August 4 – “A dolphin show”

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.