hit possesion again today, a morning trip with a crew change early. Have some relatives visiting from Dallas and so I headed out with three of them at o'dark thirty and fished the east side after dropping some crab pots. A little bumby out there for these land lubbers but the youngest managed to lose a fish. Some how "keep the rod tip up and reel" translated into texan as "drop the rod tip to the water and stare at the reel"... Oh well checked the crab pots on the way to Muck to swap out the first 3 for the second 3. On the second crew out we fished the west side just after the tide change. took only about 30 minutes to hook into an very nice king. The instructions to this Texas vistor seem to translate just fine, nice hook set, tip up, let the fish run when he wants, etc... Just as I see the flasher on the top and the back of a nice fish, CHOMP! dang seal grabs him and the fight is on! Chase the fish and seal down and play tug of war for a bit. I thought we were getting the upper hand until the leader finally broke. The worst part was the little turd followed us around for the next 45 minutes despite my best use of the english language to discourage him. Didn't get another bump the rest of the day, but did manage a few crab so the Texans hit the dock happy.

I need to apologize to the guy that was following me while we were playing tug o war with the seal. The shouts and comments were not aimed at you, but at the fury thief with my dinner in his choppers. Hope you saw and realized that the dirty SOB and other choice things said were not directed at you, those in your boat or other relatives of yours who may or may not have been mentioned....