I love to go fishing with Paul Braly Sr., who earned the nickname "Seine Net", and also happens to be my Dad. My grandfather taught him how to become a great surf fisherman, and if you are caught fishing behind him, you'll understand how he got the nickname, because he hardly leaves any fish for those around him to catch, since he normally snags them all.
He hardly uses bait anymore when he goes out to catch a "cooler full and you're done". Even though he grew up on the Gulf beach, he hardly ever threw any plugs back then except for a speck rig now and then, preferring cut bait instead. Nowadays, I don't let him get too far out in front since he can clean up the fish in an area, in a quick amount of time.
This foggy, Saturday morning, we carefully headed to our fishing hole. We started casting the shoreline, opting for a Pink Hologram Devil Eyes with TruLock 1/16 oz jigs as our rig of choice. It didn?t take but a few minutes of wading until we came upon some 18-20" trout and Dad, sitting next to me, hooked into a monster after the fish nudged the lure three times first. We grabbed a photo of the 7 pounder before we put him back, unharmed.
We hit a few more 2 pounders as we were casting our way back up the shore, before the action stopped as an airboat came along and hopped into a lake ahead of us. We headed back to the boat and decided to move on, since that was a pretty good sign that action was over. At our next spot, half the fog lifted since it was about 8:15, so we didn't have to keep looking for other boats coming up on us.
This time, I got the first strike that felt, for a bit, that I had outdone "Seine Net's" earlier trout, but I ended up having a redfish on the end of the line. That was the beginning of a 20 cast run that ended up giving us 11 more redfish between us and we hadn't even moved 50 yards during the whole thing. Our arms sure hurt though after it was over horsing in that many redfish.
We normally don't keep many fish, but with Christmas coming, my brother was coming from Irving and was hoping we could snag into some to have for Christmas dinner, so we kept 6 redfish and the five smaller trout but we set that big one, the 7 pounder, free to get a little bigger for another day.
The amazing thing is (and I'm not just saying this) we only used one lure each all morning. Try catching 5-6 redfish back to back per person on any other soft plastic and see how many you go thru. We got home around 9:30am just in time for some honey do's so I guess next time I'll keep Sr. on the water longer.
He hardly uses bait anymore when he goes out to catch a "cooler full and you're done". Even though he grew up on the Gulf beach, he hardly ever threw any plugs back then except for a speck rig now and then, preferring cut bait instead. Nowadays, I don't let him get too far out in front since he can clean up the fish in an area, in a quick amount of time.
This foggy, Saturday morning, we carefully headed to our fishing hole. We started casting the shoreline, opting for a Pink Hologram Devil Eyes with TruLock 1/16 oz jigs as our rig of choice. It didn?t take but a few minutes of wading until we came upon some 18-20" trout and Dad, sitting next to me, hooked into a monster after the fish nudged the lure three times first. We grabbed a photo of the 7 pounder before we put him back, unharmed.
We hit a few more 2 pounders as we were casting our way back up the shore, before the action stopped as an airboat came along and hopped into a lake ahead of us. We headed back to the boat and decided to move on, since that was a pretty good sign that action was over. At our next spot, half the fog lifted since it was about 8:15, so we didn't have to keep looking for other boats coming up on us.
This time, I got the first strike that felt, for a bit, that I had outdone "Seine Net's" earlier trout, but I ended up having a redfish on the end of the line. That was the beginning of a 20 cast run that ended up giving us 11 more redfish between us and we hadn't even moved 50 yards during the whole thing. Our arms sure hurt though after it was over horsing in that many redfish.
We normally don't keep many fish, but with Christmas coming, my brother was coming from Irving and was hoping we could snag into some to have for Christmas dinner, so we kept 6 redfish and the five smaller trout but we set that big one, the 7 pounder, free to get a little bigger for another day.
The amazing thing is (and I'm not just saying this) we only used one lure each all morning. Try catching 5-6 redfish back to back per person on any other soft plastic and see how many you go thru. We got home around 9:30am just in time for some honey do's so I guess next time I'll keep Sr. on the water longer.
About the Author:
Captain Paul Braly is a Texas fishing guide who targets speckled trout and redfish along the Gulf Coast using fishing supplies from Brown Lures. Paul suggests you try out some fishing hooks from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
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