So I decided to make a business trip out of this.
I was invited to go by a good friend of mine in the car business John Williams. He has a job that requires him to solve problems everyday for customers and this is good tonic for him. George Jensen is my photographer at Channel 11 so I told him to bring his camera and meet us in a selected parking lot at 5:00am. We had to be in the water fishing before 7:00.

There are three schools of thought when fishing on the coast. Go wade in the surf or drop a line off a pier, buy a boat and find the fish yourself or hire a guide and have him put you in a great fishing setting. Any question what we did? The guide's name was Michael Rolf. I had never met the guy but John had told me he was wonderful to fish with and he knew where to go. As soon as I met Michael, I could tell if was going to be a great day. He just looked like a guide and was so pleasant to be around.

Leaving the dock, as the sun came up, was worth only getting a little bit of sleep. The wildlife and the scenery were beautiful. After going down the intercoastal canal we stopped to get some mullet to use as bait and we were off.

Our first stop produced a nice trout as John nailed one early. Of course, part of fishing is to tell everyone what a great fisherman you are and John didn't hesitate. I hadn't caught one so what could I say? NOTHING is the answer but I knew my time would come. Even though, we boated one trout, it didn't take Michael long to make a call to head to another area looking for redfish. After a 20 minute boat ride, we started to drift in a protected area in about 2 feet of water when the fun began. Michael had put us on some 25 inch reds and they battle you all the way to the boat.

One, then two, how about three and on and on. Even George, after shooting some video, dropped a line in the water and caught some fish. The sun coming up, fishing in a protected cove, catching redfish in two feet of water, with a bunch a good guys, taking pictures of what was happening, with a top notch guide, WOW that was good for the soul. Yes, I did do some talking about the ones I caught but it was all in fun.

We got our limit of redfish, bagged a couple of trout and before we knew it, it was time to head back to shore. Michael cleaned the fish, bagged them for us and I was back in Houston by 2:30. I'll be eating fresh redfish tonight with the family but I will never forget the setting early this morning. I think we all need to get out into nature more and enjoy what our area, here in Texas, has to offer.
Watch the video here

John, thank you. You are a fishing nut! We'll go again. George, nice video and great fishing. Michael, you are one heck of a guide. I'll drop your website because I was so pleased: www.matagordabay.com/rolf

This is a fish story that's really the truth!