Our last day had arrived, before we left Texas, and the weather was perfect. Now the plan was to pack and relax but Lannie and Judy stopped by and offered to take us on their Baby cat, birding and fishing along Matagorda Island and the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Being flexible we readily agreed.
Soon we were racing along the water. We had launched at Goose Island State park and as we turned north into the Intercoastal the first pair of whoopers showed up. We passed the first two and headed further north where a pair were feeding along the waterway. Stopping in the shallows, as only a skinny boat can do, we were able to get great images of the magnificent birds. They seemed pretty unperturbed by our presence and it was a great day already!
Further up a pair with their chick were feeding and we were able to take more images. Lannie stopped and we fished for a bit and while they both caught black drum we didn't have any bites. When we left, the water was so shallow that we couldn't get up on plane and so Lannie spun the boat in a circle and was able to ride the wake up on plane. It was boat handling such as we have never seen.
The next stop was the rookery, where egrets. roseettes, and great blue herons all nest. Again the skinny boat was able to get up up close and we took image after image. It was really neat to watch Lannie run his boat through the oyster bars and while we stirred up some mud we never hit bottom.
We fished up by the junkyard, which us quite a bit past Rattlesnake Island, and there Renita out fished us as she caught some rat reds,(small red fish but fun to catch none the less). The big fish weren't biting and Lannie suddenly said that he didn't like the looks of the weather.
Now anytime a boat captain says he doesn't like the looks of the weather its time to get off! Again the little Baby Cat boat took us along a long run before we safely arrived at the boat ramp. It had been a great day and Renita said she wants a Baby Cat, maybe some day. Thank you Lannie and Judy! Clear skies
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