Gulf of Mexico Fishing

[luv2hookem]

Just got back from vacation to Corpse Christi, Texas. I was able to go out deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. We fished 30 to 50 miles out from the coast. The water was quite rough and I spent some time bent over the side of the boat along with others!!!
I had a good time fishing. We caught red snapper, shark, king fish, and a barcuda.
We had the fish filleted, ate some that night at the condo, yummy! Took the rest home for a treat later. []
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[Straw-Crazy]

My first time on the ocean I chummed my stomach contents too.... Glad you caught fish!
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[line_dangler]

That looks really great. The only ocean fishing I have ever been on is charter salmon fishing on the Oregon Coast. With so many people on the boat, what fishing techniques did you guys use? Just drift bait fishing or some type of trolling? And also, did you encounter any monster squid?[] Just kidding.[laugh]
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[ocean]

Sounds like you had some fun even though you did some chumming first.Those kings especially the smokers are fun to catch and great eating.The snappers are awesome fighting and eating too.To bad you had to go out 50 miles to catch fish .
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[luv2hookem]

The boat was tied up to an inactive oil rig. We went to several different ones. Toward the end of the trip we did some drift fishing. Mostly fished with 4-5 sardine looking fish for bait, also the guides used peices of a shark to put on our hooks. We went out so far because of different size regs on some fish between Texas waters and International water.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]Sounds like a great trip. But, next time you go down there you need to take light tackle and fish in Laguna Madre or in the shallow surf zone for "specks" and "reds"...speckled sea trout and redfish (red drum). They are easy to catch on simple bass plastics and small spoons and they pull hard. Great eating too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also, no chumming when you are wading or fishing from a small boat "inside".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In California we used to call that "Capistrano fever"...the return of the swallows.[/#0000ff]
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[pullthetrigger]

I second TD. We got family out that way and I am dying to hit those shallow water fish like the reds and those crazy toothed trout (actually another drumfish not a real trout). I will do that before I die (I'm 28 years old so I don't have real solid plans for it anytime soon). I like how they look for the reds with there tails in the air then start slinging cranks at 'em. It looks like a blast. Sorry bout getting off topic.

Go ahead, pullthetrigger
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