29 June 2007

I met Lloyd, Robin, and their two sons, Alex and Blake this morning at 0600. We departed Galvez Ramp, on the search for Trout. Our first stop held a few fish, we caught three (two shorts and this fish of Blake's).



























The bite was slow and timid so we moved to catch some pinfish for the Pass. Got our baits and made one more drift that proved futile; on to the Pass.

The bite was slow here too, but Alex found a legal Grouper to add to our Trout. I ran into Capt Matt and Capt Chris who told us that the mackerel bite was slow as well; and that's where we were headed next !!! Oh well... we went anyway.



























Sure enough the bite was so slow as not to be a bite at all. We trolled for 30 min. with one hit and a barely scarred bait. Snapper fishing it was ...

On our way we passed a baby Sea Turtle, no bigger than a dinner plate, unfortunately the little booger wouldn't stay still long enough for a pic. We got located on a nice public wreck just 5.5 miles from the Pass. The Snapper bite there was good, just all a bunch of shorts. We did boat a really nice Mangrove (black) Snapper that was just over 6lbs. A nice fish to end the morning and begin the scenic ride back to the dock.












Thank you again Lloyd, Robin, Alex, and Blake for a fun morning. I hope we get to do it again sometime.