Fishing, Taking a Break from the Rocks, (Mostly)

It’s been an extremely busy week as we decided to take a break from jewelry and rocks and spend some time on the water. Well we did go to the rock shop and saw a piece of dinosaur bone and I did make a few rings while Renita braided more kumihimo necklaces, but we did take a long break for us.

Last Sunday we drove to a new place, along the Mission River boat dock. Our friend John told us it was a great place to catch some nice bait fish, finger size mullet. As soon as we arrived we watched as another angler threw his cast net and caught a bunch of bait. It took me a while to remember how to throw the net but before long we were filling our bait with nice size mullet.

Baiting our poles we threw out and immediately started to be bit by blue crabs. In fact as fast as we threw out we caught more crabs and so the fish didn’t stand a chance to even find our lines. Still it was a good day and we have enough bait for a few weeks.

The next day John invited Dave and I to go out and fish along the intracoastal. Putting in at Goose Island State Park we made about a fifteen minute run but the black drum had moved to deeper water.  A big cold front had passed and the water temperature had dropped to fifty eight so the fish were in a coma.

We tried several spots and did find a bunch of small reds so we all caught reds, which always makes for a good day. Still it would have been nice to eat some redfish on a half shell, but not yet. In consolation Renita and I did latter stop at a fish monger and bought some fresh mahi-mahi. If you have never had them grilled and love eating fish you are really missing out on a treat.

Two days later John took Ed and myself fishing to the North Jetty and the Fina Dock near Port Aransas. There were quite a few boats at the North Jetty and I did catch an undersize sheep head but the swells were a bit unsettling for our stomachs and so we headed back into the pass.

Stopping near the Fina docks I missed a fish but everything then shut off and so we decided to try some new places. We caught some small speckled trout in the sailboat channel, before finally catching a few keepers in a place we call the Carbon Plant. One nice speckled trout and one sheep head were not enough for a meal but at least we had covered a lot of water and actually caught a few larger fish.

So it was a good week with lots of quality time with Renita and friends. We still have a few weeks before our big show at the Gulf Coast Gem and Mineral show in Robstown, Texas. Plenty of time for more fishing and maybe a little time to make some more of our new rings. Oh and Happy Valentine’s Day!

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