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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:01 am Post subject: BHP report for 15th |
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Winds, tide and rolling surf were high when we arrived at BHP. Waters near shore looked murky and turbulent with waves strong enough to shove any bait cast right back at you within seconds.
Midway on the pier, it was a different picture. Ocean rollers but only surf breaking at the major sand bars. Water was midway clear, so I went back to the pickup and returned with the pier cart loaded for action.
Fished between 5 PM and 9:30 PM. Iced down a couple dozen whiting and tossed back smaller ones and pin perch. Only one hardhead, so it was great.
About 7 PM, my wife joined me on the pier. She has been recovering from recent surgeries, so it was great that she was feeling well enough to fish.
Others reported that bull reds were caught earlier by most guys on pier end. We saw people catch a few . . . mostly whiting, but also a keeper red and a nearly 3-ft mackerel. It looked more like a Spanish than a king to me; however, nobody near us knew for sure.
As we left, the third shift was venturing out to try their luck on the pier. Redfish, redfish, redfish was the chant we overheard as they trundled their carts past us. When we told them whiting were hitting, they looked at us like we just didn't understand what to do when fishing the ocean. Reds were it; nothing else mattered to them.
Also, we caught a fish with stripes like a pin perch, but it had a longer body similar to a croaker or sand trout. Not a saucer-shaped body like pin perch. Any ideas what it was?.
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hickroots07
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| Barred grunt, butter perch. Thanks for the report. Its good your wife goes too. Going fishing with my wife is one of my favorite things to do |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: BHP report for 15th |
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| Most of the "pros" at bob hall are not very helpful to less experienced anglers. Next time ask for Henry aka shark bait. He has all the answers |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: BHP report for 15th |
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| artie langes habit wrote: | | Most of the "pros" at bob hall are not very helpful to less experienced anglers. Next time ask for Henry aka shark bait. He has all the answers |
I must not be much of a pro...if I'm catching fish, I'll share the technique, bait, color, combo, whatever with anyone...just don't come and crowd me is all I ask.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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I rarely go out there. But the few times I have, almost everyone was kind enough to greet each other and help each other out.
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BobBobber
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| hickroots07 wrote: | | Barred grunt, butter perch. |
Not sure about the grunt ID.
I think it's a Southern Kingfish. Found in "Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre" by McKee. Similar to the illustration in book but not exact.
We kept it separate to see how it tastes. Has lower lip feeler similar to whiting.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: BHP report for 15th |
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| Bighead wrote: | | I must not be much of a pro...if I'm catching fish, I'll share the technique, bait, color, combo, whatever with anyone...just don't come and crowd me is all I ask.Bighead |
Thanks for reply Bighead. You should be easy to spot in a crowd with that armor mask on. 
We probably have seen each other without knowing who the other was. I'm a senior citizen with a loaded store-bought pier cart, and I wear a large straw hat to keep the sun or pier lights out of my eyes. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| Well, whatever the mystery fish pictured is, I can report that it tasted great, if only big enough for a couple chews. As mild as any of the whiting we enjoyed for supper last night. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: |
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After consultation with some colleagues we agree that the fish pictured is a sand drum.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| Tyler wrote: | | After consultation with some colleagues we agree that the fish pictured is a sand drum. |
Looks to me like a croakerdrum.
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| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | I call shenanigans on that one. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:49 am Post subject: |
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I caught a whiting at PINS a couple yrs ago that was a tan color w/ brown wide stripes vertically in it... RayRod has a pic somewhere...
JC says he's caught them on Matagorda...
pretty sure any of the drum family of fish are "good eats".
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Tyler wrote: | | After consultation with some colleagues we agree that the fish pictured is a sand drum. |
Tyler nailed it. Sand drum Umbrina coroides. Pretty cool catch. Not something you see too often. More so on the upper coast than here. As far as the "meal", that's pretty much it. They get maybe 12".
But like any other Sciaenid (drum family), like kweber notes, that you can't go wrong with them. Pretty tasty fare.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Those "sanddrum" you speak of are caught at Bob Hall Pier all the time on Sabiki rigs and some bottom rigs with shrimp. I catch them constantly! they are a pain when your looking for Blue Runners lol.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Caught another bigger sand drum last night. This one made a LOUD croaker-drum sound. The gill plates were sharp as razors. . . not sharp like some fish but seriously razor sharp. My thumb got sliced as I was removing the hook. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| BobBobber wrote: | | Caught another bigger sand drum last night. This one made a LOUD croaker-drum sound. The gill plates were sharp as razors. . . not sharp like some fish but seriously razor sharp. My thumb got sliced as I was removing the hook. |
That might have been an Atlantic croaker maybe?
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