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Hi, everyone. . .I grew up (well, sort of) in Pasadena, Texas. For kicks, I stay a few days or weeks now and then in Jamaica Beach. You see, my wife & I care for my cousins' place at JB since they live far from JB & we don't.
As a boy, my only model for saltwater fishing know-how and basic fishing etiquette was my dad. We wet lines once or twice a year on the Texas coast. We rarely fished freshwater. In his fish-catching efforts, Dad used nothing but frozen shrimp and cut bait hurled in the surf or from a pier or bulkhead. We used El Cheapo rods and reels. He never owned a fishing boat. (He was a sailor of small sailboats from his youth.) Of course, I never learned much about fishing boats or outboard motors from Dad. And he never caught but a handful of keeper fish in all the years and times we fished together.
In recent years, after retiring from teaching in 2008, I surrendered to my love of fishing, bought a jonboat and a refurbished outboard motor, and have begun fishing dozens of times a year.
Then IT happened. Despite multiple tune-ups by different marine repairmen, my motor would no longer start for me and keep running for me except in the presence of the repairmen, so I sold it.
Now I'm "making do" with a trolling motor and limiting myself to short-distance outings in my boat, like rivers, small lakes, the canals at JB, and the southernmost end of Karankahua Reef. I do surf fish, wade fish, and sling baits from land, too. A handful of times, I've fished on party boats or with friends in their boats and have generally caught nice messes of fish. I suppose that I fish freshwater almost as much as I fish saltwater.
But speaking of saltwater fishing, I've caught keeper-sized specks, reds, and flounder, but never on the same day and never more than one such fish in a single day. I've learned that live bait often yields game fish while dead bait often yields disappointment. I've used artificials in freshwater & have caught fish on 'em. In saltwater, I've hooked but not caught fish on them. I've made mistakes "in the fishing arena"--none too serious, Thank God. I know that I do not know it all and am often open to constructive advice about boats, fishing, and such.
I love being on the water; catching fish is Icing on the Cake.
Hope I meet some of you sometime. If we do meet, "what say" we do some Catchin' !
As a boy, my only model for saltwater fishing know-how and basic fishing etiquette was my dad. We wet lines once or twice a year on the Texas coast. We rarely fished freshwater. In his fish-catching efforts, Dad used nothing but frozen shrimp and cut bait hurled in the surf or from a pier or bulkhead. We used El Cheapo rods and reels. He never owned a fishing boat. (He was a sailor of small sailboats from his youth.) Of course, I never learned much about fishing boats or outboard motors from Dad. And he never caught but a handful of keeper fish in all the years and times we fished together.
In recent years, after retiring from teaching in 2008, I surrendered to my love of fishing, bought a jonboat and a refurbished outboard motor, and have begun fishing dozens of times a year.
Then IT happened. Despite multiple tune-ups by different marine repairmen, my motor would no longer start for me and keep running for me except in the presence of the repairmen, so I sold it.
Now I'm "making do" with a trolling motor and limiting myself to short-distance outings in my boat, like rivers, small lakes, the canals at JB, and the southernmost end of Karankahua Reef. I do surf fish, wade fish, and sling baits from land, too. A handful of times, I've fished on party boats or with friends in their boats and have generally caught nice messes of fish. I suppose that I fish freshwater almost as much as I fish saltwater.
But speaking of saltwater fishing, I've caught keeper-sized specks, reds, and flounder, but never on the same day and never more than one such fish in a single day. I've learned that live bait often yields game fish while dead bait often yields disappointment. I've used artificials in freshwater & have caught fish on 'em. In saltwater, I've hooked but not caught fish on them. I've made mistakes "in the fishing arena"--none too serious, Thank God. I know that I do not know it all and am often open to constructive advice about boats, fishing, and such.
I love being on the water; catching fish is Icing on the Cake.
Hope I meet some of you sometime. If we do meet, "what say" we do some Catchin' !
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