My first Blast and Cast Men’s Ministry event is in the history books and I was glad to be a part of it. It took some courage to drag the boat down there by myself and meet up with a bunch of guys I didn’t know, but now I am glad I did. It was well organized, and I met some great guys. . It’s hard to plan an event this size and have it go so smoothly, but they pulled it off really well.
Friday evening after check in 4 of us headed out to Matagorda Bay. We chased birds for a little while, catching mostly dinks. After that we hit the south shoreline for a little while until it was time to head in for dinner. Tim stuck a fat 26” trout that I think ended up being the biggest of the weekend.
Saturday I partnered up with 2 others in a different boat and left mine on the trailer. The other 2 fellers caught some fish wading with croakers and I hiked off where I saw some birds in the distance. Waded up to my neck and started catching dinks on a black queen cocahoe then switched to a spook junior. The trout got bigger but not much. The snot sharks liked the spook jr, too. Followed the birds and popping shrimp, all the way back to the boat. I must have caught 30 fish of various sizes but no trophies. After that, I put on a popping cork and gulp and headed over to a muddy up area of shell looking for redfish. I found their cousin in the form of a big ugly that was probably over 30 lbs. It took a while to reel in! Got a nap at Sunrise Lodge after lunch and went out to E Matty in the evening drifting. Didn’t catch much but Kenny caught the nicest croaker any of had seen in a long while.
Sunday morning was sketchy after the front, with storms still off shore but we went out to Matagorda and waded for a few hours. Others caught a few dinks before we got ran off the water by a big storm.
If you get a chance, I would really recommend attending one of these events. Great fun, good people and a great message!
Friday evening after check in 4 of us headed out to Matagorda Bay. We chased birds for a little while, catching mostly dinks. After that we hit the south shoreline for a little while until it was time to head in for dinner. Tim stuck a fat 26” trout that I think ended up being the biggest of the weekend.
Saturday I partnered up with 2 others in a different boat and left mine on the trailer. The other 2 fellers caught some fish wading with croakers and I hiked off where I saw some birds in the distance. Waded up to my neck and started catching dinks on a black queen cocahoe then switched to a spook junior. The trout got bigger but not much. The snot sharks liked the spook jr, too. Followed the birds and popping shrimp, all the way back to the boat. I must have caught 30 fish of various sizes but no trophies. After that, I put on a popping cork and gulp and headed over to a muddy up area of shell looking for redfish. I found their cousin in the form of a big ugly that was probably over 30 lbs. It took a while to reel in! Got a nap at Sunrise Lodge after lunch and went out to E Matty in the evening drifting. Didn’t catch much but Kenny caught the nicest croaker any of had seen in a long while.
Sunday morning was sketchy after the front, with storms still off shore but we went out to Matagorda and waded for a few hours. Others caught a few dinks before we got ran off the water by a big storm.
If you get a chance, I would really recommend attending one of these events. Great fun, good people and a great message!
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