There where trucks parked down the road all the way around to corner at cal point. Insane number of people

Is it still packed? Was thinkin ab launchin there this afternoon for another trip...May have to join the jackasses at prien

Those SOB were running wide open down the ship channel!
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Had to use one of Dubyas ole pics!!
Greatest one ever!!

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Baybolt that's awesome

Ok...i went down to landing today around 2pm

Just road golf cart from boat to boat seeing what people caught

I talked to atleast 22-25 boats and between all of them total of 15 trout and about 18 reds 2 flounder

Black Drum about 7

Now talking to these people for just about all of them, this is about normal trip burn 20 gals of fuel and 3 fish...

So what keeps them coming back???

I seen some of the biggest rod n reel combos in my life!!! I had to drink beer to enjoy the conversations!!

I seen 100 Heavy Heavy Heavy Rods..... one boat had Some all stars and one had a falcon..Rest were offshore rated rods...you could catch Marlin on them

And pop n corks that would keep your boat a float

I burned 1.5 gallons of gas in my 16ft aluminum boat, went through 1 sand eel and 2 gulps....one jighead the whole morning. Guess I did pretty good.

That's about right 10% of the fisherman catch 90% of the trout.

The highest boat i talked to (Non Guide) had 5 trout and 4 reds and some other type trash fish but most nothing....

I suck like them to but it's fun when I accidentally find fish.

9 specks here. Afternoon bite.

Sabine was just as bad. Found some good trout in ship channel just couldn't let anybody she you catch one.

Great question. I think its testament to man's faith in himself and overwhelming instinct to get away from the house on weekends.

And being on the water doesn't suck at all

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If it does suck, its definately a lesser suck than sitting at the house!!! Thus the drive to hit the lake regardless of the outcome. LOL

I've had plenty of slow trips but some good one's too. What keeps me coming back is the challenge to get better and eventually experience more consistent success. I do find myself hitting the lake on Sunday afternoons more and more often just to avoid the crowds. Good thread.

What keeps them coming back? Well W, it's the same thing that made you love fishing enough to stay with it and become the Grand Master of Big Lake. Fishing with fathers and sons, friends and brothers, seeing the joy of a "poppin cork" newbe catching fish and they can't thank you enough for taking them fishing with you. It's not about the dock shot of a full limit. It's something that can't be explained but all us fishermen know what I mean. Let's let the "offshore rod" fisherman have their day too! We all, at some point, didn't know what the hell we were doing, but we learned from our mistakes or from other fisherman who were patient enough to show us. And the cycle continues............

I hate to join the bashing so I won't. 12 years ago I had my oldest boy. Before that I duck hunted and golfed. I was good at both. But then came the kids. My wife's idea, but that's another story. Now I'm a baseball dad that fishes every once and awhile. Hard to be good that way but no time to study the art. Have seem over 100 ball games this year.

We only caught 2 reds, 2 specs and a **** ton of hard heads today. Kids had a blast with the hard heads. Good Father's Day sucking at fishing.

I think we all let our egos get in the way a lot and we forget why we love it so much.