Today's offshore fishing trip by the partyboat Capt. John, out of Galveston's Pier 19, was headed up by Capt. Johnny Williams with squalls offshore. The run out after exiting the jetties was a bit on the bumpy side at times. Those conditions abated greatly by the time the day's fishing area was reached.

The 44 fishermen had their baits working at stops around the remaining underwater pieces of the old Buccaneer Field production platforms, located about 30 miles south of The Island. The pieces of cut squid, whole Spanish sardines plus several artificial baits had this catch biting in the 70 ft. deep water:
?Ģ 88 red snapper to 12 lbs., a boat limit
?Ģ 1 kingfish
?Ģ 4 bluefish
?Ģ 1 ling of 33 lbs.
?Ģ 8 blue runner
?Ģ 1 mangrove snapper
?Ģ 1 blacktip shark, estimated 4 ft., released
?Ģ numerous Atlantic spadefish (Tiger Snapper), lane snapper and several Atlantic sharpnose shark

Steve Lappd from Ft. Worth had a red snapper limit and the trip's heaviest fish, a 33 lb. ling.
Mark Marynik, Dallas, with a red snapper limit to 12 lbs. and a kingfish.
Jim Marigliano, Dallas, with a red snapper limit to 8 lbs.
Rita Baumann, Texas City - her red snapper limit went to 6 lbs.
Mike Richardson, Athens, with a red snapper limit, several Atlantic spadefish and an Atlantic sharpnose shark that was released at boatside.
Olivia Cruzado,, Athens, Mike's step-daughter, had a catch that was made up of a red snapper limit and several Atlantic spadefish.
Sara Richardson, also with several Atlantic spadefish to go along with her red snapper limit to 5 lbs.
Rob Richardson, Lone Oak - his catch included that estimated 4 ft. long blacktip shark that was released at boatside. He also had a mangrove snapper, 2 blue runner and 2 bluefish to go along with his red snapper limit to 8 lbs.

Once again, the weather and sea conditions were not perfect but the state of the art hull design of the Capt. John made up for Mother Nature's faults. The end result, at the direction of Capt. Williams, was another of those multi-species catches going into the iced down fish boxes.

Give that call to make your Capt. John reservations at 409-762-8808 or 713-223-4853. The staff in the Pier 19 office is waiting to hear from you.