This offshore day trip by the partyboat Capt. John out of Galveston's Pier 19 was run with Capt. Tony Langston at the wheel. That familiar exit and turn after passing the end of the South jetty was made in a southeasterly direction. With the run of 60 miles completed, the 70 fishermen began working their sardine or squid baits throughout the 120 ft. water column.

When the return run to Pier 19 started, this catch had been decked and iced:
?Ģ 140 red snapper to 8#, a daily boat limit.
?Ģ 10 kingfish
?Ģ 50 vermilion snapper
?Ģ 1 gag grouper of 20#
?Ģ 1 Warsaw grouper of 20#
?Ģ 1 ling of 25#

Hopefully, those somewhat windy conditions will continue to give the area a break, this supposedly lucky day, 7-7-07, may be the start of a string of nice days offshore, if we're lucky.

The office staff is standing by for your call, get on the phone and make your reservations soon on the partyboat Capt. John. There's less than three months left for the red snapper fishery to be open in Federal waters, then it will be closed for at least seven months. While there are a lot of other hard-pulling and great eating species out there, if your interest is red snapper, the clock is ticking...make the call today-409-762-8808 or 713-223-4853.