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Syracuse senior, 79, lands huge freshwater drum caught on Cross Lake

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It's not clear now big this fish was. The state record for freshwater drum is 24 pounds, 8 ounces.

9960327-large.jpgSubmitted photo Bob Dillabough Sr., 79, of Syracuse, boated this huge freshwater drum (sheepshead) while fishing Cross Lake on Aug 27. He was out fishing by himself at the time. He got him on a Cotton Cordell lure, a split stik bait.

He said it took about 45 minutes to get it by the side of the boat. "Then when I got it in the net, I had trouble lifting it into the boat."

"I'm also a catch and releaser. I release all my fish."

The fish was 33 inches long, but It's not clear how much it weighed. The state record for freshwater drum is 24 pounds, 8 ounces.

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