This was a special outing for our 13 year old grandson who was just passing through Houston, with his mother, on a very tight schedule late Sunday to Thursday of this week. The weather forecast was horrible for Tuesday 7/14, but Izi our captain kept us abreast hoping that we would get a break by Tuesday. Things were not looking good but Izi changed our trip from the 6 AM to 2 PM since Wednesday was not possible for us. On our trip to Galveston from Houston it rained all the way, but, when we got to the marina it stopped completely, just a great overcast and temperature in the 70’s, fantastic, Izi was right on the weather!
But that was just the start, the boat was very well kept and Izi had all the equipment and safety gear necessary, with very well kept rods in like new condition, and plenty of live bait!
Izi is a very kind and pleasant person, and he was incredible in winning over our 13 year old grandson Huxley. Izi would teach him but let him handle his rod, never pressuring, or loosing patience as our grandson learned the ropes.
Izi took us to a few spots, and we were constantly getting action, unfortunately some of the speckle trouts we caught weren’t large enough to keep. We did keep some sand trouts and a large gaff top catfish, since our grandson was insisting that he had to eat what he caught. We all laughed and Izi clean the catch for us.
At no time did Izi mentioned the end of our scheduled trip, and frankly my wife and I were ready to go back. Izi and our grandson were having such a good time that we really appreciated Izi’s kind personality.
Izi surprised us as we approached the dock, insisting that he would take us by the battleship Texas, now being refurbished in the port. That was incredibly kind of Izi, and the final touch on a great adventure.
We will certainly do this again with Izi, and bring family and friends on future fishing trips.
