[GuppyMeister]

Just Curious,

My buddy and I were talking about this a while ago. I see enough pictures of very large drum on scales and they are not in TX. I know there is a slot limit and you can't keep these fish.

Is it possible that they just recently made the new size limits and these are older pictures?

Just a question from a Yankee trying to fit in around these parts of the woods.

Guppy

 

[jay b]

The slot limits are for Channel Bass (Red Drum), 18"-26", not their ugly cousins the Black Drum. But that's Virginia not Carolina, I'm not sure what the regs are there.

 

[seafisher]

The keeping limits for NC is 18"-27" for red drum.

 

[Dr. Bubba]

"The keeping limits for NC is 18"-27" for red drum."

to clarify, that's one fish in the above mentioned slot limit, in NC.

In VA, you're allowed 5, which is way too many IMHO.

As of last year, in VA, you could keep one over 27. Someone please confirm this, but I understand you are no longer allowed to keep one over the slot....which I'm very happy with, btw!

You could be looking at older photos...

 

[Drumdum]

Yeap,Bubba,they just changed the law this yr.. One of the "main fisherpeople" was on the planks last fall,here in Avon.. I was told he was asked about a tag system in conjuction with salt water license that already exist in Va. He said,"he would look into that"..
IMHO 5 is too many.. 1 is too few..

 

[Cdog]

YO Doc,they dropped th limit too. From th VMRC site.

RED DRUM (CHANNEL BASS, REDFISH)

[Regulation 4 VAC 20-280-10 et seq.]

Minimum Size Limit.......................18 inches
Maximum Size Limit.......................26 inches
Possession Limit............................3 per person

 

[Dr. Bubba]

Cool! Thanks Dog....howsabout a hatteras report?
I think 3 fish is reasonable. It's still more than I would personally take in a day. But that's me.

DD,whatta ya mean about the tag system? Is it the one old drum a year per person thing?

 

[Cdog]

Hey Doc I'll call ya. Th report aint worth wasting th bandwidth on this board.

 

[Drumdum]

Yeap,they were talking a taggin system for a big fish,one per yr,I'm not sure.. 3 is right in line,IMHO..
Dem cobes are thick,Dr Bubba,but I gotta work.... The weekend weather hasn't been what it was last yr......

 

[Dr. Bubba]

the weekend weather blows!
It's been raining and blowin since october, right?

no cobes up here yet, but I'm chasing spottails this weekend on the ES, float tubes only involved for gettin to the beach!