Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Early Winter Jack and Snapper

We haven't been able to do nearly as much fishing with the kids as I've liked to, but last Saturday at about 3 PM we got a chance to dip the line for a while. We were using live shrimp and managed to pull in a couple of species we've seen before. The first was another Mahogany snapper, brought in by Stephanie. This one was probably the largest one we've seen back here, about 12 inches long. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a picture of him.

Right after we threw him back, I reset Danny's rod and dropped the shrimp right in front of the dock. As soon as it hit the water, I saw a small jack come up and hit it. I handed the rod to Danny and he pulled this little guy up:

This was also Isabella's first fishing experience. She didn't catch anything this time, but she wasn't complaining either.