Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
No minimum length limit or daily bag limit for freshwater drum.
Identify your catch
Silvery, deep-bodied fish with a divided dorsal fin; lacks the tail spot of red drum.
Habitat on Fort Phantom Hill
Rocky banks, willows when inundated, docks, brush piles, humps and ledges provide cover.
Fishing approach
Lake guide guidance: TPWD describes shad presentations for hybrids and white bass, spring crappie along rocky banks and bass spinnerbaits near steep rock.
Fishing guidance describes documented approaches, not a promise of fish activity today.
No active lake-specific advisory or possession ban was named in the reviewed DSHS directory. This does not guarantee that fish are safe to eat.
Harvest permission and eating restrictions are separate.
General species guide
Often feeds near the bottom on fish, crayfish, insects and mollusks.
General Freshwater Drum profile →Sources & lake evidence
TPWD lake guide and reviewed fisheries evidence establish the listed species or group. Historical survey records do not establish current abundance.
Lake harvest rules ↗Eating guidance ↗Lake habitat & fishing guide ↗Fisheries survey · species evidence ↗Species identification ↗