sure load'em up.

We did get out of the mountains once.............
My wife Z with Capt. Joey at North Padre Island, TX, in Sept. 2015. She could not hold up the 37" Sea Trout she caught.

Release or a keeper Dave?

We were fishing with my Brother in Law and Capt. Joey.
My Brother in Law is adamant that he releases everything.
I did get Capt. Joey to save a few of the smaller (around 20") sea trout and I grilled them with lemon and paprika.
My Brother in Law liked eating them, but he just doesn't want to keep fish. He usually takes his boat out on the Gulf and has some great catches, all released. We had bad Red Tide and high winds while we were there. We opted for the bay and a Pro to show us where to go. We each caught 2-3 sea trout over 36" that day, and a number of smaller trout. No Red fish for us, but others were catching them. Had an escort on the way back to the dock.

My mistake. I thought Redfish had a distinctive black dot on the tail. It looks like they can have dark splotches also.

2 of the red snapper caught this week.

Morning catch. had to make 2 trips cause of the limits. Threw back more than a 150 lbs. of fish.

Nice job Chief.

Yum!! Nice catch. Bait or lures?

Pap

Both. When feeding time came on it didn't matter.
We went to lures because it was faster.