PERSONAL BEST

10-15-2013--Early this morning a boat ran in front of us about 300 yards away.  Right after the boat passed we had two hook ups at the same time.  One got away but the other turned out to be a 39 inch redfish.  It was the biggest redfish the man had ever caught.  The fish was released after pictures.

WET DAY

10-16-2013--The north wind hit earlier than forecast this morning.  We had just finished a 20 minute run to our fishing spot which is good in a southeast or east wind but not north when the strong north wind and rain came.  We then moved 5 miles to the other side of the bay. We all had good rain jackets so the rain didn't bother us too much but I had to get out of the boat twice in thigh deep water.  The first time was when a rod shot out of it's holder with a hard hitting red on the other end.  After wading back and forth I found the line and pulled up the rod, walked back to the boat and handed it to one of the fishermen.  He reeled in the keeper redfish.  Later a hat blew out of the boat and I waded out to get it.  At the end of the day we had a good box of fish with 10 black drum, 5 sheepshead and 2 redfish.

GOOD DAY ON THE WATER

10-12-2013--Caught keeper trout, black drum, sheepshead, shark and redfish today. Also, caught lots of small fish.  Reds were good sized with one being over sized and one just shy of 28 Inches. Redfish all came on cut skip jack that the fishermen caught earlier in the day.  

ANOTHER BONNETHEAD SHARK

10-2-2013--One of my fishermen caught and released a Bonnethead shark on the same reef where the one was caught last Saturday.  Again the bait was dead shrimp.

BONNETHEAD SHARK

 9-28-2013--One of my two fishermen caught a 39 inch Bonnethead shark on dead shrimp while fishing for black drum and redfish.  Interesting part is we were in near the second chain of islands in the South end of San Antonio bay.  This is the first I've known of a keeper Bonnethead being found in that area.

STILL BLACK DRUM

8-6-2013--Had a couple for a half day.  They limited on good sized black drum and caught one redfish using shrimp.

HARDHEAD CATFISH

   8-5-2013--Had a father/son duo today.  We fished for redfish and black drum.  Ended the day with 2 reds and 8 black drum.  When fishing for redfish after the black drum they caught lots of hardheads.  I kept flipping them off with the tool I call the "hardhead flipper".  I guess I was a little exasperated with them when I carelessly flipped one up in the air and it landed with it's fin into my big toe.  It went through the tendon on top and to the rear of my big toe all the way to the bone.  I don't know where the pain fit on a scale of 1 to 10 but I know I wanted to cry.  I'm sure I'll be careful with hardheads for a long time to come.