How to Fish. Part II

This is the south jetty that runs along the ship channel. It is I don’t know how long (read: very very long), and made of granite chunks and concrete. There was a stamp on part of the concrete that said 1940, so it’s been there a while. Al had had good luck there in the morning, so I went with him in the evening.

First you walk, and walk, and take pictures, and walk and take pictures…..you get the idea.

Al was impatient, but I had to take pictures! And I had on flip flops and there were huge spaces between the granite chunks, and the waves were hitting the side, so the granite and concrete were wet. Most of you know my experience with flip flops and wet surfaces don’t mix. So I was being careful (and slow, I guess).

When you finally get there (we only went about half way out) you bait up your hook (again with the live (almost dead) shrimp) and you stand. You stand because you can’t carry a chair along and try to walk on the granite chunks or you (me) will fall.  Or you sit on the jagged edge of the granite chunks.

And you are finally rewarded with this:

Another sheepshead, so we had plenty for dinner. It was a pretty nice one, but not quite as nice as this:

If you look on top of the cooler you can see a 39” drum of some kind that a kid caught at the end of the jetty.  To be fair to Al about the size of HIS fish, sheepshead don’t get that big.

But at least after walking that far and sitting on the granite chunks until my butt hurt, I could watch the sunset over the water.  And take more pictures. It was a nice evening.