I
received another fishing recommendation the other day. This one was from a former Oklahoman who now
lives in Galveston and is a Seasider. I
must say at the outset that his take on
conditions of the Gulf of Mexico was much more accurate than the guy from Maryland’s
was.
Here’s
the thing. The time was around 7:15
a.m. Bob texted me and said, “Now is the
time for fishing.” Bob is very succinct
in his text messaging, another of the many qualities I appreciate about
him. I questioned him a little further,
asking, “What does the water look like?”
In his signature style, he replied, “Flat as my bathtub and clear.” Now that is a description I just couldn’t
turn down.
He
was spot on with his description. And on
top of that, there were fish feeding all around me. I could see them not only popping the top of
the water, but I could actually see them swimming around me. Now some of them were just mullet, of course,
but I could also see some specs swimming around. This had to be a good day.
Well,
sadly, they didn’t seem to want my bait.
Oh, I caught six or eight hardheads and one little croaker. I was almost headed home when caught a nice
spec. Of course that is always an
invitation to stay just a little longer. So I did. Just caught one more spec though.
Oh,
I was visited by several dolphins. They
came at different times during my stay.
The first two ambled by and slowly continued on their way. The next two veered a bit closer to shore (where there were no people in the water)
after they passed by me, and played around for a while. The next one came by himself. He had a very dark coloring to his skin and a really pointed-looking
fin on top. I’ll have to try to remember
to ask Lauren (our resident dolphin specialist) what kind that was. The next one was really having a good
time. He actually jumped out of the
water and slapped his tail fin against the water when he came down. The second time he jumped he managed to slap
the water twice before submerging. That
must have been what he was going for, because he took off right after
that. Quite entertaining. The last one was another of those dark
colored guys. He didn’t stick around
much, but he did give the rapidly gathering crowd of tourists a sighting to
remember. And speaking of rapidly
gathering crowd of tourists, that was my cue to get out of the water and head
home. Cailyn was coming over for the
afternoon and to spend the night, so I had to get back in circulation.
1
Corinthians 2:16 says, “’For who has
known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.”
Father,
thank you for the fun morning with the dolphins. And thank you for friends who give me insight
on water conditions. I really do
appreciate it. Amen.
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