ANOTHER GREAT DAY WITH BLACK DRUM

11-30-20914-- Today was the fourth day of perfect weather in Rockport,  Had another family of four with a lot of fish catching.  The two young men are definitely proof that the parents are doing something right.  I know they will go far in life.

 When I got hooked the group had just finished their limits of 20 black drum.  They also caught 2 keeper trout, 1 keeper sheepshead and lots of undersized redfish and trout.  I got to spend some time at the Urgent Care Center getting the jig cut out.  My fishing pliers weren't up to cutting the lead head off and in fact the side cutters at the clinic weren't up to the task either. The doctor pushed the hook barb on through and then cut it near the barb; so I ended up with two puncture holes.  After wearing the jig in my neck for 2-3 hours I wondered why any woman would wear pierced earrings let alone the other types of piercings some people favor.

GREAT DAY ON THE WATER

11-29-2014--Today's family group of four kept their limit of 20 black drum, 2 nice trout and one redfish.  After limiting on black drum they tried to catch more redfish but the black drum kept taking the bait.  They released about 15 additional good sized black drum.  The one redfish keeper would have made any tournament angler proud.  It measured 27 1/2 inches and weighted 8 pounds.  

ACRES OF OVER-SIZED BLACK DRUM

 

 11-28-2014--Today started slow with no keepers till nearly noon when the water warmed up.  We came across a huge school of over-sized black drum.  They caught and released one that measured 38 inches and another that measured 36 inches.  They had two more on but one broke off and the other pulled off.

FLOUNDER

 11-3-2014--Today's two guests caught eight black drum, one almost 28 inch redfish, two flounder, one trout and one sheepshead in addition to lots of small fish.  The man pictured with the redfish caught 5 keeper fish on his first six casts into one small area on our second stop.  These included redfish, trout, sheepshead, black drum and flounder

PILE OF FISH

11-1-2014--Guests today were a family of four.  They kept me very busy

netting and unhooking fish.  In the process of limiting on black drum they caught countless undersized reds.  One of the boys caught his biggest ever fish; a 27 inch redfish.  At the end of the day they had boxed 20 black drum, 5 or 6 sheepsheads and the one good redfish. They took home 54 fillets for future meals.