5' Below Normal

[Robalo]

I been catching skipjacks since fishing Galveston bay since the 70s and aint seen any increase or decrease IMO. As far as drought, that's when the diseases bloom-like in 1992 as I recall-and I got some kind of virus from a Red Snapper (ok attach joke here) 25-30 miles outta Freeport, had surgery and missed a month of work, and the same week two folks I know got sick also-one got blood poisoning in the surf from a jelly and other had an open sore on foot while wading that almost killed him from some bacteria and it wasn't Vibrio. I am more worried about diseases when drought, not fish populations-the fish move constantly due to changing salinity, so I don't think drought affects fish that much-areas are affected though due to super salinity.

My Skipjack recipe is:

Fillet skipjack, sprinkle with red pepper and rosemary, add 1 pound of horse droppings, wrap fillet surrounded by horse droppings tightly in foil and bake 30 minutes at 375. Unwrap foil, throw fish away and eat horse droppings because they'll taste better than some bloody, oily skipjack. same recipe works for Crevalle, crap, gar, hardheads and mudhens.

[mgstei1]

Tx's everyone for the advice and tips. Headed to Colorado for a week and that gives all the fish a break and everyone else a chance for tite lines, bent poles, and full limits!! Gonna try and breathe mountain air and maybe some legal air while I'm there. Wife wants to zipline but Im too fat and old and I hate wearing a harness cause I wore one most of my life off scaffolds, towers, columns and pipeways. Praying the gulf storms stay away and loss of a few mosquitos would be great. Everyone be safe and catch a limit!!!

[Termo]

Enjoy your trip Mike! Smoke one of them Colorado tobacco-free cigars for me! Hey, Jerry, tried your recipe.............mmmmmm, tasty!