White perch, perch, sheepshead, croaker, grunting perch, drum, gasper-gou. The spiny and soft dorsal fins are continuous, eight or nine spines in the spiny dorsal fins, mouth is located near the bottom of the head and lower jaw is smaller than upper jaw.
Lateral line extends through the tail.
Generally considered a commercial species, the drum is a popular angling species and tasty eating too. This species is abundant in both the lake and its tailwater. The drum is primarily a creature of the bottoms, feeding principally on clams, snails, crayfish, insect larvae and small fishes. Although distributed throughout the lake, anglers generally find better fishing for this species in the river and creek channels, over areas with hard mud and sand bottoms, or along rock rip-rap. These baits are generally fished on or near the bottom.