what tipes of fresh bodies of water do they live in. i was fishing once and thought i saw a red drum jump out of the lake i was fishing in but im not sure what it was

Freshwater Drum are not the same thing as the saltwater Red and Black Drum.

Fishbase link:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spe...water+Drum

Freshwater Drum are much different than Red and Black Drum.

I've caught freshwater drum on a variety of lures and just about any live bait presentation. Most of them I get are on live bait or cut bait for catfish.

Highly effective lures have been inline spinners, feathered or hair jigs, and soft plastic jigs. In other words basically walleye fishing.

More infrequent lures, have been shallow bass cranks, lipless cranks, daredevel spoons, kastmasters, floating rapalas, and other suspending minnow lures.

I catch them on a splitshot rig on bottom. 2 heavy shots about 6-12 inches up from a size 4 baitholder. put a worm on and let it sit on bottom. Also, something that works for me is a small jighead about 1/16 to 1/8 oz with a curly tail grub. Work it along bottom (use the smallest size and weight you can keep on bottom) and bounce, twitch, and let it sit for a second or two. That usually works for me, esp. at Pickwick Lake. Dont catch anything big, usually about a pound.