Big Water Fishing

If you have never been fishing in the gulf, you need to go. These pictures were
all of trips we went on with Dolphin Docks out of Port Aransas . Some were 40 hr.
trips and a few were 12 hr. As I get older the 12 hr. trips
seem to agree with me more.


 

Snappers, kings, groupers and a big ling.
The big fish hanging on the rack (above photo) is a 95lb. ling (cobia). It had a
50 pounder with it until they boated the big one. The same fellow that caught
it, caught a 300 lb marlin a couple of weeks before.
It's unusual to catch marlin on a headboat.


 

Snappers sharks and a big grouper.

This was a 12hr. trip. The big grouper hanging in the center (above photo)
weighed 65lbs and was caught by a drunk woman. I never could find out what
she was drinking but I would liked to have tried some.


 

Snappers, kings, dolphin and amberjacks

This (above photo) was snapper and kingfish city. Many of the people on the
boat were seasick, never got out of the bunk, and still took a limit of fish home.
I caught kings and amberjacks till my arms quit, but it's not like that often.
Fishing in 250' of water and cranking up a 2lb weight is alot like work , but I can
go for this kind of work


 

Uncle Bill Hughes and a nice snapper.
This is my uncle, Bill Hughes, with a red snapper he caught on a 12 hour trip.
Bill is a very good fisherman but doesn't own enough boats.
How can anyone own only three boats.


All these pictures came from our trips with Dolphin Docks in Port Aransas Tx.
They have always put out a good trip. The 40 hr trips would be my first choice
because you can keep 2 days limit. With the reductions on bag limits the past
few years, 1 days limit doesn't add up to much.
Not driving as far as I have to, anyway.
Still if they put you on enough different fish, you can make the trip worthwhile.
If you've never been on one of these, start with a short trip (6-12hr) and get
some Scop patches from your doctor. I have been in some pretty heavy-duty
water with a patch on and did not get sick.
I was sick, once, without a patch and that will not happen again .
I promise, it is like a bad hangover and the flu, all at once.

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!Port Aransas Community Pages

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