went fishing today. we got up at 4:30 and drove down to Galveston. we went out on the water around 7. The weather was great. a mild breeze, cool not humid. we didn't do amazing but we caught fish, i caught 2 keeper speckled trout 2 keeper sand trout and about 20 that were too small, plus several big gaf heads, which are like the fish version of a sting ray, have the same stingers on them and are really slimy, i also cought some sheepshead but they weren't worth keeping. the Highlight was a big flounder. with flounder they're born with an eye on each side of there head, but one eye migrates to the same side as the other later on in life, because they way they hunt is they lay on there side on the seabed. (one side looks exactly like the bottom, while the other side is white to look like the surface) when a shrimp (that's the bait we used) or small fish goes by they attack. what's great about flounder is they're excellent eating fish, so for dinner i'm gonna have stuffed flounder. stuffed with a crap stuffing. with fried trout, and mexican from the party last night, talk about good eating. OH yeah, and as we were about to head back, the coast guard came aboard, (which i nor any one on the boat had ever heard of) and checked guide for his license and lifejackets etc. my dad neglected to buy fishing licenses for us because he thought that (like in most states) if you go with a guide his permit covers everything. this wasn't the case, but the game warden forgot to check ours, if he had and ticketed us it would have been about a $2000 ticket.

  posted by Unknown @ 7:17 ip.