Thursday, September 6, 2007

02 September 2007

I received a call from Brian at 1000 this morning for a birthday fishing trip for his wife, Michelle. We decided to meet at noon at Galvez. After a few navigational problems we met; and departed the pier just before 1300. My plan was to look for redfish in the Pass and maybe find a few snappers in the process.

We were fortunate to catch the last of the falling tide and the action was immediate. Thankfully Michelle was with us, she was the only one who was able to hook and land enough good fish for a nice dinner. She caught all three of our keeper Mangrove Snappers, one of which was 15 inches. The overall bite was great; plenty of bent rods to go around! We landed more catfish than I can remember, along with three sharks up to 3 feet long a short Red Snapper and one nice Bluefish that we released in lieu of snapper for dinner.

While the redfish never cooperated we had an outstanding time. Even being fortunate enough to witness a school of jack crevalle laying waste to a school of mullet just inside the pass. No matter what we threw into this swarm of fish, nothing could break their attention away from the fleeing mullet. Although we didn't hook one, they put on a great show for us!

Thanks again Brian and Michelle for sharing the afternoon with me, I hope we get the opportunity to do it again someday soon.