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May 26, 2026
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Black drum

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Black drum bite heating up Pawley’s Island’s relatively small estuary

Jeff Burleson

South Carolina fishermen who are ready for some hot saltwater action can get their rods bent over double in a hurry with keeper-sized black drum in the tiny estuaries of Pawley’s Island. […]

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Was black drum caught and released at Wrightsville Beach a state record?

Mike Marsh

Bob Wagner, a 66-year-old retiree from Pennsauken, N.J., beached a possible state-record black drum from the surf at the north end of Wrightsville Beach last Thursday, but mistaking it for a red drum, he released it. […]

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Cape Carteret man decks 82-pound black drum at Bogue Inlet Pier

Jerry Dilsaver

Roger Brown of Cape Carteret is a regular at Bogue Inlet Pier and catches a lot of big fish there. […]

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Murrells Inlet black drum have shrimp on the brain

Jeff Burleson

Black drum are known as heavy feeders during the fall, but they bit heavily during the summer too, as long as the shrimp move inshore like that usually do in Murrells Inlet […]

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Top tips for catching more black drum

Jeff Burleson

Concentrating on docks and marinas will help you land more black drum during the winter months in the Cape Fear region. […]

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Black drum will get creel, size limits on Jan. 1.

North Carolina Sportsman

The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to manage the recreational catch of black drum with size and creel limits that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. […]

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Black drum are bonus fish for Beaufort anglers; they’re really biting

Brian Cope

The inlets and creeks in the Beaufort area are giving up lots of fish, but no bite has been hotter than the black drum bite in recent days. Fishing for redfish and sheepshead, anglers like Bishopville’s Richie Boykin are not complaining when finding the fish biting their fiddler crabs and cut shrimp aren’t their intended targets. […]

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Guide says Little River black drum action is top drawer

Jeff Burleson

For most of the winter, the black drum bite has rocked the inshore waters around Little River, and the last few weeks during the changing weather, it has not slowed it down one bit. […]

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Sunset Beach bridge holding plenty of hungry black drum

Jerry Dilsaver

Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Guide Service said the mild winter has led to an excellent black drum bite, plus some early spring specks and redfish leaving the inner marsh early in the lower reaches of Brunswick County. […]

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Red and black drum hitting around ICW docks in Little River area

Jeff Burleson

The tail end of winter brings few memorable opportunities for residents and visitors of the Grand Strand. […]

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