Wanna go line tangling?

Last time we took a trip on this line tangler out of Port A. we had a great time. Wanna try it again in July? If we go on a Weekday it won't likely be crowded. If we take the Wharf cat instead of the Scat Cat we don't have to use electric reels. Some Dorado or KingFish would be lots of fun to eat.



Fishing Report
June 24, 2004


Kent Stogsdill at Fisherman’s Wharf reports anglers are catching lots of “beautiful, huge” dorado (mahi mahi). Some have weighed between 40 and 45 pounds. “It’s time to get out the barbecue grill and enjoy mahi mahi,” he said.
Over the week, Stogsdill said he has seen flags denoting caught and released blue marlin on five boats.
The party boats are returning with catches of red snapper, amberjack, grouper and dorado. Bay boats are coming back with the usual trout and redfish.
The Jetty Boat keeps making the trip to the north jetty and returning with some pretty trout, Stogsdill said.

june 21

My boss made the mistake of telling me on friday that he wouldn't be in on monday so I found myself at the surfside jetty this morning from 6-8:30am. I decided I would just make a morning trip and then show up at work just in time for lunch.

Here is the report.

There was a pretty good west/southwest breeze but that doesn't seem to have much affect on water clarity. I would say it was sandy green with pretty good vis. If the wind direction was south/southeast I know it would have been muddy. I should also mention that there was NO SIGN OF FRESH SEAWEED.

I tried the surf first but it was a little rough and the current was really strong. I drove back to the jetty where the surf was flat calm and the water was even better looking. There was a lot more people than I expected on the jetty but it was still pretty easy to find room. I tried a silver spoon (wire leader) for a while with no bites. I switched to a big red/white soft plastic fish imitation with 3/8oz lead head. On back to back cast I got the back half of the lure bitten off so I threw my silver spoon at them. They weren't interested. I went back to the soft plastics with more of the same results. I kept throwing the plastics thinking that at some point they would bite the hook. Never happened and after I started to run low on plastics I went back to the silver spoon minus the wire leader. I managed a small trout, bluefish, and spanish mackeral with this lure. I also hooked up on two good ones but they came off. It seems to me that these fish don't like the wire leader. As a matter of fact, I've never caught fish after switching to a wire leader. I've also decided that bluefish and mackeral have shitty aim. I always seen to hook them on the side of the face or on top of the nose.

Don't hate the playa, hate the game.

Something to Fry

As soon as this rainy weather breaks I think I am going to go catch some bream (sunfish) from that pond near my house. I am willing to go alone but hope you will come with





Some interesting things to read about our target
http://www.fishgame.com/backissues/jun03/features/4.html

People aren't the only ones that like a cold beverage on a hot day at the beach 

Isn't the coast beautiful sometimes 

My favorite fishing knot

http://www.fish4fun.com/images/polomar1.gif

what is yours?

Brian got ANOTHER trip to the coast

from brian in response to the invitation to this....

cool. I'll check it out later.

I drove down to the jetty, surfside beach, and san luis pass this
weekend. The water was in nice shape considering the wind but the
seaweed was bad. I pretty much just drove around then went back to
houston. I did pull a jeep liberty out of soft sand.

Mobility on the beach

For the past couple trips we have gone and set-up camp and not moved but what is the best solution for a more mobile beach fishing experience. Brian H. has used this setup

Second trip to Sargent May 21 thru 23

MY REPORT FOR SECOND TRIP TO SARGENT IN AN EMAIL TO JEFF


Mr. Ullman,

having resolved another fishing trip to the coast of Texas I feel it is my responsibility to disseminate the knowledge acquired in this the closest thing to a peer reviewed Journal of Redneck Fishing

Drove to the beach on Friday leaving College station about six p.m. only two hours late so not too bad. This departure time ensured us it would be
after dark when we arrived at the beach again. Chris Z. threw the cast net near the drawbridge with a bit of success.

After safely reaching the end of the beach we set up camp and kind of fished for a couple hours but mostly we just camped we found an armadillo there on the beach and drank some whiskey. Woody called on his cell phone and said that he could see our campfire but that he couldn't reach us. A while later he called and said that he was stuck.

So, I broke rule # 1 of beach fishing and drove down the beach at night. I drove past where woody was stuck and tried to drive across the peninsula to pick them up and I got stuck. If you review the previous article below you will see a reference to a small toyota truck stuck in the nastiest hole ever. I was now in the exact same mud hole, turns out it is approximately waste deep and very stinky.

I called chris to pick me up, we went and picked up woody then we went and drank and camped the rest of the night. It was pretty miserable since all my camping gear was in the truck.

I was the first person awake in the morning so I went to throw the cast net. Just as I went to make my second toss Brian drove up in the truck and said he saw a truck alot like mine back a ways down the beach.

We went and hooked up the tow straps and hauled my truck out easily. Bait was caught by casting around the grassy areas at the edge of the bay, and fishing commmenced. Drove woody to his truck in the daylight and decided that he was completely screwed, A towtruck would later require $250 and 380 foot of cable to extract woody's new ford F-150 Lariat.

The wind blew hard all day and night. Everyone got stumbly and Brian forgot where the drop off was and he fell down it a dozen times or so. But the fishing commenced again, the current was horrible, the weed moderate and Chris only caught on big nasty black drum, the rest of us remained skunked for quite some time.

Woody got out in the mid afternoon, then he and chris left with their respective women and then after supper and nightfall Brian hosken and myself each caught one big fish in the surf. His was an even bigger nastier black drum, mine a slot red.

Woke up, fought the weed and current for an hour or so then gave up and called one edible fish a success considering the conditions. Photographic evidence is below

Partial results of my best deer hunting weekend ever 

slot red I caught shortly after brian's black drum on saturday of my second trip of the year 

Guess I should have tried to go the long way around 

Journal for Fishing / Hunting Stories

In the past I have enjoyed writing and sharing long detailed reports of our outdoor activity and sharing the comments with all of my friends this should be an easier way to do this in the future.

Invite anyone that might enjoy the stories

Fishing near Sargent Summer of 2004

We drove all the way from college station to sargent in the pouring rain.
Just before we drove through Bay City we were approached in a gas station
by a woman who had just been in a wreck. She had been driving through the
rain, talking on a cell phone and spun out and the rear of her car completely
nailed a tree. She asked us to follow her home to ensure that the car performed
adequately. Despite just having crashed she still drove much faster in the
rain than I was willing to. We arrived at the beach just as it stopped raining we commenced to drive down that crushed shell/gravel road but in the mud, dark and rain I determined it to be impassible in the night. We camped on the beach several miles down
that road but not yet to the channel, used the 44 about 50 times with the new
re-loads drank whiskey and beer and slept in the cab of the truck. While
setting up camp we saw a white chevy drive down the road we turned around on
and never come back.
The next morning you wouldn't believe it but I was the first person awake
and fishing (yes Me!). I fished artificial lures until my fellow fishermen
slept and following breakfast I tried for two hours to catch adequate bait from
area near drawbridge and other shallow areas. Nothing could be found except tiny
little croakers about 1 inch long at most. Ended up ruining my cast net on
an oyster bed. I will defineately buy a smaller sized one next time so it will
be easier to throw. I gave up and bought one pound of frozen mullet to use
as cut bait.

Drove down the beach to the channel at the end of sargent beach. On the
beach that day we saw a small two-wheel drive toyota completely sunk in the mud.
Upon looking at it buried 25 feet or so from the edge of of the biggest
nastiest mud holes I have ever seen I knew it would take a miracle to
extricate. Later we found that white chevy stuck in the same muddy spot
where we had turned around the night before. Tried to mend cast net and got it to
workfor a while but still same crappy, tiny bait fish. Cast net fell apart
againso I started fishing dead cut bait. Used a sliding egg sinker above
size 2 or3 circle hooks baiting with triangular pieces of cut bait. Water was
nice and warm, wading up to waist deep was not at all uncomfortable. In the
course of about two or three hours, mostly while the tide was coming in the
channel, we caught 2 black drum, and 4 whiting. Upon further examination the fish
proved to be black drum not sheep's head which better rationalizes them hitting
dead cut bait. Tide changed, fishing slowed, storm blew in we left.

First trip to the beach for One of the guys I took. I think he could be
hooked. The 44 was a big hit and catching fish always is more fun than
getting skunked. He refused sunblock just like your asian friend and is now
quite rosey.