Labor Day Big Lake (turners bay)

[Jordan]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention.... there were a few folks at the cleaning tables before us and one guy said he caught a keeper tuna in turners bay.... UN HEARD OF.... He had a tuna.... im skeptical on where he caught it !!!!

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Jordan

Left the house about 4:45 am.... get to the launch.... put boat in.... get some bait.... went and hit turners bay.... 2' waves....NOTHING ... went to east side of lake to get out of the wind..... NOTHING.... was about 9:30ish... getting aggravated.... popped open a cold one to help me think.... Went to W's spot (weirs).... 234823492659734958793845 boats.... some how, made it through.... picked up one flat... came back through still 3214987293847987593487534 boats in there.... headed over to "Moss lake"..... NOTHING...... went to the old steam engine.... 311234434534 lady feesh.... went back into turners bay.... GAME ON BABY !!!! Had all 4 of us hooked on reds.... My dad caught a NICE SPECK... 4.8Lbs... caught numerous hard heads (played hardhead baseball).... Seen a spotted gar feesh about 2' long, tried spearing it with a 2X4.... All in all we had a blast, not that many people in turners... they were all in the weirs.... lol... finished with 4 happy people, 7 reds 4 black drum 3 flats and i think 15 or so white trout and a few specks.... Oh. yeah... caught a flounder on a she dog on top.... i was shocked...

im quite familar with that game as well!!!!!!!!! you really keep them 3 horn trout(gaftops)??

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

im quite familar with that game as well!!!!!!!!! you really keep them 3 horn trout(gaftops)??

yessir !!! good eating, alot of tony's and alotta ketchup

[T-BAZ]

Man you shoulda been at the jeeties on thursday, we must of caught 10 gafftop that went between 5 and 8 lbs. My self i wont even put them in my boat, i hang over the side and pull the hook out with pliers. Nasty,slimy suckers.

[RAKEDLAKE]

I have a friend of mine that will take all the sail cats. He usually don't keep any under 5 lbs. But he tells me you get the red out and the meat is perfectly white and very good.

[Jordan]

it is.... cut the tail and the blood will drain out... i failed to on this trip cause someone in the back of the boat kept it and i didnt even knwo they caught it...

[Ray]

I eat hardheads. They ain't bad. I don't clean them sumbeotches.
There was a guy who had a camp close to Oyster Bayou and we dropped them off in
his fish basket at his dock. He would clean them and cook them for us at his camp
and we kept the good fish for home.
Gafftop are good eating too. Just not as hard to clean as Hardheads.

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Ray

I eat hardheads. They ain't bad. I don't clean them sumbeotches.
There was a guy who had a camp close to Oyster Bayou and we dropped them off in
his fish basket at his dock. He would clean them and cook them for us at his camp
and we kept the good fish for home.
Gafftop are good eating too. Just not as hard to clean as Hardheads.

i want your autograph bro!!

[Jordan]

*****... thats hardcore !!

[Ray]

I have worked offshore for over 25 years. When I catch a fish, I clean it and if it ain't bloody or oily, I fry that mutha and do a taste test.
I have eaten hundreds of hard heads. But I have never cleaned one.
Gafftop is even better.

[speckdaddy]

nice catch jordan. glad ta see that ya posted all the gps coordinates so that everyone can find out where ya feesh!!! oh yeah, gaftop are awesum ta eat. my lil biotch knows what hes talkin bout guys, bleed em and eat em. mmmmmm good

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Ray

I have worked offshore for over 25 years. When I catch a fish, I clean it and if it ain't bloody or oily, I fry that mutha and do a taste test.
I have eaten hundreds of hard heads. But I have never cleaned one.
Gafftop is even better.

Whatcha do about them fins?

["W"]

Originally Posted by Salty

Whatcha do about them fins?

COOK em down in a sauce!!!!

[Ray]

toofpiks

[exspeck big specks]

Some friends of my dads from Pennsylvania stayed at our camp in hackberry for about a week or so and my dad and I stopped by to see how they were doing. This nice lady says," we have been pulling the crab traps up every couple hours catching catfish out of them." My dad asks have you been eating them?" She says yes they are boney but good-- we started dying laughing and gave them a bag of trout fillets. We pan seared a fresh fillet with lemon & butter, they seemed to like it a little better.

Funny Story Though--

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by exspeck big specks

Some friends of my dads from Pennsylvania stayed at our camp in hackberry for about a week or so and my dad and I stopped by to see how they were doing. This nice lady says," we have been pulling the crab traps up every couple hours catching catfish out of them." My dad asks have you been eating them?" She says yes they are boney but good-- we started dying laughing and gave them a bag of trout fillets. We pan seared a fresh fillet with lemon & butter, they seemed to like it a little better.

Funny Story Though--

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

crazy yankees

[chasin spotted tails]

Jordan... i sure am glad you had all those people in all those boats you passed to see that nice mess o' fish!!! sounds like ya'll had a good wkend!!

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by chasin spotted tails

Jordan... i sure am glad you had all those people in all those boats you passed to see that nice mess o' fish!!! sounds like ya'll had a good wkend!!

not sure on what to think about that... can u break it down a little better ??? did u see me at the launch or something ?? ehhh clueless...

[Hopedale Hustler]

lol..nice fish...gaftop hahaha