Monster Reds
8/31/00
Scott, Bob and I left the condo at about 6:00 A.M.
and had breakfast at Island Cafe. Bought six dozen piggies at Port
A
Outfitters and headed out or Port A marina to the jetties at 7:10 A.M. Was
pretty rough so we fished inside the jetty. Totsy (a local guide)
was
outside the South jetty on the end, so after getting nothing inside on the
south and north jetties, we went outside the south jetty too. We
anchored
down from Totsy, but got nothing. When Totsy moved, we moved into
his spot.
Immediately got hits and began catching oversized reds. We
got at least
10 monster reds, We measured a few of them. Scott had
a 42 and I had a
35, Bob had a 37. Scott took 40 minutes to land the 42 one and
30
minutes for another one. I had one that ran off all my line which
broke
when it got to the end. We let them all go but, because the 37
floated, we
went and picked it up and tagged it. While out at the end of the South jetty,
saw a HUGE school of monster reds as big as a football field. I
have never
seen anything like that. Also there were tarpon all over the
place. A
FANTASTIC day of fishing. Used the last few piggies and called it
a day at
2:30.
Texas Gulf Coast
Fishing
