Friday, November 28, 2008

30 lb.Black Drum on 10 lb. line

Went out today with a father and son from Lubbock.We started at the jetty and had no luck.Found a few good trout on some wells.got hooked up on a black drum trying to catch trout using berkley gulp. Fought it about 3 hours on 10 lb. test line and a light Woodee rod.Pretty good for a 15 year old to stay with a fish that long .

Monday, November 24, 2008

Beautiful Day light wind barley a ripple.Almost too nice ,The wind did switch in afternoon from the north. Brad ,Ed (Doctor's Orders ),and I went out just playing today no charter just fishing for fun .Caught several nice trout in Aransas Bay wells.Some sheepshead on shrimp near the pilings.
Went to the jetties caught and released 15 reds that were 33" to 43" mostly over 40".They hit mullet ,perch and shrimp near the bottom. 30' of water.Got a lot of pics from it I will post them later .Had several on at the same time including a triple hookup .I do not know why everybody driving a boat had to come help us catch fish.We were doing just fine except when we were hooked up ,other boats would come and crowd us.Funny thing is if you ain't doing it right you ain't gonna git bit.
Water temp was 63 in the bays and 65 at the jetty.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Fishing has been pretty good when the weather permits.Before the fronts is the best .after it is hard to get a bite .The bigger reds are holding in the channels from 15 -35 ft.The smaller schoolies are on the flats.
the big 40" and bigger REDS are in 35' of water being caught on menhaden ,mullet ,and live perch. Trout are gathered up on structure in 8-12' ,mainly channels.Drift the channel with the wind and you will find the fish .When you do find them stay there the action will be fast .They are hitting live shrimp and Berkley Gulp,in root beer ,nuclear chicken,new penny and just about any color.
Flounder have really been coming in the surf ,on mullet.I have personally seen several in the 6 lb range.
The jetties are producing lots of Sheepshead right now,especially the north jetty.Anchor just off the point in line with the jetty. Live shrimp will catch them ,along with reds,and Spanish mackerel.Pl EASE use caution when fishing the jetties. DO NOT ANCHOR FROM THE STERN. This will sink a boat no matter how nice the weather. Also when fishing the jetties be courteous we are all there to catch fish and have a good time.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Sunday Nov 9

Had a great group from Ft.Worth celebrating Loretta 's birthday.Loretta was the woman of the day ,she boated several reds and the largest of the day 33".The wind was getting a little rough so we stayed at the jetty an fished .Good choice since later we had to quit the jetty as the wind got to 35 mph.We cught 8 reds ,2 spanish mackerel 1 grouper,1 triggerfish and a nice King fish.
Had several monster fish try and pull the women overboard but I kept a tight grip on them.Except one lady who scremed profanities as the fish pulled her from one end of the boat to the other.
Had a BLAST with this bunch of NUTS and looking forward to the next trip with them.
When we came into the boat ramp a fishery survey was going on. We were told that we had the best bunch of fish they had seen all day .Not only that The Birthday Girl had the biggest fish of the day at the Cove Harbour Ramp .
Nov 7 Friday
The wind was howling at 40 mph waves were 6 ' at the jettys.I had a really nice family from Hobbs N.M. Colten was the youngest with us he is 8 years old. The places to catch fish in that condition was very limited ,but we wanted to catch fish no matter what. Mangrove Snapper is what I targeted for them to let Colten catch a lot of fish. Tried several places and had a few good fish ,but not enough to really make a good trip .I did find some rocks on the Corpus Christie ship channel that held a tremendous amount of nice 2 lb. snappers. We kept 50 mangrove snapper and turned back 30 or so RED SNAPPER .We were fishing in 10 to 15 ft water with live and freash dead shrimp.Grouper and Gafftop catfish also were biting there as well.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

10/30/08 TUNA TRIP

I went out with Dolphin Docks Thurs. morning for a 60 hour offshore tuna trip. We caught over 30 yellow fin tuna and over 200 black fin tuna. We also caught several grouper, several ling, and a 326 lb. Mako Shark. They were caught on yummies, topwaters, and a few on sardines. The black fin was caught on diamond jigs, knife jigs, and sardines. I caught two 60-70 lb. yellow fin tuna myself.


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