I always equate South Texas to a few things; Whataburger, breakfast tacos, BBQ, hunting and Fishing. I love each of those things in different ways. But fishing holds a special place in my heart.
Ever since I can remember I have been a fisherman. I grew up on waking up early and heading over to the Oso bay in Corpus Christi, Tx and wading out to my waist in mud, fishing for reds and trout. My uncle always needed a fishing buddy so he would take me.
(Sheepshead)
We would always show up before the sun came up. We would bring the cast nets to the edge of the water in search of finger mullet. We used the mullet as bait. Why buy bait when you could catch it yourself. We caught enough each time to fill our live wells, then we would walk out into the muddy water until we got to “the spot.” We caught a bunch of fish in that spot. In the recent years Uncle Willie got a boat and his name changed to Captain Willie. So we started fishing off the boat.
We have successfully fished all over the inter coastal.
(Redfish)
(Sheepshead, speckled trout, flounder)
We have successfully eaten all of the fish too!
