How long is this red drum? - Boating & Fishing Information and Reports Forum

Capt Rick Hiott · #1 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:31 PM

Look at it hard now, and tell me how long it is.
Ill say 36"-38" long at the most..........
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...nold/myred.jpg

offshore · #2 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:34 PM

I would say closer to 36"....Mark

Capt Rick Hiott · #3 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:53 PM

Thats what I was thinking.......the guy is full of it.
,,,,,says it is 40-50lbs,,Ha-Ha-Ha. What a joke!

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welder · #4 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 07:56 PM

44" to 45"

Capt Rick Hiott · #5 (**permalink**) 02-11-2009, 08:15 PM

,,,,ha-ha-ha,,,,come on Welder

Blue Magic · #6 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 08:05 AM

That fish is probably 30 lbs. We were catching double header on chicken rigs the other week when I went out with Lee (Domino Effect) 30 miles offshore out off Dauphin Island AL. We caught one that went 26 lbs and it was alot bigger then that one.

Capt Rick Hiott · #7 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 09:42 AM

This fish is 46" fork length at 36lbs. My wife is about 5'-8"

NO LIE! I have put many in the boat this size.

offshore · #8 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 10:04 AM

No way in hay that guys fish weighed 40-50!!! Maybe 20-25 max. Mark

Domino Effect · #9 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 01:41 AM

I call BS, it probably 25-30, here is said fish from Fernando, the angler in green is Ben he is fisheries biologist for the state of Al.