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[Bighead]

Man...had a lot of travel, lot of work, misssed IMS's fish fry, but managed to get out this morning.

Struggled from the word go. No live shrimp in Rockport, no live shrimp in Aransas Pass...so utterly PO'ed about no bait that I was ready to punch a hole in my truck. I had been travelling all week and had work crap on Saturday, and knowing the conditions were so great, not having access to bait was killing me.

Regardless, we pressed on, finding bait along the way to the ferry landing...HUZZAH...off we go. Get o the Ferry...wife asks me if I remembered the folding chair...NOPE...wife is not happy.

She suggests What-A=Burger in Port A, as I'm acting like Joe Peshi, and I was...so I pulled in...they take 30 ******* MINUTES...I am boiling now...crap is kind of piling up, and I KNOW that some dingaling is IN MY SPOT at the pier...and to add insult to injury, they charged me $1.00 for jalapenos, and DID NOT PUT THEM ON...at some point, I'm going to have to go back and pee on the manager to assert dominance, but not now, I am headed to fish...FINALLY.

Coffee, taquitos (WITHOUT JALAPENOS)...wife is happy, I am no longer Joe Peshi...we figure HEY, we're on our way.

WE get there, and the pier is filled with every snoopy pole, sponge bob fishing pole space taker upper I can see...and the spot I want to fish is occupied by some guy just sitting there.

We fish...and for 3 hours get NOTHING...beautiful water, wonderful weather, NOTHING...not even piggie's come to kill our shrimp...finally, I see a silver flash, and land a nice, football sized Pompano...and brother, here come the potlickers...I was soon SURROUNDED by people flinging their lines out.

No more fish for almost another hour, and I hear my other rod chirp (clicker) behind me...picked up another nice Pompano....the crowds finally thin out about noon.

Wife is wondering 'where the fish are'...the last two trips, she's seen me bring home a ton of Pomps...wife unit accuses me of buying fish from the cute Vietnamese lady.

Then it happens...wife's rod is struck by a silver with yellow spotted bolt of lightning, and her drag is singing with the sound of a very nice Spanish Mackerel taking off...she manages to subdue a 26" S'mack...and I mean, as soon as I get it up on the pier, and get the hook out, the other rod goes slack...she notices and I told her to get it, probably a Pompano...she reels up the slack and AWWWWWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH...BIG BULL RED...and brothers and sisters Mrs. Bighead made me proud...she cranked down on that fish and put the SCREWS to it...chased it down the pier, pulled it out from under, and WHIPPED IT'S A$$ LIKE A BOSS!

The wife ended up landing a HUGE oversized red...her personal best to date. Here are two shots of it:





All in all...a good day on the water...fishing was slow, despite nice water and awesome conditions.

I am so proud of my wife...she's a good fishermen, and her catching her personal best today made all of the struggle to get out there disappear...that and seeing the smile in the picture makes me a happy boy. Edited to Add: Wtihout even asking, after taking the pictures, my wife let that big redfish go. The people all around us were dumbfounded...my wife just looked at them and said "You've got to respect that fish, and it makes other fish...it needs to go free".

Some folks get it...she does...some folks (those that questioned us)...obviously do not.

Bighead
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[raydfishr]

glad to see you were rewarded for your efforts , sometimes biting your tongue is better than slamming your fist thats a nice fish,congrats to your wife, & oh yeah i been there before brother
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[Bigrock]

AwwwRight Mr and Mrs Bighead!!!!!!!! Thanks for a great report!

[wallhanger]

Way to hang in there. Love that second pic. I consider it a successful trip when my wife catches something good, regardless of how I do.

[AcousTennis]

Sick red brotha! Diggin the heart spot it has
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[Matt]

Redemption! Great report and pics!

Off topic, I live here in Port A and ever since they opened the "new" Whataburger, the service has been terrible. I ate there a few months ago, and it took me almost 30 minutes in the drive-thru. On a weekday.
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[Bighead]

[gdavis]

My first response was "that's a wall mounter right there". Beautiful red.

[eksda]

whoooo hoooo so glad your wife got a big one. we always release the big fish. we will be heading your way thursday. we werent going to come back til oct. with daughter and her bf . hubby getting as sneaky as me now lol. he said his birthday is thursday and all he wants to do is come fishing in corpus so of course i have to give in lol. he is almost as good as i am at getting my way lol. will be bringing my neighbor again. last time i put in a word to the fish for them to load your hooks up so if i walk by they will be on you like ham on rye. good luck. so glad yall caught something

[Silver_King]

Nice catch!

That whataburger in Port A SUCKS! I agree ever since it went to the new location its been very bad.
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[FINS]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing. I'd be happy too.

+1 about the new whataburger. Went once when it first opened and waited atleast 30 minutes for not so good food. Told myself that was it I wasnt going back.

[jagarcia10]

That is a good looking red! Congrats to the wife!!

[deputydawg]

Good job on the red! Thats a couple of great pictures too!!!

[Kingz]

Love the read, especially the assertion of dominance part...Your wife's smile says it all...Very cool...G

[B-1 83]

Hey, man! Don't be dissin' my Sponge Bob rod!