Date: Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, 2009
Location: Galveston North Jetty, South Jetty and Ship Channel
Air Temp: 75-80
Water Temp: 64
Winds: South at 15+ mph on Saturday and South 5-10 mph Sunday
Seas: Choppy inside the channel at the jetties on Saturday and Sunday morning; calm on Sunday afternoon
Bait: live crab for the black drum and live shrimp for the slot red
We caught and released 13 black drum ranging from 20 to 37 pounds with a total weight of 355 pounds. All of the big uglies were caught using crabs in about 30 feet of water near the boat cut at the North Jetty except for one that was caught in the ship channel. The bite was slow both days until the tide started moving. Once the tide started to move and I had to switch from a 3 oz to a 8 oz egg sinker just to keep the bait on the bottom, the Okumas started to sing. On Sunday morning, we arrived at the North Jetty at a slack tide and the 2.4 kts current was not predicted by NOAA to start until after lunch. We tried our favorite spot for about 30 minutes, but no action so we moved to the South Jetty on the channel side to see if any reds, slot drum or sheepshead might be biting. We only found one 25" healthy red that took a free-lined shrimp very close to the rocks. He put up a great fight on light tackle and was released to fight another day.
Paying It Forward
When we launched at the Yacht Basin on Sunday morning around 8:00 AM, a young lady approached our boat and asked if we could help her husband who was broke down in the ship channel across from the cruise ship terminal. I instantly remembered my solo trip last year in April when another fisherman towed me back when I had engine problems. Of course, we made the quick run down the ship channel and towed the 25' Boston Whaler back to the GYB. The fishermen had made the trek over to Fat Boys earlier for shrimp (none at GYB) and they must have hit something with the lower unit. They were grateful for the tow and gave us the shrimp which contributed to my fun with a slot red. Hope the damage was minimal.
Location: Galveston North Jetty, South Jetty and Ship Channel
Air Temp: 75-80
Water Temp: 64
Winds: South at 15+ mph on Saturday and South 5-10 mph Sunday
Seas: Choppy inside the channel at the jetties on Saturday and Sunday morning; calm on Sunday afternoon
Bait: live crab for the black drum and live shrimp for the slot red
We caught and released 13 black drum ranging from 20 to 37 pounds with a total weight of 355 pounds. All of the big uglies were caught using crabs in about 30 feet of water near the boat cut at the North Jetty except for one that was caught in the ship channel. The bite was slow both days until the tide started moving. Once the tide started to move and I had to switch from a 3 oz to a 8 oz egg sinker just to keep the bait on the bottom, the Okumas started to sing. On Sunday morning, we arrived at the North Jetty at a slack tide and the 2.4 kts current was not predicted by NOAA to start until after lunch. We tried our favorite spot for about 30 minutes, but no action so we moved to the South Jetty on the channel side to see if any reds, slot drum or sheepshead might be biting. We only found one 25" healthy red that took a free-lined shrimp very close to the rocks. He put up a great fight on light tackle and was released to fight another day.
Paying It Forward
When we launched at the Yacht Basin on Sunday morning around 8:00 AM, a young lady approached our boat and asked if we could help her husband who was broke down in the ship channel across from the cruise ship terminal. I instantly remembered my solo trip last year in April when another fisherman towed me back when I had engine problems. Of course, we made the quick run down the ship channel and towed the 25' Boston Whaler back to the GYB. The fishermen had made the trek over to Fat Boys earlier for shrimp (none at GYB) and they must have hit something with the lower unit. They were grateful for the tow and gave us the shrimp which contributed to my fun with a slot red. Hope the damage was minimal.
2 comments:
Kiddo,
I totally love this blog! I love seeing "today's catch".
Hey, Larry! Looks like you guys had a blast...
Reading your post is like reading Greek. Or Latin. All that fish-speak had me going, "Huh?" :)
But I'm sure all those fisher guys who read your blog know *exactly* what you are talking about.
I got the gist of it: You had great weather, you caught fish, and you had fun doing it.
Do I sound like a girl, or what?
Your wife's BFA&F
Steph
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