With Capt. Tony Langston at the helm again, and liking those seas of two feet or less, the twin hulls of the partyboat Capt. John headed to the East. After a run through the open Gulf of approximately seventy miles the fishing started at wrecks and rocks in the 90 ft. deep water.

The baits of the 68 fishermen, Spanish sardines or pieces of cut squid, had the fish biting from near the surface to the bottom. Catch totals were:
?Ģ 86 red snapper to 8 lbs., 63% of a limit
?Ģ 22 kingfish to 24 lbs.
?Ģ 100 Atlantic spadefish, "tiger snapper"

To make your reservations on the partyboat Capt. John, give the office at Galveston's Pier 19 a call at 409-762-8808 or 713-223-4853. After receiving updated info about three weeks ago, the last day this year that the red snapper fishery in Federal waters is open is October 31. While three months sounds like a lot of time, it's really not. A delay here, a delay there about making your reservations and the next thing you know, the door on red snapper fishing is slammed closed...for at least six months. Don't delay, call the office today and make your reservations on the Capt. John. There's a lot of other species out there also, but if red snapper is of interest to you, the closure will be seemingly in a heartbeat.