Fishing luck changes

Fishing luck changes

Bill's first bull red at sundown

Big fish, bigger fun.

25 pounds, 36 inches
Caught in Perdido Pass at sundown using live pinfish.

Blue Angels

Blue Angels screaming

Trailing roller-coasters high

Against deep blue sky.

No luck

No luck catching fish.

Caught plenty of sun and wind,

Lost some tackle, too.

Quiet Sabbath

A quiet Sabbath

The storm of children has passed

Peace and quiet reign.

Oct 15-18 - Matzek Family

October 15: Matzeks and Claire's friend Kenna arrived around 1 pm, just as we were leaving at Johnson Beach. Of course, the girls couldn't wait to get on the beach and in the surf. We spent the afternoon enjoying the beach and surf fishing.

October 16: After a morning on our beach, we took the Matzeks to Robinson Island in Perdido Pass. They call it Hermit Crab Island, because they remember that they can find "gazillions" of hermit crabs there. They spent the afternoon exploring and playing while we fished nearby (no luck). After we picked them up, we went for a very successful dolphin ride along the back of Ono Island.

Snorkeling!

We got very close to the dolphin group.

Dolphins feeding!

October 17:  Bill and I got up early on a very calm morning to try our luck at finding the Minton East Reef. After much trial and error, we found the reef and found Red Snapper easy to catch. However, it is not Red Snapper season, so we couldn't keep them. We decided not to continue fishing there, since that seemed to be the only species to catch. After lunch, we took the Matzeks to the island again and fished the jetties. We caught several small pomano, blue fish and gray snapper, but no keepers.

October 18: Saturday and last beach day:

Windy Days

October 14: Stormy weather passed through Monday night, leaving wind and big waves in its wake:

Surfers at sunset

Not a good indicator

For fishing success.

Project for a windy day:

October 15: This morning we got the boat back in the water, having pulled it out for the bad weather. Later, we walked about 30 minutes from the end of the road along Johnson Beach in the National Seashore park to watch the Blue Angels practice. Laura and her family arrived before we got back to the condo.

Blue Angels flying

High over Johnson Beach dunes

Spectacular sight.

Strange objects wash up,

Barnacled sunglasses are

the find of the day.

Flounder for Supper

Step 1: Catch the flounder:

Step 2: Clean the flounder:

Step 3: Cook the founder (with crab cake stuffing):

Step 4: Eat the flounder (nothing left to photo)