Jan 14, 2001 |
John and I Left the Dock by 6:30am, picked up some mullet in the channel
going out. Stopped across from carbon black and got 15 Redfish by 11:00am.
using cut mullet with a slip cork. The bite was soft and slow and they
would drop it the second they felt tension. We also made a drift with pumpkinseed
assassins and picked up 2 nice trout.photo |
| Jan 20, 2001 |
King and I Left the dock at 4:30pm and ran out to the flats in front
of carbon black and made several drifts throwing pumpkinseed bass assassins
and picked up two nice reds and saw quite a few more scattered out in the
pot holes. Was home by 6:00pm |
| Jan 21, 2001 |
John and I left the dock by 6:30am and got our mullet in the middle
of the harbor. Again sat across from the carbon black plant in about 2
ft of water. We got 5 reds over 20" plus a couple of undersized, missed
a few and got a 25" trout on cut mullet. No wind, and lots of sun, water
was clear.photo |
| Jan 27, 2001 |
Left the dock at 7:30am with Capt. Kyle
Lafreniere threw soft plastics (Rip
Tides)and picked up quite a few nice trout fishing around California
Hole and City by the Sea. Not much water and had to run from rain storms
all day. Still better than a good day at work! |
| Jan 28, 2001 |
Left dock at 8:30am on hangover recovery trip, (wife's birthday
Sat. night), with Capt. Aaron Cambers of Ambush
Offshore Charters ,(who was with us Sat. night), Picked up some mullet
and tried to find a sheltered spot to anchor since the wind was whipping
upwards of 25 mph. Sure wish my boat was a little faster, had someone beat
me to a spot we ran 15 min to get to and was passed within a hundred yards
of where we were going to anchor. Well hangover, wind, lost spots and no
fish , but still better than a good day at work. |
| Feb. 3, 2001 |
Left the dock with Mike at about 2:00pm got some mullet at the boat
ramp and went out to the flats across from Carbon Black plant and picked
up 2 nice reds and lost 3. Went back in around 4:00pm. photo |
| Feb. 4, 2001 |
Left the dock with John at about 7:30 am, got our mullet at the ramp
and went back to the same flats across from City by the Sea. Picked up
a 31", 28", 27", 26", 24" Redfish , and a 20" trout on cut and live mullet.
We lost over 8 fish and had one other oversized at the boat but the line
rubbed on the anchor rope and broke off right under the boat. Went in by
12:00. photo |
| Feb. 9 2001 |
Sorry about the delay in posting, I have been working on Capt. Kyle
Lafreniere's web page the past 2 weeks and had posted it to his site. |
| Feb. 10, 2001 |
Well we tried to make a Baffin trip by the high winds and cold weather
forced a change in plans. Capt.
Aaron and I decided to try an area he fishes quite often on the flats
by Port Aransas. We launched and tried to take a short cut but we lost
too much water the night before and didn't make it. I drug the boat about
50 yards back to water it would float in then decided to cross the open
bay to get there. We were greeted with 2 to 3 ft chocolate swells and whitecaps
and half way across the bay spun the hub. We managed to idle back to the
channel, put the spare on and went home. Lesson learned, I need a jet drive. |
| Feb. 11, 2001 |
Today something different, Cal, Mike, and Pete took me to a couple
of farm ponds for a day of Bass and Cat fishing. It turned out to be a
great day, sunny, cool, and everyone caught some bass. No luck on the cats,
we missed a few and left too early (they bite best in the evening) but
still a nice change from the weekly routine. Especially after yesterday. |
| Feb. 17, 2001 |
Left the dock about 7:00am with Kyle
Lafreniere , in his boat, to hunt down some trout on lures. We covered
everything from trout bayou to south bay across to con brown and back up
the ditch to palm harbor and picked up scattered fish everywhere. Only
a couple of 21" reds on Riptide
Lures and the rest were mostly 14" to 18" trout. |
| Feb. 18, 2001 |
John and I left the dock about 6:30, picked up some mullet and headed
to old faithful. It was still cold and blowing and we lost about a foot
of water but we still managed to pick a few scattered fish here and there
around bird island , california hole, and cummins cut with cut mullet. |
| Feb. 25, 2001 |
Left the dock at 7:00am with Kyle
Lafreniere for a fun trip across the bay, but again the weather does
not cooperate with us and we are forced back to the estes to south bay
route in search of reds and trout on lures. We picked up a nice red and
trout early then moved to hog island and found a nice drift where we were
picking up nice trout some of the new Riptide
patterns
and colors until another boat decides to pull up anchor as were were nearing
the end of our drift and fires up, leaving straight down our drift. After
two more tries without any fish we moved on and again picked up scattered
fish all the way back to the dock. |
| Mar 4, 2001 |
Slow day not much to report lots of casting not much fighting. Saw
allot of Reds but they wouldn't eat.. |
| Mar 10, 2001 |
Left the dock with my partime boss Bob (Western
Fireworks) to try out his new boat. We fished all over estes and california
hole to hog island with shrimp and cut mullet with no luck. |
| Mar 11, 2001 |
Left the dock with Capt. Aaron Chambers (Ambush
Offshore Charters) picked up some mullet in the channel and headed
to mud island. We fished the drop offs and cuts and shorelines and picked
up 28, 27, 26, 25 inch reds and a 25" trout also threw back several rats
and the first couple of keepers before we decided to have a fish fry. Was
a rough ride back.photo |
| March 18, 2001 |
Well Tito , Rolo, and Jim from Houston came down and as happens most
of the time the weather went to S***. We tried to pick up some fish from
palm harbor to south bay but with very little luck . They boated a nice
drum and sheepshead but neither boat had a redfish. I hope they can make
it down on a nice day sometime so we can prove that we really can
catch fish down here. |
| March 25, 2001 |
Left the dock with John Bridges Jr. and his son John III. The wind
was howling and it was pretty cold so we tried to find an island to tuck
in behind and block some of the wind. We ended up behind bird island and
little john nailed a nice 26" Redfish on dead shrimp. We then figured club
sandwiches at Palm Harbor sounded better than freezing any longer so we
headed in. photo |
| April 18. 2001 |
Joe and I left the dock about 6:25pm , picked up some mullet and headed
to flats around estes. We picked up two nice reds, 25" and 24". and got
back by 8:15. photo |
| April 28 2001 |
Joe and I left the dock at 6:30am, got some live shrimp and headed
to the back
side of mud island, we found some nice reds, 21", 26", and 28" plus
3 nice drum.
We also broke off 6 or so in the shell. We then drifted with gold spoons
but
didn't get any more. photo |
| April 29 2001 |
John and I left the dock about 6:20am and headed to Mud Island. We
had some shrimp, perch, and mullet. We picked up lots of small reds and
drum and one small trout plus a fat 28" red we brought home to eat. The
weather was great and the water was clear, all in all a good day on the
water. photo |
| May 12 2001 |
King and I left the dock at about 7:00am, got some mullet and went
to the shoreline north of bird island, no luck, not even a bite so we ran
over to the klondikes and picked up some 26", 24", 21" redfish and
a beautiful 27" trout, Went back the same place the next day and didn't
get a fish. photo |
| Aug. 13 2001 |
Boats broke, had to fish..photo |
| Aug. 14, 2001 |
Boats broke, had to catch some fish. Here is our bass pond trip...photo |
| Aug. 26, 2001 |
Went camping on the side of the inter coastal waterway , fished sat
night with nothing hitting but I was picked up by Kyle
Lafreniere Sun morning and we picked up a nice batch of trout by the
wells then went to the flats and picked up some nice Redfish. |
| Oct. 2, 2001 |
Well, finally got the computer setup again so I can do my web pages
again. Another Birthday (36) and another great trip out in the gulf with
Capt.
Aaron . Sunday before the waves were 10 to 12 ft tall, today less than
2ft, and beautiful. We got 5 huge Amber Jack at the first stop, then trolled
a weed line and picked up a bunch of Dolphin and a Wahoo. Then on to another
spot, we picked up 5 sharks, and on the last stop, we grabbed 20 Red Snapper
to round out the day. photo |
