[tommy261]

My wife, my foreman and I went to the bolivar pocket this morning using topwater and norton sand eel jrs. We ended up doing good on trout just could not get very many keepers. We caught 23 trout (6 keepers) 2 reds (2 keepers)one was 31 inches. We were waiting on some friends and only fished from sunrise to 8:30am. Once the others showed up we ran offshore and caught 6 red snapper (17-20inches), 5 Ling (2 keepers), 1 king. We did not expect to catch snapper on artificial, but we did. This trip offshore was the first time I did not have any bait to throw for snapper,ling,king. I caught one of the ling under a small weedline using about a 7-8in tsunami topwater lure. I have been wondering if a ling would hit a topwater lure, well now I know. Talk about an explosion. The ling I caught on top was 41 in. at 20lbs, not a huge one but it is the one I will remember for a long time. The other boat with us had three people in their boat and limited on snapper using squid. Thanks for reading and be safe on the water. Tommy261

calm weather but I had a rough day (notice my shirt sleeve ripped)

 

[Juicy]

Cool. Nice variety!!

 

[bowskipper]

GREAT CATCH. HOW FAR OUT DID YOU GO?

 

[rtoler]

What a trip, nice post, thanks!

 

[tommy261]

rigs

We went out about 15 - 18 miles east of the north/south jetty. The water was not as clear as usual but once you get out there, all you can do is try it.

 

[fish-head]

Great catch!Congrats.

 

[SaltH2oAssassin]

Must be nice to fish both inshore and offshore. Thanks for the report and nice pic.

 

[cajundoug]

Nice catch!!

 

[Aggieangler]

Sweet...it's about that time of year when a tunnel hull becomes a rig demon! I cannot wait!

 

[haparks]

u the man-- ur makin me geoulous--i wanna go

 

[LDS]

Ok...Whats the story behind the ripped sleave. Hopefully it did not get into your arm.

 

[twitch-twitch-reel]

sweet!

 

[tommy261]

ripped sleeve

I had walked around the center console while fighting a ling and hung my shirt on a topwater lure. I thought the ling was going to break me off on the motor. I just got into a big hurry and it ripped my shirt. It wasnt as bad at first, it just kept running down the sleeve. tommy261

 

[knucklehead]

Nice double header- bay & offsore......bet you slept well that night!

I'm heading offshore Sunday morning - probably head south 12 - 15 mile rigs then circle back around east over toward where you were.