Sheepzilla, black drum, Permit? all we needed was a croaker, a stingray, and a hardhead and we would have hit the much coveted jetty trashcan slam...
Sarah and I arrived at around 11:00 yesterday at the south jetty after the wind had calmed down. There were two bus loads of high school kids from the Katy area down for a marine science class looking for marine organisms. We noticed some commotion on the beach just north of where the jetty begins and more emergency vehicles started showing up. Sarah, being a pharmacist, went to go take a look. One of the kids had stepped into a sinkhole and wasn't able to free himself. Galvetrez baywatch showed up en mass to save the day but only made things worse when they tried to dig the boy out. EMS and several other trucks made their way to the scene and after 45 minutes of trying different things they pumped water into the sinkhole and freed the poor kid unharmed. Glad I wasn't the teacher that had to make that phone call to mom.
It turned into a beautiful day. The north wind had layed the surf down to a flat calm and the green water was in almost up to the second sandbar. I changed my gameplan to try and target specs but never had a bite. We have never seen the jetty so dry and water so flat.
We kept a few rods set up for reds but kept catching gaspergoos. Sarah caught sheepzilla (about a 7+ pounder) and I can only hope that we get one that size during the STAR this summer. Kept two for dinner.
We caught a slot black drum a few hours later and an inidentified jack that looked like a permit or a southern pompano. I can't decide which.
The wind did a 180 and by the end of the day it was out of the south. The sun was starting to set and the first redfish skunkarino since last april looked inevitable. Sarah got cold and went to go sit in the car with the heater on. I was not going to give up that easily. Almost on que as I was packing up our things a 24" red saved the day. The slam and the skunk will have to wait for another day.
Beautiful day on the wall. We can only hope to get a day like that when the water is just a little warmer.
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