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5/22/03
Meacom's Pier
High Island, Texas


I need a Shark Lesson!
After catching so many different types of sharks today I realized I might have to take a chart with me to tell what species we have caught?
 

Shark #1 38" long Sandbar Shark
I get to Meacom's to tangle with some redfish and look what I catch. It took about two hours before we land anything. I say land because we broke off 3 times before I realized we were into the shark. I replaced all the leaders I had on with steel from this point on.
 

Shark #2 39" long Spinner Shark
It didn't take long after that to catch this little fellow.
 

Shark #3 40" long Sandbar Shark
I was told this was a Bull shark but I do not think it is. I think it might be a fat Sandbar.
 

Redfish #1 40" long
Later in the day I catch this beauty. I know what this is.
 

Shark #4 Blacktip Pup
This little thing hit a bait that was more than twice his size. I thought I had a hardhead.
 

Redfish #2 39" long
Here is what we were after. Another magnificent fish. If it seems that I am partial to Redfish it is because I am!
 

My buddy Jesse lands himself a good looking Atlantic Sharpnose.
 

Shark #5 38" long Atlantic Sharpnose
This little guy had an attitude. I guess I would too if I had a hook in my mouth!
 

Shark #6 37" long Atlantic Sharpnose
This little guy was a cookie cutter of the rest of the sharks we have caught. Look at those teeth. He wants a piece of me.
 

Shark #7 39" long Atlantic Sharpnose
This shark is a little bigger than the rest. Look how I am holding him away from me.

Shark #9 12" long Atlantic Sharpnose
I also managed to catch a Spinner put that I neglected to get a picture of.
 

Shark #9 37" long Atlantic Sharpnose
Another fine looking little shark. The current state record for an Atlantic Sharpnose is a 43.5 incher that weighed 17.14 pounds caught on 4/05/00 in the Gulf of Mexico.
 

My other fishing buddy also got into the action buy catching this shark.

Now for the REPORT!

The weather was sunny, hot and beautiful. We never had any rough seas or high winds like the weather man said we would. The water was muddy but the fish were there. We had a real hard time catching bait. We managed only to catch two whiting and one croaker on peeled shrimp. We landed 2 over size redfish that were 40" and" 39" long, 11 shark and broke off on 5 different times. It took me three different break off's before I realized we were dealing with sharks. I brought a shark that looked to be well over 5 feet to the pier but he eventually broke off in the pilings. My redfish gear did not have the backbone to muscle the shark away from the pier. My buddy Jesse also lost a shark that was about 4 1/2 feet while I was having trouble landing him. I saw several other people catch redfish, a turtle, a few black drum and several large gaftop. I bet we could of caught more redfish if we could have kept the sharks away from our baits. Maybe the sharks are scaring the redfish away. Who knows! We had 4 other runs on our redfish rigs but I bet they were gafftop. I caught one of those reds on my big shark rig. I was using sting ray for bait and he ate it. I was excited when I saw that big rig take off like that.

Team C.B.F's scores again!

I thank God for all my blessings and the opportunity to go fishing!

FISH HARD or STAY HOME with your MOMMY!

 
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