I haven't seen Stuart and Larry in a couple of years. Stuart's been living in Europe, making these trips harder to schedule. Luckily, his daughter is graduating from the University of Alabama, and it provided him just enough time to get some fishing in with Larry while he's back.
We were in the water and underway from Galvez by 0630. Bad weather was on its way so our first stop was as close as possible to the ramp. The tide was nearly still but we managed to coax a few fish into cooperating. Larry was the first to strike with a trophy sized Pinfish, which he followed up with another, even bigger Pinfish. Working our way UP the food chain, next came the Bluefish. We boated a few Blues and a couple more Pinfish, lost nearly every bait we sent to the bottom, and checked the weather again. It seemed our weather window was going to remain open until around 1000 and we elected to make the run to the Pass.
Larry joked about a "trash can slam" so I told them we'd go try to catch some catfish, for a nice addition. It didn't take us but a minute to accomplish our goal. Catfish began pouring over the rail; we laughed and laughed. Moving around rewarded us with a nice 3lb Flounder, our best fish of the day. Other catches included a small Scamp, and a Blue Runner. The wind started to pick up, the front was closing in, fast. Heading toward the ramp was the wise decision and, ultimately, the one we made.
We hit a few docks on in Big Lagoon with limited success...meaning we caught more Pinfish and missed a few decent bites. Another look at the radar sent us running for the ramp, we only had minutes to spare. Just as I hooked the boat to the trailer, the first clap of thunder sounded. The guys didn't want the Flounder so we weren't forced to stand in the ever increasing rain any longer than to make our salutations, and joke about how much more time would pass before we could go again.
Thanks again Stuart and Larry, I had a great time as usual.
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