Air Temp: 70-85
Water Temp: 82
Depth: 15-32 feet
Water Clarity: average to clear green
Winds: calm to 15 mph
Seas: calm to choppy
Bait: live shrimp and cut whiting and ladyfish
Redfish number 116 was landed this past weekend. These are bull reds 28 inches or longer with
about 95% being released to fight another day.
I usually fish Galveston this time of year for redfish, but we
decided to make the easier drive to Port O’Connor to see if we could find some
reds and other swimming species. We
fished several areas along the rocks and on the back side of the jetties in the
bay near bird island and did find some reds, ladyfish, sheepshead, whiting, a 4
foot nurse shark and elusive hardhead and gafftop catfish. I feel like I learn a little more about POC
each time I make a trip there.
My friends Alan and Ed joined me for this trip and we had a fun
trip and caught some fish too. We landed
5 reds, kept and tagged two just over the upper slot size of 28 inches, and
likely lost two reds. It wasn’t on fire,
but it was still good fishing. Ed claims
to have the largest red (his personal best) just because it taped at about 40 inches and weighed
about 24 pounds, but the pictures below tell a different story. The 20 pound reds that Alan and I caught just
look bigger, so we are calling for a rematch.
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