Today Report 3-20-13

Monday morning, Gilbert Santos fished Moses Lake where he caught a Texas Grand Slam consisting of a 21-inch red, 20-inch speck and 16-inch flounder. The fish were caught in 8 feet of water.

Reports from the 61st Street Fishing Pier indicate catches of whiting, large gafftop, stingrays, black drum and bull sharks.

The following note was received from Paul Williams, describing his adventure on Bolivar Peninsula last week.

“Last Friday, I was fishing off the bank on one of the canals in Bolivar with live shrimp and was a little frustrated with the bite. It seemed like I was just feeding the fish until I had a light nibble and then the line began to swim away.

“I took the slack out and set the hook, then the fight was on. It seemed that I had a redfish because the fish never surfaced. As I got it closer, I decided to get the net and lay it down next to me.

“The fish decided it did not like the bulkhead and made another hard run, which involved some drag adjustment and the moving of my feet which resulted in the net getting kicked into the water.

“In the chaos, I laid down on the bulkhead and barely got my hand on the end of the net. During the process I also got our native grass stickers stuck in me from my shoes to my waist.

“During this process, I was able to keep a tight line and from my knees, with the net laying close to me, I was able to finally see the rewards of my struggle, a big trout!

“The fish finally made it to the net, resulting in the largest trout in my 54 years of fishing. The fish measured 26 inches and weighed slightly over 5 pounds.”