Air Temp: 78-85
Water Temp: 84
Depth: 10-32 feet
Water Clarity: clear
Winds: 10-15 mph
Seas: choppy
Bait: live shrimp, cut whiting and squid
Rigging: Carolina rig using 80# nylon coated wire, 7/0 circle hook and 1 to 5 oz. egg sinker above the swivel and Texas rig with small J hook for smaller fish
It sure was fun fishing with my Mom and my son in Port O'Connor on Thursday and Friday. The wind made the fishing a little tough, but we adjusted and found some protected water both days. We basically fished an incoming tide on both days and the fishing was better on Friday than it was on Thursday.
We decided to make the trip to POC instead of Galveston to avoid the traffic around Houston since we would be hitting rush hour going down on Thursday and coming home on Friday. It was a good choice because the traffic was a breeze going to POC. We got on the water around 11:00 AM on Thursday and fished until about 5:30 PM, then enjoyed seafood at Cathy's. On Friday morning, we got on the water around 7:00 AM and enjoyed the sunrise in the first picture below.
We landed a variety of fish which included a few bait fish and a large whiting that was kept, and we released a slot black drum, several sharks, several jack fish, a 25 pound redfish and of course, several, elusive, slimy, gafftop catfish. We fished the big jetties and the bay on the back side of the big jetties. We found a school of jacks in about 10-15 feet of water close to the rocks at the jetty and they were really fun on light tackle. We snagged a few that were too much for the light tackle, but landed the ones that were about 4-7 pounds. Once the jacks moved on, we did too.
We relocated to the back side of the big jetties and fished in about 32 feet of water and had fun catching sharks, another jack, slimy gafftops and finally a nice redfish. We were about ready to call it day, so I kept one rod out while we cleaned up and broke down the tackle on most of the reels. We had used squid to catch some bait fish, but I decided to toss out a whole squid on one of the medium reels. It was a good call, because the reel started screaming in about 5 minutes. My Mom fought the fish for about 5-10 minutes and we were playing the guessing game trying to figure out what it was. It ran like a shark several times, but ended up being a nice, 25 pound redfish. My Mom handled it like a pro and this fish became her personal best redfish.
It was fun to watch my son catch sharks and see my Mom catch the redfish. We are already looking forward to another future trip.
