces of cut blue crab or fiddler crabs fished on the same rigs used for redfish work best for catching black drum. The Sea Island Chapter of the Coastal Conservation ...

And a number of slot black drum are being caught in Nassau Sound and ... of the jetties using fiddler crabs on a fish finder rig or jig head. He says you may have to move around to catch a limit.