BIG BLACK DRUM STILL PLENTIFUL

DRUM BIGGER THAT FISHERMAN

2-13-2015--Friday's trip was for a man and his 3 year old son.  The lad had to have someone hold the rod and help with the cranking but he go the job done.  We started for sheepshead but they didn't cooperate.  We did boat two trout while fishing for sheepshead.  After giving up on sheepshead we went for over sized black drum and found them plentiful. The father/son duo landed 5 black drum.  The youngster was a trooper to the end of our four hour trip.

MORE BIG DRUM

 

    2-27-2015--Had three fishermen for a half day startling at 1:00 PM.   We were faced with a cold north wind approaching 30 MPH.  We pretty much had the bay to ourselves.  After spending an unsuccessful 45 minutes we gave up fishing for redfish and concentrated on black drum.  That worked very well as they ended up catching 9 over sized black drum up to 41 1/2 inches in length.

ANNUAL DRUM RUN

2-14-2015--The annual ship channel black drum run is in full swing.  Took two fishermen this morning for four hours of drum fishing across form the old Navy base at Ingleside.   They boated and released 8 black drum. The drum ranged in size from 38 to 42 inches.   Two other drum pulled off and one broke off before reaching the boat.

FLOUNDER

2-9-2-15--Had one guest for four hours today.  Early morning was very foggy with a light north wind. We expected to catch redfish but the flounder fishing was so good we couldn't leave it.  In one short wade in a back lake drain we caught over 25 founder with most being a little short to keep. My guest said he had never caught so many flounder. It has been many years since I had a flounder bite as good.  The flounder would bite gulp jerk shad but after several failed to hang on we switched to gulp curly tail jigs which they seemed to relish. We were also successful in getting hook ups  by cutting about an inch off the jerk shad to make them smaller.

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS December 12, 2014

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.