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The freshwater drum is a rounded fish with a small tail and a silvery cast to its scales. Its mouth is located toward bottom of its face. It's the only freshwater fish on which the lateral line, a sense organ used to detect motion in the water, runs right through tail.
Freshwater drums are long-lived and have attained maximum ages of 72 years old in Red Lakes, Minnesota and 32 years old in the Cahaba River, Alabama. [31] Though they can reach very old age, the average age of a freshwater drum is between 6 and 13 years. [22]
Freshwater drum spawn in May and June in Minnesota, after water temperatures reach 19° C (about 66° F). They are pelagic spawners, which means they release their eggs into deep, open waters of lakes and large rivers.
3 maj 2023 · DNR Ortonville area fisheries supervisor, Chris Domeier, will share all kinds of information on when, where, and how to fish for freshwater drum (sheepshead) in Minnesota. He'll also cover...
The freshwater drum is a fish known for its noise. Males make a grunting or rumbling sound during the breeding season, which is thought to attract females. That noisiness generated many colorful nicknames, including croaker, thunder pumper, grunter, grinder, bubbler.
Explore the map and charts for more successful Freshwater drum fishing. Freshwater drum fishing analytics by month, time and weather for Minnesota. In our fishing analytics, we only use data we are confident in, so here we present the most accurate information on fishing for Freshwater drum.
• The freshwater drum is the only species of the large family of drum fishes that lives in Minnesota—and it’s the only freshwater member of the Drum Family. • Freshwater drum are also known as sheepshead or croakers. It’s the only freshwater fish with a lateral line that extends all the way to the end of its tail fin. • tiny fishes ...
