Scott sent more information about their snapper trip on Sunday.

Larry mentioned earlier in the blog that Paul Westburg, Randy Grones and I went offshore on Sunday morning and got our limit of snapper. What he did not mention was the storm that hit us about 5 miles from the jetties. See the pics of the crazy dark clouds that faced us as we were heading to shore. These were taken approximately 8 miles from shore. In a few pics you can see the tankers anchored waiting for their time slot at the docks in Corpus. All day the wind had been blowing a medium 12 mph out of the SE but about 5 miles from the opening of the jetties the wind turned instantly from the North at 35 mph, dropping the temperature about 15 degrees and putting "teeth" on top of the waves. It got a little scary to say the least. The seas built quickly before we could reach the safety of the jetties. We had to slow down and change our directions a few times to handle the chop. As soon as we got in the jetties the rain started coming down. I had to put on my sunglasses to protect my eyes while making forward progress. All the while our biggest fear was lightning. We did see a few bolts but it could have been much worse. We made a pit stop under one of the bridges along the shrimp boat channel to get out of the rain for a few minutes. When it let up we took off again for Conn Brown Harbor. Of course, by the time we got there it started raining again. By this time we were all soaked, but eventually you reach a point where you can't get any more wet. At the end of the day we safely loaded the boat with a box full of Red Snapper. Lesson Learned - pay closer attention to the weather forecast.