Biggest Rookie Mistake of my life.. (Drum are gamefish in Texas apparently)
 

Fished the sabine dogfight tonight, and scratched on bass but caught a 4 lbs gar for the trash fish pot. Well we got to weigh in, and the guy in front of me weighed in a 6 pound black drum.. So I asked my partner if we should even weigh in and we both agreed no. So I walked and released the gar. Well I come back and the Drum was DQ'd because it is a game fish in Texas.. Moral of the story we lost out $75 due to Drum Being a game fish in Texas.. Always weigh your fish in guys unless it's for sure lol


Only in Texas :rotfl:

Gotta take a chance every now and then.

that suxs!

Who counts black drum as a game fish now in days! lol

Hell Texas has to protect them drum...that's a sport fish.....they have guides who will put you on the black drum...

Dats why we are the lowest spending state in the country

who and what weight won the tourney? :confused:

I think like 7 1/2.. I'm not sure couldn't hear had 40 boats fish and maybe 10 people weighed in. Tough evening

wow. sounds rough. thanks for the report.

They only have 3 fish limits On these tourneys tho

I believe your only allowed to keep one gar a year in texas also.

Fool I did the same thing in a tourney this past Sat... caught a nice gar and without hesitation threw him back only to later realize that there was a trash fish prize lol. placed 5th. 7.06 was the winner for that day. conditions were rough.

:rotfl:

I told them this is a game fish in Johnson Bayou..Trust me I've ran lines quite a few times for gar down there!

I threw back a small Gafftop at the Cameron Fishing Festival one year.
No one weighed in any Gafftop. I coulda won first place.
Never caught one during a tournament since then...