The Notorious Blog

I had the pleasure of having 3 generations on my boat this past week. Skip (grandpa), jason (dad) and Michael (son) booked me for a trip a month or so ago. The day arrived and they were ready to go.

We left the house at 0600 with a beautiful morning ahead of us. It was calm and muggy morning that showed favor of being a great day on the water, albeit a HOT day lol.

We got to the first spot, layed the anchor quitely down and got everyone set up to get on the fish early. I was expecting a fast and furious trout bite, but that didnt happen as fast as i would have liked.  We proceded to catch about 30 trout in a 3 1/2 hour span wich is not bad, just not fast and furious. The best trout was about 4#s. All fish were caught on live shrimp carolina rigged with 1/4 oz weights.

Halfway through the morning, the tide slowed and Michael was having issues with the fish lol. He was bringing up constant shrimp heads. For some reason, he would feel the bite, set the hook and Nothing was there. I had looked over at him and he was watching his line for the smallest tick.. He said to me, See there is one again and set the hook. This time, the fish was most definately there lol. The fished started to pull a little drag, then a little more and more and more till finally i knew it was time to pull the anchor and give chase. Glad I did, as this was a nice big jack that had him grinning from ear to ear. Pics below

Once the jack was released, we decided to go ahead and move since this spot had slowed down over the last hour. We made a run to try and catch a few mullet to use as the jetties and once we were done making bait, we proceded to head towards the north galveston jetty.

We arrived at the north jetty to see what I had expected, not much tide and crystal clear water. Visibility was 10ft or so and there was what seemed like a lack of bait. We anchored in one of my redfish holes and started throwing live mullet and shrimp out and immediatey the spanish macks were on top of us. They are always fun, but cause alot of lost leaders, hooks and weights.. Not to mention time consuming to re rig constantly.

After about 20 minutes, and about 5 breakoffs I decide to move us over to the south in search of reds. We get over and the water is even clearer and the tide is all but slack. We get the trolling motor out and work the tip of the south jetty for about 3 hours of absolute FUN fishing.. Smacks, Sharks, Jacks and a few small reds are all around us. We play with these fish and enjoy ourselfs for what seems like 8 hours. Its a fish every second, then a breakoff, then another fish, then a break off etc etc. A great time and everyone is smiles which makes my day. Sometimes, the fish actually make me look good !!!!!!!!!!

I could see that everyone was starting to get worn out by the sun, so we call it a day and head in at 2pm. It was  a great day on the water, with a great family.

Pictures dont do this day justice, it was an awesome day on the water and a memories will last a lifetime.

Capt Thomas