SLP report

[Flounderpounder420]

I got a late invitation from my buddy J and headed to Galveston around 3 pm. Surf looked real nice and flat. We got a couple blowups but nothing serious. Then clouds of mullet moved in and shut it down hit a few coves on the bay side and came with these. Couldn't get them to hit anything other than live shrimp. Threw everything I had on me but to much grass to be effective. Thanks for the look.

[SCHU]

Nice going!

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[Puddle pirate]

Nice bro, grinding it out.

[Flounderpounder420]

Thanks fellas

[plugger]

Persistence paid off ...... nice .

[trophytroutman]

Nice catching!!

[Flounderpounder420]

Thanks trophytroutman and plugger. I was lucky to get that second redfish. The first one inhaled the shrimp and couldn't get the hook out. So had to rerig my leader in the dark as the bite was shutting off. Stayed there hoping to get my limit but just caught that last one and huge ladyfish that shredded my leader. Then I just called it quits, I had a long wade back. A lot of rat reds and rat specks in the water. Here is a pic of the first redfish and where I found the hook. Damn near in his guts

[plugger]

Yeah , that red wasn't going to spit the hook for sure .

[TroutSupport]

Nice work on the surgery. It's sort of amazing they can go on eating and living. I'd have to get a referral to see a speacialist, be put on a waiting list, wonder why I set my deductible soooo high....

[Flounderpounder420]

No, he wasnt Plugger that sucker was destined for the fryer. Troutsupport, it worries me when i get the hook out of the of the dinks or the ones just under the slot, that get the hook this deep. Sometimes you revive and revive them but i guess the trauma is just to great and i assume sometimes they die when they slowly take off or list in the water for a while before taking off. Other times the just sit there trying to right themselves to no avail.

[TroutSupport]

That definitely does happen with any fish that you have to 'perform surgery on'. I think part of it is the length of time out of the water, the other is squeezing the chit out of them while you do the surgery, and finally any trauma they incur. it's stressfull on them to say the least. If you have a fish that needs surgery that you want to release it would be beneficial to dunk them in the water every 30 seconds.. this will keep the gills wet. Wet your hands before handling them as well. This goes for undersized flounder as well. One of the reasons I don't wait to set the hook.. the longer you give them the deeper it goes. I find the smaller ones are typically the tail grabers anyway. I'm sure I'll get refuted by the masses but If it's a flounder worthy of being caught it's most likely going to engulf your bait on the first hit. Now if you're fishing 13" mullet for gargantuan fish.. that's ok to wait a second because any fish striking that is NOT going to be a dink.

[Flounderpounder420]

That definitely does happen with any fish that you have to 'perform surgery on'. I think part of it is the length of time out of the water, the other is squeezing the chit out of them while you do the surgery, and finally any trauma they incur. it's stressfull on them to say the least. If you have a fish that needs surgery that you want to release it would be beneficial to dunk them in the water every 30 seconds.. this will keep the gills wet. Wet your hands before handling them as well. This goes for undersized flounder as well. One of the reasons I don't wait to set the hook.. the longer you give them the deeper it goes. I find the smaller ones are typically the tail grabers anyway. I'm sure I'll get refuted by the masses but If it's a flounder worthy of being caught it's most likely going to engulf your bait on the first hit. Now if you're fishing 13" mullet for gargantuan fish.. that's ok to wait a second because any fish striking that is NOT going to be a dink.

Great info TroutSupport on the fish handling and releasing. I am one of those guilty of the long pause and hook set trying to make sure that trout is on there for sure. One of my dads old fishing buddies would take three steps back before setting his hooks when we would fish off the old piers or beach fishing. With me it's just the result of long hard years of scornful tutelage from my father yelling at me that he wasn't going to go get another quart if I just going to keep feeding the fish and not catching any, LOL. Thanks again for the reply TroutSupport and as always the great info.