We launched at 11 pm, hoping to catch a 3 hour major feed with strong incoming tides, and a nearly full moon. Temps were 70 at launch, 63 at the end of the night. Water temps seemed to be high 60's, but my fishfinder connections were messed up, so I did not take it with me. Winds 10-18 SSE all night and crystal clear skies.
We hit the ferry and tried out some East Bay canals in which we have done well in the past. Surprisingly, there were few lights on this Good Friday, so we were kind of bummed after launch. I managed to coax a 21 inch speck to hit my Down South East Beast tipped with shrimp fishbites on a 1/8 oz jighead. She inhaled it and took off, and I was surprised when I netted her - I thought it was a red the way she fought. I also hooked two reds - an 18 and a little idiot.
There were a fair amount of people on docks and few lights illuminated, so we picked up and hit the 12:30 am ferry back to Galveston and launched at Sea Isle. There, I hooked 3 undersized reds, 3 undersized specks, and a legal red and flounder - all on the same Down South - and completed my first Texas Slam for 2018. DandyDon actually caught more fish than I did in terms of numbers, but I will let him chime in on his night - he had some fun.
While at Sea Isle, we fished 5 different sets of surface lights, and there were fish busting up little glass minnows, who would fly out of the water then they were hit, but since there was so much bait in the water, we had very little action from the surface lights. . Our action came on underwater lights.
As I approached the launch around 6 am, an old man from the bait shop came out and stared me down, as if to dare me to hit the closed ramp. So I did, and he yelled at me, told me the ramp has been closed since last year, and said that next time he would call the cops and ask them to cite me for tresspassing if he saw me out there again. I apologized for my error, and told him he had a super nice ass.
That sent him back into the bait shop.Nighttime Tourney rules are being created as we speak, so charge up you cap lights, boys, and pull your glo lures out - it is going to be fun!
rules and will start that TKF thread next week. Hope some of you night warriors will join us! Let's GO GET SOME!
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