Laguna Madre coughs up a pretty good day
Mar 10, 2022 21:43:04 #
I've got a wild card when it comes to being a fishing host. One of my good friends just happens to be a top-notch guide working out of Port Isabel, Texas. When friends or family come down from colder parts of the country for a winter or spring visit I generally call Danny and book a half day outing. Well today (Wednesday) was just such a day, but the problem was that it was absolutely nasty out there. I should have known better than to worry, I've seen Danny figure out the pattern on days nearly as bad before. It was supposed to be 70 degrees, sunny, rising tide, 10 MPH winds and lovely, but it wasn't. Slowly but surely he got us on fish, in fact we never really went long without somebody getting a little action. I don't know how many fish we boated, but it was a lot. Not a great ratio of keepers to catches but we had a decent day. We even caught a nice bunch of sheepsheads and the minimum size on them is 15" this year. I live in a nearly all Mexican neighborhood in Brownsville, but everybody gets to have fish on friday this week. It's lent, you know.....
Mar 10, 2022 21:47:00 #
Oops, make that Thursday 3/10, and really was a crappy day weatherwise!
Mar 10, 2022 21:47:42 #
Great catch! Your friends and family don’t know how lucky they are!!!
Mar 10, 2022 22:01:23 #
Mar 10, 2022 22:07:06 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
I've got a wild card when it comes to being a fish... (show quote)
Nice catching Tony, guide or no guide, you did good. Feeding the neighborhood is the mark of a good man!
Mar 10, 2022 22:13:18 #
Fredfish wrote:
Nice catching Tony, guide or no guide, you did good. Feeding the neighborhood is the mark of a good man!
Oh, that's the best deal going, Fred. I give up a few fish from time to time and we could live on the stuff they bring us from bbq's, etc.
Mar 10, 2022 22:20:34 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
I've got a wild card when it comes to being a fish... (show quote)
Catching is always great any day you get to fish even though Mother Nature want to mess up your fishing.👍🏽👍🏽
Thank for the picture 🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
Mar 10, 2022 22:34:23 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
Oh, that's the best deal going, Fred. I give up a few fish from time to time and we could live on the stuff they bring us from bbq's, etc.
One hand washes the other Tony. It's a great way to live.
Mar 10, 2022 23:08:59 #
It’s great to care and share. What goes around comes around! When it’s great eating it’s all the better!
Mar 11, 2022 05:56:57 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
Oops, make that Thursday 3/10, and really was a crappy day weatherwise!
Way to go, Tony! Having a guide who can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! He is a real jewel. Just Sayin...RJS
Mar 11, 2022 06:49:30 #
Mar 11, 2022 07:45:07 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
I've got a wild card when it comes to being a fish... (show quote)
Sheeps and specs, hard to beat at the dinner table. Good job, Tony. My buddies down there got into some sheepshead the other day. They must be starting to spawn.
Mar 11, 2022 10:37:05 #
Mar 11, 2022 11:20:45 #
flyguy wrote:
Sheeps and specs, hard to beat at the dinner table. Good job, Tony. My buddies down there got into some sheepshead the other day. They must be starting to spawn.
Think the spawn for sheeps is winding down, Leo, at least according to the weekly fishing report. We caught them at the old causeway at a couple of locations. The new limits make it exceptionally hard to get a keeper (15") but I'll have to admit that overall there seems to be more to pick from. We fished South Bay, quite close to the launch pads for trout. Live shrimp on popping corks on a drift over the potholes and it was hard to not catch a spec on every cast. The problem was they were mostly dinks. Today my back feels like a pretzel that's been stomped on, but I'll endure.....
Mar 11, 2022 12:19:40 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
I am glad you mentioned the 15 inch limit. In the photo, all the fish look small, but knowing the shortest one is over 15" makes for a very nice catch. Just a suggestion: put something in the photo to give a size relative comparison. A rod and reel works well. That is way to nice of catch to not get full credit. Good job.
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