Goose Island State Park/Ingleside Naval Station

Augie and I returned from from a long fishing day in the Aransas Pass area Saturday night. We had a great time fishing, but didn't return with anything worth keeping. Here is the pier we fished off of in the morning. We were going to go wade fishing, but ran into a bad case of common sense, and decided to fish the pier instead. The fishing at GISP was very slow, but we managed to catch the first fish of '09 there.

Pier at Goose Island State Park.

First fish of '09, flathead catfish, Goose Island State Park. Multiply this fish by 20 and you see how our day went.

Augie catches the his first of many flathead catfish.

After spending the morning at GISP, we decided to ask the locals where a good spot would be, and we got a tip about Ingleside Naval Station. We asked around and found a good spot on a pier at Ingleside. We fished the rest of the day there and caught flatheads until closing time at 9PM. No pictures from Ingleside as the Navy yard we were fishing would not allow photos for security reasons.

Now the story about the one that got away--I managed to hook a redfish (Augie says it was about 6-8 pounds, I say it was about 8-10) and get it up to the surface near the pier. I tried to keep it from going under the pier, it made a sharp left turn and the line snapped. Moral of the story, always bring a net!

While we were there, we found out that although the fishing in this area stops at 9PM, you can gig for flounder there all night. We hope to do that sometime soon. All in all it was a good day fishing. We haven't planned our next expidition yet, but I think maybe we will try Brazos Bend.