1. Rod: Mitchell Avocet II. Line: 17 lbs suffix with 1 oz egg weight, swivel and 30lb suffix superior leader, hook: 4/0 mustad octopus big red. 20 min fight

    Black Drum with a peeled shrimp

    1. rhightower 0
      @matt,thanx! Wifey thought it was nice too!
    2. Matt Dobson 0
      :) love the comment. Nice catches man.
    3. rhightower 0
      Wifey hate she didn't go this morning, fishing is the ultimate. I Cheat with fish
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  2. Details: Golden Rainbow Trout with a dillies and butter meal worms

    bates Allen park in Beasly/Kendleton . Low wind , clear sky. me and the kids two short of limit

    1. rhightower 0
      You have to keep all you catch and limit is. 5
    2. rhightower 0
      Thanks to all, tasted good off the grill, wish they would stock bigger ones for release
    3. TennesseeTroutboy 0
      Nice haul
    4. doughboy007 0
      Nice fatty!
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  3. Details: Largemouth Bass with a storm wild eye crappie

    1. rhightower 0
      Neither, it's a pond bass, I returned it to the water alive n kickin
    2. Lake_n_Pond_Fisher 0
      Albino or is it dead?
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  4. Another good day of fishing, turned on and off like a faucet!!

    Other Saltwater with a freelined live and fresh dead

    1. rhightower 0
      Thanx every1 for the creds!!
  5. 24" & 21.5" reds. Didn't measure mangroves, caught mid morning before rains came

    Red (redfish) Drum with a live shrimp freelined and under a float

    1. rhightower 0
      Before sunrise, they were terrible even with the OFF, after sunrise no problems
    2. fishinggal 0
      Didn't get eaten alive by mosquitoes? Lol
    3. rhightower 0
      I was bank fishing also, there are a couple of spots along levee rd starting near hwy 36
    4. fishinggal 0
      We were on the jetties be stuck to bank fishing :(
    5. fishinggal 0
      Oh, okay. Thanks.
    6. rhightower 0
      It was along the Brazos
    7. fishinggal 0
      I was there Saturday before all the rain and didn't catch anything worth mentioning. Was this Quintana side? Nice catches!
    8. rhightower 0
      Thanx
    9. Jacob Breaux 0
      Nice haul!
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  6. Flounder stuffed with speckled trout and sand trout. Flounder 22 1/2 inches. Wife allergic to shellfish , had to get creative

    Gulf Flounder with a live shrimp under cork

    1. FLOUNNDER 0
      Oooowe
    2. rhightower 0
      It was, watch for the recipe soon
    3. ReelGame Saucedo 0
      That looks delicious
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    1. rhightower 0
      Thanks bb01
    2. Jacob Breaux 0
      Gulp is always a go-to for me. Swimming mullets and shrimp rigged on a 1/8oz jighead
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  7. 22 inches, grill time on half shell

    Red (redfish) Drum with a freelined live shrinp

  8. Details: Black Drum with a freelined live shrimp

    1. rhightower 0
      It helps sometimes , we were fishing the channel near the bridge before you enter clear lake leaving the boardwalk , nice fishing there minus the boat traffic
    2. txlonestar06 0
      Nice, damn I need a boat!
    3. rhightower 0
      Thanks, caught it on light tackle and rod, fought it for 20 min, had my wrist hurting, walked it around the whole boat before I landed it
    4. HoosierDaddy 0
      Nice catch!!! Whatta monster!
    5. rhightower 0
      41" near Kemah
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