Hey I just wanna do some fun braggin to my all buddies on here. I did a 4-day saltwater trip to Galveston last week, fished Tuesday to Friday with my out of town buddies and had an awesome 4 days!! This was my first time taking my boat with me and I was mainly targetting the October Bull Red run and some smaller but tastier golden croakers for my mom and older siblings in Houston. My mission was a very gratifying accomplishment!! I got to fight good monster reds every day with Friday, the finally, being the most epic!! Friday the reds ran thick and my crew and I were exhausted and left them biting. We had four monster "fish ons" at once one time and man that was a hoot!!! LOL!! The majority of the reds caught were in the 35-40" range and all CPR'ed . But more importantly, I, the baby of the family of 9 children, filled my Moms and older siblings freezers with some good fish!! LOL!

Here are a FEW of the pics I wanna brag about....hehe...and I took a bunch!! hehehe


Tuesday:




This is what a golden croaker looks like. Crocs size 10 for ref. My mom and older sibling love them.
We found them twice in four days schooling thick under out boat. They are sand bass and magnum sizes
but they fight much harder!!


Wednesday:

Started early for flounder and only caught a few, the water is still warm at 78 degrees. So not yet!

Caught a stingray too...

...and da BULLS


Thursday:
Water was very choppy so went to a proteced area and slabbed up some big sand trouts.

Once the water calmed down a bit, it was back to catching reds...



Continued...

Friday:

I was in this pose a whole lot Friday.




The color is beautiful under the sun!!! Beautiful Fish!!!


We did a whole lot of CPR'ed in four days...


A nice bucket filled with fish for my seafood lover, 87 yrs old Mother

What a good trip.

I stored by boat at a slip at Galveston Yatch Basin Marina. Man, that is one nice marina with high dollar boats!!! The daily slip rate is $1.50 per ft length of your boat. Slip has cover, electricity, water, storage shed, high security. You can leave your boat on dry land for $20 per day. I stayed at a 4-star hotel on the seawall. The off season prices are dirt cheap this time of the year. A double queen room, nice and clean, with break fast....the same rate as Shoestring farm!

My boat is home with me now in DFW.

wow that looks too fun. They don't call them Bull Reds for nothing! Great catches! What were you using to catch them?

Sweeeeetttttt

Why to go Todd looks like lot's of Fun.

Todd, good post
I'll PM you soon to find out more details on your trip. I would like to do something like this.

WOW what a great trip!

Awesome Todd! Pure awesome!

Man looks like an awesome time, congrats!

Great Trip Todd! You da Man!

Good job Todd! That bull red fishing is the most fun game in around. Looks like you had lots of open water, few other boats.

we were using small cicle hooks with live and cut baits. Live shrimp, live perch, live croaker, live mullet. Cut perch, cut sand trout, croaker work as well also. October is an easier time to target the bull reds. For the live bait, I would clip off the fish tail and fins with a scissor. You can use small hooks and shrimp to catch bait easily near the rocks.

Sure I can fill you in the details Chad!

Hey long time no see Jeff! Yeah I picked the weekdays to fish and was blessed with nice weather also with just the right amount of winds. Very light traffic on the week days. My Houston buddies said the weekend traffics at the NJ tip is pretty packed and you need to get there early.

I see several boats struggled to anchor because of the choppy seas. Man, my iPilot worked as design and everyone LOVED it!!!

Wow super nice Todd!! Looks like you needed a few red bulls, to fight those bull reds!!! Ha ha get it, get it!!

Super pics, and you've got memories for a lifetime.

GOOD TRIP ,I'LL BE IN THAT SPOT THIS WEEK AFTER THE FRONT GOES THROUGH.

Awesome pics and an awesome trip Todd! I officially envy you!!

Mike, I enjoy all your plumber jokes. Keep em coming

Doug, I see your name all over that spot. In all caps too. Go get em!

vERY nICe Todd ! fun fun fun ..

Nice.

Todd it looks like your crew had a great trip. Very nice fish !!!!

Wow Todd!

What an amazing trip. Those fish are massive and I hear they fight like crazy.

Thanks for posting this. One day we need to get a crew together and go.

That looks like so much fun!

Jackson

Todd , Thanks for the coastal fishing show. Man that is awesome and also those are some BIG reds. Great coverage on the pics. THANKS !!

They do fight HARD Jackson...just imagine pulling a 35-40 incher hybrid out of Hubbard. To me that would be the equivalent epic battle

Those pics are specifically for the workaholic anglers like yourself Keith!! Glad you enjoy them.!

Whoa Todd you sure you didn't photo shop those???!!! I wish you would have photo shopped me into those pictures. Those are amazing fish. If we are real nice to you maybe you can guide us down that way next time with you... Only thing I didn't see is any Moe lures. All live bait or lures also? Man you did great! Congrats. Happy Fishing.

P.S. It's like the old saying it ain't braggin' if you can do it. You did it. I'm the 8th of 9. Must be why we like each other we can relate!

lol you wore the mavs champ shirt down there! Woo hoo represent. Next time wear the rangers champ shirt!

Thats right!! Go Rangers!! You can duit!!!

And if the NBA has a lockout, the Mavs will remain champs for two consecutive years!! Go Mavs!!

And the cowboys...well...they're the cowboys, lol! I am old school and still waiting for a power running game from them, lol.

Way to go bro!!!

Great catch and release pics!

Our trip was not as heavy but we still caught a lot.
Congrats & thanks for sharing.

I missed this somehow.... Nice job! Great Pics! Pretty Reds!

Nice.

Now those are some nice fish, Todd. Looks like you hit East Bay. I haven't fished down there in years, but I had some great days fishing there. You're right. Catching Hybrids is pretty darned close. As far the sports stuff goes the heck with the pro junk. It's "Go Coogs!!" #11 and climbing

Howdy Milt! Yep Go Coogs!!
Case Keenum's numbers are jaw dropping!! Ten touch down passes in one game

I hope the "system" doesnt fell him and hope he'll do well in the pro. He's a local from Wylie High school near me.