Well my regulars Ben and Jim are back again for another, laugh a minute, fishing trip. 0630 at Galvez and we're off to catch some white trout. Once on location the catching began. We were looking for smaller fish to use for bait, and finding them.
A dozen trout in the well and a few more for the frying pan into the day and my phone rings. It's my friend Mike, who tells me about a school of reds moving down the beach, just a short run away. We quickly pick up and haul over there just in time to get set up on the school, they were moving FAST. With seconds to go before the school over-took us we fired or lures into them. Ben immediately hooks up, then as quickly as they came, they were gone. Ben's fish makes a blistering run while Jim and I are dumbfounded that we only hooked one fish out of a school of 50 or better. As we loudly voice our opinion of the situation, Ben's line goes slack! All of those fish, swimming away, and three fishermen standing there in awe at the run of misfortune.
We decide to head for the Pass, trying to chase down the good luck. Thankfully we found bucket-fulls of luck in the Pass. The first drop of our first drift turned into a double hook-up for both Ben and Jim.
This is the standard expression on every trip with these guys!!!
Nearly every subsequent drift produced fish of one description or another. We even completed a triple (2 reds and a Drum; wish I could have been in the picture). Our live-well of shrimp went dry and the Reds continued to eat the small, live, White Trout we had to offer.
We caught a total of 9 Redfish (2 in the slot), 2 Black Drum, a couple of catfish and a small School Master Snapper.
Thanks Ben and Jim, I'll see you guys at New Years.
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