Camo's Birthday Trip

[imhammer]

Left the ramp at 5:15 this am with some shrimp and Camo ready to catch some fish. Made the 1/4 mi run and he was screaming at me to get him set up before I got the trolling motor down.
Caught trout of the first 4 or 5 casts and then anchored off for a while. Caught a bunch of small trout and then moved a hundred yards when it got light. I was baiting lines as fast as he could reel em in. He caught a couple of flounder (November Limit) at 16" & 18" and then got a prett good pull. It surfaced after a while and it looked like a red with no spot. Next time it surfaced I though I saw some purplish color so thought it may be a big trout.
Finally got it in the net and it was the biggest Golden croaker I have ever seen in my life! 20 1/2" and almost 4 lbs.
We got back to the ramp about 9:00am.
Cameron's tally for the day: about 20 trout (kept 2 for dinner), a limit of flounder (retained also since it was his first limit and 1 Monster Golden Croaker.
It was an awesome day on the water. I can't wait to get him in the water with me chunkin' tops!

Enjoy the video.

http://s263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/?action=view&current=DSCF3037.mp4

[Dawg]

That is a huge croaker, looks like y'all had an awesome day.

[reeltime]

Chip that might be a record for his age class.Great B-day trip.

[reeltime]

Chip that is and will be the new record

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/waterecords.php?WB_code=2180

[trophytroutman]

Nice,nice and nice.Great job.

[imhammer]

Chip that is and will be the new recordhttp://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat...p?WB_code=2180

Holy crap......that would be a jr state record......anyone know what I need to do to have it recorded? I guess I will call the tpwd tomorrow. Haven't cleaned it yet. Thanks Chris!

[reeltime]

No problem Brother!When i saw it i knew right away because a few weeks ago i was looking thur it.Good luck and congrats.I think there is all the info you need on there site.

[Jerkyourcroaker]

Only thing better than a day on the water with a kid is a day on the water with a kid and an epic croaker catch. Congrats to you both.

[Jhua]

Very nice! "Dad, do you like my fish?!" LOL

[Randy]

Awesome Dad! I was thinking the same thing (record) and it's cool that you haven't cleaned it yet. I bet the magazines will have a good time with his story if you send it.

Happy Birthday Camo and Awesome Catch!!!

[Nwilkins]

WTG Chip

[jocues]

that's one big fish,WTG Camo

[WestEndAngler]

Great job Camo & Dad!!

[Curmudgeon]

Nice job, Dad!

[gsb]

He's gonna be a good fishing partner for a long time!