| January 9, 2005 |
Dad and I left the dock about 8:30 with a couple of quarts of live
shrimp and stopped outside of traylor and made a couple of drifts, and
picked up a couple of small ones. We then stopped in on rattlesnake and
picked up a few small reds just undersized but still fun to fight. We left
there and ran to the backside of Mud island and made some drifts with a
few more small ones and a couple of keepers. Finally we dropped anchor
at the edge of 42nd hole and caught a bunch of small trout and 6 more keepers.
We also had a group of dolphins come around and a couple of times they
went for the stringer. One time a big one grabbed the trout and it was
yanked out of his mouth when it hit the end of stringer. I thought we had
lost all of them for a minute. After that they quit biting and we called
it a day. photo |
| February 5, 2005 |
Well I have met a wonderful lady and asked her to go fishing with me.
She says she loves to fish so we headed out and had a fantastic time. We
didn't catch much, but mainly went boat riding to show her the area I love
to fish. She did catch a couple of small reds and a nice 27". I now have
a new fishing partner. photo. |
| February 26, 2005 |
Darlene, Devin, Randy and I went out to catch some fish. We got some
mullet and headed out to bunns hole, but had no luck. We then ran over
to the Klondikes and picked up several small reds and a few keepers. Devin
caught his first keeper size redfish. photo. |
| April 1, 2005 |
Hello everyone, it has been a tough year so far for me. My boat has
been giving me many problems lately. I have had it in he shop and worked
on it myself but it is still running rough. I have fished some but very
seldom have caught very much lately. I have been moving and getting ready
to build my new home so fishing time has been limited and the computer
has been down for a while also. I am back up and running and with the time
change will be fishing more so the reports should start rolling back to
normal again. |
| April 5, 2005 |
Well I was asked to run my buddy Toms boat today and take him and his
niece and her husband out to catch some fish. It was a very windy day but
we headed out anyway. We stopped at Cummins Cut and tried dropping a few
mud minnows but didn't get a bite so we headed to South Bay, it was so
rough and we didn't get a bite so we didn't stay long. Our next two stops
took us to East Shoreline where we finally picked up a nice 27 1/2 incher
and some small stuff. We then headed back to Yucca Cut and got a couple
of small ones there also. We finally stopped at last chance and picked
up 3 more nice reds and called it a day. It was allot of fun. photo |
| April 10, 2005 |
My buddy Randy and his wife Emily met Darlene and I at the ramp around
noon and we headed out to catch some fish. We made a couple of stops around
last chance with no luck then headed to the Klondikes. We anchored and
started picking up an occasional fish on the front rod but no other so
we pulled up anchor and poled straight out a little and started hitting
them on all the rods. We kept 4 nice keepers up to 25 1/2 and broke off
about 6 or so on the shell. We also caught close to a dozen smaller reds
using shrimp and cut mullet. It was allot of fun but we got back so late
and didn't get any pictures. Well next time. |
| May 21, 2005 |
My buddy Randy, his wife Emily and I went out to camp for the weekend.
We setup camp on one of the cuts on Mud Island and started fishing. Randy
and I ran back to Bird Island and picked up some nice reds for dinner.
We fished some more that evening with no luck. The next morning we woke
up and waded the shorelines for trout. We got a couple but had the dolphins
take them off our stringer before we could get them back. It was a beautiful
weekend but pretty hot. The food was great and company fantastic. photo. |
| June 5, 2005 |
Darlene, Lindsey and I decided to make an offshore run today. The wind
was low, and the water was beautiful. We fished around a ship for a while
with no luck so we headed over to the Standpipes and picked up two small
kings. It was extremely hot and Darlene's first time king fishing so we
came in a little early so I wouldn't burn her out the first time. Both
fish came in real easy so she didn't get the feel of a smoker, but did
have a good time. photo. |
| September 4, 2005 |
Darlene, Devin and I took her dad out for a birthday fishing trip.
It was a beautiful day, we got some good mullet and started out fishing
the outside of Yucca cut and got a couple of nice trout. We then started
looking for reds at our usual spots. Bunns hole didn't produce so we headed
for our little spot north of Bird Island and picked up several reds. It
was a really fun day and a few fish for the table. photo. |
| October 12, 2005 |
Randy invited his buddy from Phoenix down and I took them out after
work. We got some mullet and headed to bunns hole. We caught fish pretty
steady until it was too dark to see your line. It was a fun trip.
photo. |
| October 30, 2005 |
Darlene and I left the dock early so we could make it back in time
for the Cowboys game. We got some mullet and headed to bunns. We landed
several nice keepers and a couple of small reds before a guide came trolling
past us and anchored about 75 yards over and in front of us. We didn't
get another bite so after a little while we decided to go to the Klondikes.
We got into them again and kept several more nice sized reds and threw
back several others over our limit. It was a day I had been waiting for
since we first met. A limit plus. photo. |
| November 12, 2005 |
Randy and I went out for an early morning trip. We had good bait, but
could not find a keeper. We caught several small ones. We had quite and
adventure with a friendly pelican. He came by the boat wanting a snack
so we tossed him a mullet. He liked it so much he jumped up on the boat
for some more. We fed him for about 10 minutes before he decided to leave.
photo. |
| November 20, 2005 |
Darlene, Devin, Randy and I headed out to try some Mangrove snapper
fishing. We only got a couple but did catch quite a collection of fish.
We landed a red, trout, snapper, sheepshead, perch, sandtrout, and some
type of rockfish. It was constant action and lots of fun. photo. |
| December 3, 2005 |
Darlene, Devin, Allan and I went out to catch some fish. We got some
mullet and shrimp and headed north of Bird Island. We fished for a little
while and then decided to make a move. Just as we were reeling in the rods
the last one bent over. Devin got ahold of it and after a 15 minute battle
we finally landed the huge 30" red. It was his first oversized and I had
told him we would mount his first over 30. Well he had not forgotten and
that was the first thing he said "if it is over 30 we get to mount it right"
so it is at the taxidermist. We then went to bunns and got a couple more
reds, and a trout. We decided to run over to the Fina docks and try for
some snapper and after a battle with many huge perch we finally got 1 snapper.
Was a great day on the water. photo. |
