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By Captain Paul Braly
I love to go fishing with Paul Braly Sr., who earned the nickname "Seine Net", and also happens to be my Dad. My grandfather taught him how to become a great surf fisherman, and if you are caught fishing behind him, you'll understand how he got the nickname, because he hardly leaves any fish for those around him to catch, since he normally snags them all.
He hardly uses bait anymore when he goes out to catch a "cooler full and you're done". Even though he grew up on the Gulf beach, he hardly ever threw any plugs back then except for a speck rig now and then, preferring cut bait instead. Nowadays, I don't let him get too far out in front since he can clean up the fish in an area, in a quick amount of time.
On Saturday it was really foggy, but we still managed to navigate safely to our fish hold. We tied on some Pink Hologram Devil Eyes with TruLock 1/16 oz jigs and got underway down our shoreline. A few minutes into our wade we started poppin some 18-20" trout and the 'ole seine net next to me doubled up on a pig. The fish hit three times before inhaling the fishing lure and after a couple of minutes we had a 7 pounder for a quick photo shoot and release.
We went back on our way up the shore and hit a few more 2 pounders before an airboat ran up the shoreline and into a lake up in front of us. That gave us the sign to move on so we headed back to the boat and got underway again. We hit our next spot about 8:15 and with about half the fog lifted now we could let our guard down and quit looking over our shoulders every time that we heard an outboard motor headed our way.
I drew the first strike on this wade and thought for about 15 seconds that I topped his early fish, but mine ended up being a redfish with 11 more between us to come in the next 20 casts. We barely moved 50 yards on this wade and wore our arms out on redfish.
My brother was coming in from Irving for Christmas and always wants fish for the occasion, so we ended up keeping 6 redfish and 5 trout, even though we released the 7 pound trout, earlier. We don't keep many fish on our normal fishing trips but my brother was going to get his favorite this year.
The amazing thing is (and I'm not just saying this) we only used one lure each all morning. Try catching 5-6 redfish back to back per person on any other soft plastic and see how many you go thru. We got home around 9:30am just in time for some honey do's so I guess next time I'll keep Sr. on the water longer.
He hardly uses bait anymore when he goes out to catch a "cooler full and you're done". Even though he grew up on the Gulf beach, he hardly ever threw any plugs back then except for a speck rig now and then, preferring cut bait instead. Nowadays, I don't let him get too far out in front since he can clean up the fish in an area, in a quick amount of time.
On Saturday it was really foggy, but we still managed to navigate safely to our fish hold. We tied on some Pink Hologram Devil Eyes with TruLock 1/16 oz jigs and got underway down our shoreline. A few minutes into our wade we started poppin some 18-20" trout and the 'ole seine net next to me doubled up on a pig. The fish hit three times before inhaling the fishing lure and after a couple of minutes we had a 7 pounder for a quick photo shoot and release.
We went back on our way up the shore and hit a few more 2 pounders before an airboat ran up the shoreline and into a lake up in front of us. That gave us the sign to move on so we headed back to the boat and got underway again. We hit our next spot about 8:15 and with about half the fog lifted now we could let our guard down and quit looking over our shoulders every time that we heard an outboard motor headed our way.
I drew the first strike on this wade and thought for about 15 seconds that I topped his early fish, but mine ended up being a redfish with 11 more between us to come in the next 20 casts. We barely moved 50 yards on this wade and wore our arms out on redfish.
My brother was coming in from Irving for Christmas and always wants fish for the occasion, so we ended up keeping 6 redfish and 5 trout, even though we released the 7 pound trout, earlier. We don't keep many fish on our normal fishing trips but my brother was going to get his favorite this year.
The amazing thing is (and I'm not just saying this) we only used one lure each all morning. Try catching 5-6 redfish back to back per person on any other soft plastic and see how many you go thru. We got home around 9:30am just in time for some honey do's so I guess next time I'll keep Sr. on the water longer.
About the Author:
Captain Paul Braly is a Texas fishing guide who targets speckled trout and redfish along the Gulf Coast using fishing tackle from Brown Lures. Paul suggests you try out some fishing hooks from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
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