Now I remember why I don't fish much in the summer. Yesterday was as good as it gets with the weather. Scott(702) and I went out at 7 a.m. He tried a new Gulp and I threw DOA. We tried most of the reefs this side of the intracoastal. After two hours without even a small trout to show, we pulled up to a shrimper who was culling his catch. For five dollars he gave us about a thousand shrimp. We then tried the wells just off from Key Allegro. There were boats at the wells, but they were doing the same thing that we were, catching many many small trout. We did measure two that were ever so slightly too small and that was it. We came in at 12:00.
Randy(308) drifted Estes Flats with perch and caught two keeper trout. He caught four there on Saturday.
Today Scott took his family on an eight hour trip on the Scat Cat. It was a great day to be at sea. The winds were light and the fishing good. There were only twenty on board and that always makes for a better trip. Scott caught a King at the first stop and one of his daughters caught two more later. There was a Sailfish caught and a shark. The boat limit on Snappers was 40 and they came back with 39. One of the Snappers weighed in at 15 pounds. My son, Ryan, and a friend are going out on Wednesday. I hope they do as well.
Jerry Hill came by Kontiki last week. He had not been by in a while. He is still living in Beeville and goes to San Antonio once a week to go to the VA for treatment on his knee. His mother is not doing well and he was coming to Rockport to see her. His parents have been married for 72 years.
Jerry thought the new colors looked great, but was dismayed at the condition of the grass. He took great pride in the lawn and to see it in such sad shape was disappointing. The sprinklers have been fixed, but I have yet to see them on. I am told that they come on at night, but I have not seen any evidence of water in the early morning. Even the manually operated sprinklers that go around the outside of the harbor side buildings are not being used. Pat(602) is turning them on when he is here to save some grass behind his place. I asked Ron and John if the sprinkler repair company could repair the system between 108 and 201 while they were here. The roofing trucks as well as the sand delivery trucks have made a mess of the grassy area there and I can't take care of it because the sprinkler system doesn't work. I'm sure there are other priorities right now and this will be taken care of in due time.