Bill and Teri Tank fished inshore, using live shrimp in lower Hickory Bay with me Tuesday morning, 2/23, once the early rains cleared out. They hit the trout just right, and limited out on those, with eight keepers ranging 16 to18 ½ inches. They released three additional trout, three would-be-keeper mangrove snapper to 11 inches, and a half dozen sheepshead to 14 inches.
Derrick Axell planned to celebrate his son, Evan’s, fourteenth birthday with a full day of fishing offshore on Wednesday, 2/24, but an approaching weather front that was preceded by four-to-six-foot seas precluded that. We decided upon a half-day of inshore fishing in lower Hickory Bay, with plans to return to the dock before any severe weather arrived. So, we fished with live shrimp in very windy conditions, but did well with seatrout. The guys caught ten keeper trout to 18 ½ inches, and released two of them, per mandated limits. They added to the box a brace of 16-inch pompano, along with two keeper sheepshead at 13 and 14 inches.
Thursday, 2/25, my planned offshore trip canceled due to gusty winds and seas of four-to-six feet.
Friday, 2/26, the tide wasn’t as favorable as it had been earlier in the week in lower Hickory Bay, where I fished with long-time customers Jim McGrath and Bill Crockett. The guys kept two trout at 16 and 17 inches and one 13-inch sheepshead.
Saturday morning, 2/27, was chilly at 48 degrees, with a pretty hefty wind blowing and low tide conditions in the backwaters, where I fished a catch-and-release trip with Richard Plum. He caught and released two sheepshead, a 16-inch trout, and a dozen ladyfish, all on live shrimp."
1.) Angler Ralph Marino with a 26-inch bonito, caught on shrimp 20 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
2.) Angler Chandler Cole with a 20-inch trout, caught on shrimp in lower Hickory Bay Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.
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