Blastin' and Castin' in the Texas Outdoors: 03/01/2008

Blastin' and Castin' in the Texas Outdoors

We havea lot of good times, the road was a drug when we started way back, our wheels rolled on steady, now its forgetting the race to find an open space and leaving that city far behind We’ll be up in the morning before the sun, since anything beats working on the job and everyone knows the early worm gets the fish. The world is your oyster, let the high times carry the low, walk where the sun is shining, lay your burdens down and think to yourself that it sure feels good feeling good again.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

4/20 Coastal Trip

I just thought I would go ahead and post this so yall tards will quit talking about it secretly under brian's perch-post.

I am most likely in on this trip as is Eric. Where we goin', when's we goin'.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Perching

I grabbed a couple of surf rods and went perching on saturday at a beach that is about 30 minutes from my house. It took me a while to catch the first fish but I finally located their hiding spot and I really got after them. They were holding in a sandy area between two reefs that was just short of my maximum casting distance. That made them pretty safe from the other fishermen that I have seen out there. They seem to think that surf perch are a sport fish and must be caught with light tackle.

I kept 8 that were between 11 & 13". It doesn't sound like much but those little bastards have thick fillets and they taste really good. See the before and after pics.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

show & tell

Guys, Check out my smoker. I had it shipped from TX because I couldn't find anything in CA that was worthy of my meat. People here have no idea about barbecue.

So far I have smoked a whole chicken and a pork shoulder. The results have been good but but I was surprised at how much coal it takes to keep this thing hot.