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4rodsfishing
Minnow Username: 4rodsfishing
Post Number: 31 Registered: 2-2005
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:10 pm: |
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A friend and I went fishing Friday evening at Galveston. We went off shore for a little while but did not catch any fish. So we dicide to come back and fish in the bay. We also thought that it would be nice to fish all night and so we did until Saturday morning. During the night we mainly caught Gafftops. Then when morning came around is when the fun really began. One thing came to mind that morning and that was coffee. A friend from work had told me about a new instant coffee that he had found at Krogers. So I had purchase a 4 pack of this canned coffee to give it a try. The coffee is made by WolfGang Punk and it tasted great. After some coffee we were ready and we started catching some Huge Black Drums. But we had to release them because they were over the size limit. But we had a blast catching all of these fish and we hope that our luck will hold out so that we can do it again. Here is a list of what we caught along with some pictures. Kept: 12 Gafftops size 18"-24" 3 Crokers size 13"-16" 2 Black Drums Size 19" and 25" Release: 12 Huge Black Drums size 33"-36"
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Will
Minnow Username: Will
Post Number: 71 Registered: 2-2005
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:15 pm: |
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nice catch. Looks and sounds like you had some fun. Vegatarian: Indian Word for Bad Fisherman
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Fishinaggie88
Bluegill Username: Fishinaggie88
Post Number: 267 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:27 pm: |
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Them drum will give you quite the fight!!! Way to go, sounds like a blast. Love to fish and hunt.
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Wes
Moderator Username: Wes
Post Number: 95 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:39 pm: |
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congrats. |
Picou
Lunker Username: Picou
Post Number: 1032 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:15 pm: |
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Good thing you brough coffee because catching drum like that can put you to sleep... Great recap and congrats on some great looking gaftop and drum. Those drum sure can put up a fight and it looks like ya'll had a mess of a good time.... Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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Richard
Minnow Username: Richard
Post Number: 33 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:22 pm: |
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Nice haul! Don't ever shave drunk!
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Bigun
Bluegill Username: Bigun
Post Number: 298 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:36 pm: |
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Are there enough boats where you were fishing! Geeeez, and I thought the fishing pressure was heavy around here. Good times had by all it appears. Do you eat gafftops??? I've been known to pinch a tail or two in my life!
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Hawlin_bass
Minnow Username: Hawlin_bass
Post Number: 80 Registered: 1-2005
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:51 pm: |
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Great catch guys. All those boats behind you, almost looked like a striper event on Texoma! |
Charles
Moderator Username: Charles
Post Number: 319 Registered: 7-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 6:40 am: |
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Wow. |
4rodsfishing
Minnow Username: 4rodsfishing
Post Number: 32 Registered: 2-2005
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 7:32 am: |
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Bigun, Yea we do eat gafftops, prefer them over hardheads. The gafftop is almost like the freshwater blue cat. We are thinking about heading back out there this weekend. But I do not think that we will stay the night on the boat this time. It was hard taking shifts staying awake to make sure the ancher did break lose and started drifting. The coffee that we took is self heating. It has a button on the bottom of the can which you press in and causes a chemical reaction heating up the coffee inside within 5-8 minutes. This was coffee was a safer option then taking a camp stove on the boat and making coffee. I will keep you'll up to date. Tight lines and fish on! |
Dean
Bluegill Username: Dean
Post Number: 182 Registered: 4-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 9:42 am: |
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Nice Haul! Water looks rather calm! I'm surprised there were no fish off shore!! I am thinking of heading out tomorrow. I fished last night under fishing lights at a friends house in Sea Isle and cought 1 26" Red and 1 16" flounder before the wind started out of the north - then it died and I couldn't lose a shrimp. I had to drive back to Spring so I was kinda anxious to hit the road anyway. All In A Days Fun!!!
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Bigun
Bluegill Username: Bigun
Post Number: 300 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 1:22 pm: |
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I've never thought about trying gafftop's I guess. We catch them when in the middle of bird trout and consider them a nuisance I guess. Good luck to everyone who is going out! I got report the lemonfish are absolutely on fire. Wished I had a boat to go check them out. Hoping to go try at the Al/La roundup out of Grand Isle the first weekend of May. I've been known to pinch a tail or two in my life!
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Redneck88
Minnow Username: Redneck88
Post Number: 85 Registered: 2-2005
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 5:41 pm: |
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Them are some big fish.Too bad they were over the limit. Get em #8!
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Dean
Bluegill Username: Dean
Post Number: 183 Registered: 4-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:29 am: |
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Wade - Lets Go!! I'm Ready!! All In A Days Fun!!!
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Bigun
Crappie Username: Bigun
Post Number: 303 Registered: 8-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 12:08 pm: |
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Dean, wind is suppose to blow like crazy this weekend. I'm going to Wes next weekend. I'll be in Grand Isle the next weekend. If I go out when we are in GI and catch some I'll let you know. If you want to pack it up and visit I can route you to the rigs I always hit for them. There are plenty of bedrooms close together between my house, Steph, and Mike's favorite uncle. I've been known to pinch a tail or two in my life!
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Atthewall
Bluegill Username: Atthewall
Post Number: 296 Registered: 11-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 10:15 pm: |
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Gafftop and black drum make the world go around. Gafftop is an excellent eating cat for sure. A real pain to clean though and a good pair of cotton gloves go a long way in handling them. I've been known to nail the head down on a cleaning board just to get one end under control when I cleaned them. Congratulations! |