Fishing on the Coast

Last week Chan and I drove down to South Padre and did some fishing. South padre Island is a barrier island off the coast of south Texas in the gulf of Mexico, its just off the mainland at Port Isabel, TX and about 18 miles north of Matomoros, Mexico. I've been wanting to come fish in the Laguna Madre since Tina and I were here in September, we caught a bunch of fish and had a great time. This time around we had a blast and caught some fish but not many.

When we first arrived on the island we went to a dive bar for some fried fish, Elvis was there with his casio keyboard singing for the locals.

We booked a small charter boat for an all day fishing trip in the bay, here's the sunrise. I was so tired...

This is our captain, Ruben. He's been fishing here since he was a kid and was really a cool guy. He took us to different places for different kinds of fish. Mostly we were trying for Speckled trout and Redfish, but I was also hoping for Drum and Black tip shark.

Here's a small redfish, too small to keep unfortunately. We also caught about 10 trout and a catfish...

The old man and the sea.

Here's an abandoned boat on a small island in the bay, Ruben said its been there since he was a kid.

Marina houses...

When we got back to the dock these guys were waiting. They fought over the scraps of fish.

On the road there were huge fields of wildflowers everywhere, it was beautiful. Mostly indian paintbrushes and bull nettle. I guess the draught is really over.