After supper at Spoonbills, we headed out to the PPRV boat slip for a little night fishing under the lights. I tagged a few trout and Tracy caught this beautiful 20" flounder.
Guess what we will be having for dinner? Monday night we took the flounder to Spoonbills and Edie stuffed it with crabmeat and served it with a nice salad and grilled asparagus. I think we both ate until we were the ones that were stuffed and enjoyed the meal and the special dessert.
On Saturday we headed up river to our usual spot and even though the trout didn't seem to be there, Tracy caught this nice redfish on a live shrimp.
On the way back down the river we spotted a pair of bald eagles waiting for a fish to rise.
We moved to a spot in the diversion channel halfway between the ICW and West Matagorda Bay and the fun really got going. We caught several redfish and though most of them were undersized, we were able to put four slot reds in the box.
Here is Captain John with a nice slot red. I was fishing lower in the water column and seemed to have the luck of the bigger fish in my corner for a while.
These fish are aggressive fighters and catching them in an anchored boat is different than catching them in a kayak where you can let them pull you around.
This was the big fish of the day. He already had a belly full of mullet when he took my shrimp.
This black drum put up a good fight but was released to grow some more.
Tracy has "fish on" and keeps the rod tip up (just like I taught her!).
Don't horse him!
The shoreline of this river delta is littered with tree trunks and logs. This white ibis was feeding nearby.
Here is the catch of the day at the cleaning table. Four reds is plenty!
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