Great day with Capt Eric
We had a friend's and family outing with Capt Eric of Gulf View Island Adventures. We left out of Hudson Beach Boat Ramp in Hudson Florida on a muggy Sat morning at 7:30 am. His boat was in excellent condition and handled our group very comfortably. We powered a bit north and into the Mangroves to start our morning looking for Redfish. We quickly caught two smaller reddish, a ladyfish and then got plagued with several catfish signaling time to relocate. Our next stop produced a small blacktop shark and a few speckled sea trout then again a couple of cats. On to the next spot. This spot produced some very nice sea trout. Florida fishing rules only allow one sea trout over 19 inches per BOAT. Any fish under 15 inches must be released. Speckled Sea Trout over 20 inches are called Gators. Unbelievably we released 6 gators. We had 8 keepers and only caught 1 under 15inches. I've been fishing the gulf for about 40 years, never had a day catching sea trout like these. We also caught about another 5 or 6 fun 2-1/2 to 48 inch sharks. All released but talk about fun. They fight like heck. Capt Eric's fishing gear was up to the task. This is the second trip with Capt Eric that I have taken, he has lots of knowledge of the area, he keeps track of the weather and tides. We had a rain storm coming in from the west but it tracked to the north as well, Capt Eric kept track of the storm if he wasn't busy baiting hooks or netting fish.
