I think I've just about taken almost all of the blue water spices, with the exception of a marlin. My first experience with a sail came while fishing for kings back in 1985. A friend and I were tied up to a close rig out of Port O'Connor. We were drifting ribbonfish, when one of my reels began to sing and quickly empty of line. We untied and gave chase. We soon realized that I had hooked a good sized sail. After a number of jumps and some good video, I landed a 6'11" sail. The story of what I did with that sail is another blog.
The red snapper season officially open several days ago and will only be open for a short period. My good neighbor, Oscar Garcia invited me to join him on a run to the Texas Clipper reef. I'm glad he invited and glad I took him on his offer. We departed the jetties at around 8 and made the 18 mile run in good time. Oscar runs a 24' Panga.
I had secured several dozen pinfish and planned to live bait the snapper. We managed our limit of 6 in short order. All good size fish with the two largest taken on live pins.
As we headed back to SPI and Port Isabel we stopped off at an anchored tanker in search of a ling. Oscar was rewarded by a hard fighting undersized, 35", that also hit a live pin perch. We are headed back out on Thursday. The winds are light and the blue water close.
