Cleaning Black Drum

Black drum vary from about 18 inches to monster fish of up to 100 lbs. The fish make good table fare. The smaller drum are easy to clean but the large fish have formidable scales. To clean large black dum, follow these steps:

Step 1. Wash the drum and lay it out on a piece of cardboard or plywood. Use a garden hoe and scale the fish.

Step 3. Cut from the top down and around the ribs. Lift the fillet and cut free.



Step 4.  Lay the fillet down flat, cut the meat from the skin and cut into steaks if desired.




Step 5. Wash the steaks or large sections, bag and put on ice immediately .