46-inch Black Drum Caught from Shore in New Jersey

Roger Neset drew a big crowd behind him last Friday, August 15th when he reeled in a large black drum from the beach in Sandy Hook.

In his own words:

“I went on vacation in the Sandy Hook, NJ area last Friday with family and friends and was only on the beach for an hour after checking in. I put on my snorkel gear and swam into about 8 feet of water just 20-30 feet out. I saw a fluke on the bottom so I decided to head back in and take a few casts around the same area with my fluke rod, equipped with 10lb mono line and a white 4” curly tail gulp. On my second cast I thought I snagged the bottom, then the bottom began to move! A half hour later, and with cheers from the large crowd that had gathered behind me to watch, I pulled in this monster black drum. A rough measure revealed she was around 46 inches in length and after a 10 minute revival time she was successfully released. I then enjoyed celebrity status as throughout the weekend people would point to me at the beach and hotel and say “that’s the guy who caught that huge fish”!”