Sunday, December 8, 2013

Getting “Giggy” With It


 
December 1 – December 4, 2013

We continued our time in Port Aransas with a bit more fishing and some golf.

No matter what day or time of day you would always see water traffic out of Port Aransas. In speaking with folks that live here year round or are snowbirds they enjoy this slower paced lifestyle but love to be at the park and watch the boats and ships.
Heading Out

The Water Workhorse
 
When you head toward Corpus Christi from Port Aransas you pass by this giant sandcastle with aquatic critters hanging out. We figured we should stop and see what all was here. It is also the side of a very large gift store. We wandered around inside and didn’t buy much which is OK since you do have limited space.
The Sand Castle Store
The Mermaid Guards the Place

Not Quite Swimming with the Dolphins

 
 
We found a very nice golf course to play and headed there on Monday. We started off on the back nine. It was fun but still a change in playing the courses in this part of the country since the grass is a Bermuda grass. I won’t complain though since I finally got my golf mojo back. It left me for the past six months so I was happy. !!//**^^!! = happy dance

Watching us Golf
 
Steve did some night fishing one night and talked to some locals while waiting patiently for the really big fish.  After that night he decided we should check out the best way to get some flounder for this time of year.

I being the rookie at fishing said OK why not. Well then he went on to explain that you are out at midnight, standing up at the bow of the boat with a 14 foot pole with a pitchfork type of thing at the end. Well, I am usually fast asleep at midnight, but what the heck. This is an adventure isn’t it?

We headed out Tuesday evening at 9:30 and traveled the waters to various areas the guides use to get the mother-load of flounder. We saw a really small one right away but then didn’t see any. I did however see tons of shells I wish I could have reached down and take, tons of crabs scrambling around, and many other fish.

Oh yeah forgot to tell you about fishing for flounder with a pole that is not a fishing pole. It is called flounder gigging and it is in essence fishing with a spear as was done a long time ago. This was a new experience for both of us. I was unsuccessful at getting any fish and Steve was able to get a fish and we did end up with a very nice sized founder.

The beauty of fishing late at night or in the early morning hours with lights shining on the water is the dolphins come hang out with you since you’re lighting up their food. I wish I had a camera that would have worked well to take pictures at night as we were mesmerized by them playing, swimming, fishing, and hanging out with us just five feet away. The pod had a small young one too. They were probably teaching it the tricks of the trade when there is a boat with lights.

We motored past the shipping channel to our last spot they thought we might find some flounder. Well we found the spot but we also ended up in a thick fog within five minutes. Needless to say the captain and his first mate were figuring out where we were and the best path back to the marina. Steve and I remained calm since what else could we do. I got a kick out of the two bantering back and forth about where we were and what the lights off in the distance were and where was the lighthouse and the FEMA dock. Regardless we made it back to the marina at 1:30 AM.

The fish were cleaned, loaded in our ice chest and we arrived at home with Izzy already in bed. We followed suit.

We headed out Wednesday afternoon to play the front nine of the course we played the other day. We didn’t quite play as well. I am betting it was the lack of sleep and sore backs from standing for four hours holding a fourteen foot steel pole!!

Thursday we loaded up and headed down the road. We are now at South Padre Island and hoping for some calmer weather during our stay. The fish are calling!

 

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