AllRight ! We had another great weekend at the beach. While the rest of the country was getting belted with another "Artic Typoon" or whatever the weather channel is calling a cold front this week we had some fabulous fishing weather here in SOWAL. Friday was cool but calm and high sunny skies so I did the run out to to the BIG Jacks with some vacationers that had themselves a blast ! We were taking a young man out on his 16th birthday for his first Gulf trip and I promise he'll remeber this birthday for many years to come . Not only did they get to catch some big jacks but they also landed a couple fine Gags as well. {%image_id=37146%} The birthday boy with his first Grouper {%image_id=37147%} Grandad showing he can catch 'em too We may have to release the Gags till July but it's hard to fuss about catching a big fish, especially when the boz is allready full. {%image_id=37148%} This will fill up a box quick ! {%image_id=37149%} Gotta pose on the beach with some of the "smaller" ones too Saturday was sunny and pretty but a better day for surfing than beach launch fishing ! Sunday rolled around with a slick calm yet again so I ran another group out to chase big fish. We caught baits first and they all said that was some of the best fishing they had done. I told 'em to stand by and get ready to hang on. All 3 of 'em dropped a bait and all 3 of 'em were bent over within 30 seconds ! {%image_id=37151%} No matter how young or tough, sometimes you just gotta sit down and hang on ! {%image_id=37150%} A Jack this big will put a lot of folks on the seat or on thier knees ! {%image_id=37152%} I think they ended up catching and releasing another 13 jacks beyond the 3 we kept ! I am off to Indian Pass tomorrow to clean up the fish camp.. got folks coming in to fish there for three days the end of the week. I'll have a reoprt fron the "other time zone" next week. Get out there and catch something !! Capt Larry Pentel Deadfish