Has anyone ever kept freshwater drum? Lately I've been getting into native fish and when we went fishing the other day they just popped up out of the blue.
I've never seen any freshwater drum around here, then the other day we caught about 20 of them. Then I went collecting in the marshy parts, and there were minnowy things EVERYWHERE. I looked really close, and they had big fat heads, picked one out and what do you know..baby drum!
I took about twenty, not enough to damage or anything but enough to ensure I end up with at least 10 to raise and sort of see what they are like. At the moment I have about 18 out of twenty, all in a breeder net in my 60. They're eating prime reef flakes by Ocean Nutrition, misquito larvae, and scuds (gammarus).
Have any advice to give? lol
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Some advice too..never grab a foot long bass with your bare hands when it's "sleeping"! When I went collecting it was probably 10 at night, all the little bass were resting up against the s****...cousin had my net lol.