7.14.2011
In my past few trips out into the bays and Gulf, I keep thinking back to a year ago. The big oil spill created a lot of uncertainty here. In some folks minds it still exists.
The orange oil booms floating aimlessly in the Gulf, money being spent needlessly by BP to try and look like they were doing something. I think the reality of the spill was that BP was just guessing on what to do and throwing money about to try and soothe everyone's feathers.
Make no mistake about it, some feathers were smoothed and a short lived economic boom (no pun intended) occurred. Guys came from Texas to lay the boom, beer was sold, hotels were rented, commercial fisherman who never fished got $$$ claiming they lost wages.
It was a real cluster.....
Anyways, Steve Earle wrote a good song about the Gulf and the spill on his new album, I'll Never Get Out of Here Alive.
I added a link to the side, check it out.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Couple of Mashes Sands Drags
7.7 and 7.12.2011
Water: hot 85 deg.
I made a couple of quick trips over the hot last few days.
On Thursday I went out with David Moore who was down visiting at his Mother In Laws place.
He said he hadn't fished in a while but, he managed to set the hook to a few fish while we dragged the point for tarpon.
He caught this nice keeper trout.
Water: hot 85 deg.
I made a couple of quick trips over the hot last few days.
On Thursday I went out with David Moore who was down visiting at his Mother In Laws place.
He said he hadn't fished in a while but, he managed to set the hook to a few fish while we dragged the point for tarpon.
He caught this nice keeper trout.
As with all of my recent trips we were off the water around 10:30 due to the heat.
I went out solo today and hooked up on a big shark that broke me off at the boat. I also caught a smaller shark by the tail and a sailcat of course.
Saw some tarpon stirring again, but no hookups.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tarponless, but not Troutless or Sailcatless
7.5.11
Hot!
Water Temp: 85
High to outgoing tide.
Nancy and I headed out for a quick trip. We went down to the cabbage patch but had no success. Headed back to get in front of Piney Island and try to catch some pins for tarpon fishing. Nancy caught a few small trout there and I caught a few pinfish and grunts.
Headed over to the Mashes Sand point to try and drag up a tarpon.
We saw a fly fisherman hook up on a tarpon, what a sight!
Nancy caught this slimy fellow.
She also caught a nice keeper trout.
I got bit off, but I think it was a shark and we finished with another sailcat and this big trout.
Hot!
Water Temp: 85
High to outgoing tide.
Nancy and I headed out for a quick trip. We went down to the cabbage patch but had no success. Headed back to get in front of Piney Island and try to catch some pins for tarpon fishing. Nancy caught a few small trout there and I caught a few pinfish and grunts.
Headed over to the Mashes Sand point to try and drag up a tarpon.
We saw a fly fisherman hook up on a tarpon, what a sight!
Nancy caught this slimy fellow.
She also caught a nice keeper trout.
I got bit off, but I think it was a shark and we finished with another sailcat and this big trout.
This one was 23" long and ate a grunt that was 6" long.
It was really heating up when we left, tarponless.
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