Galveston Bay 10-12-2011

Brad arranged for us to fish Galveston bay with a guide on Wednesday. We met up with the guide at Fat Boy's Bait & Tackle at 5:30 am. After about a 30 minute boat ride by moon light, the guide stops the boat in the middle of the bay and says "this is where we get out to fish". It seemed a little weird sliding over the edge of the the boat in the middle of the bay, in the dark, into dark water. This spot was on a submerged oyster shell island. The water was nice and warm.

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Getting rigged up to start fishing at the first location.

Brad fishing by moon light.

Alan at sunrise. 

In the distance you can see the nearest shoreline.

Me

Getting ready at the second location. A small sand and oyster reef.

Alan and the guide fishing on the reef, just beyond the boat.

Brad by the boat.

Brad with a nice Speckled Sea Trout.

Alan with his stringer of Speckled Sea Trout.

At the third location, I tried my hand at fly fishing the grassy flat's. At this location there were lots of stingrays and you had to shuffle your feet while walking so you wouldn't spook them.

At the forth and last location Alan caught this Spanish Mackerel and a Flounder.

Alan with the largest Spec of the day, 19-inches. In order to keep a Speckled Trout (the type of fish we were after) they had to be over 15-inches. Alan had the hot rod, catching the most fish (8 or 9) and three different species, Speckled Trout, a flounder, and a Spanish Mackerel. Brad caught a couple less than Alan, and I got a lot of casting practice, only catching two, a Speckled Trout and a Sand Trout. It was fun trying another type of fishing.

Back at Fat Boy's dock with the catch of the day, or should I say the fat boy's at the dock.

These fish are made to hold on to what they catch.

That night Brad cooked up some of the fish, they were delicious.