Light rain and wind made for a wonderful night of fishing.

Light rain and light wind made for a wonderful night of fishing. This was one of those nights that you wish you had someone with you to take your picture.

As I left the ramp the night just felt right, my first stop and my first cast I caught a 36 inch snook, and on the same light I also caught a 25 inch red. Moved on to some other lights where I caught three under size snook another red and a trout.

As rain started to pick up and the wind got a little stronger I moved to a canal where I was a little more protected. I casted into a light that showed no activity and let my jig fall to the ground. I started reeling and got stuck, I felt nothing but dead weight; I thought I had caught the ground or a crab trap. Nope, it was another large snook. When she realized she was hooked, she came to the top of the water and gave a big head shake and a couple of short runs, then gave up the ghost and coasted into the edge of my boat. She measured at 37 inches.

Earlier in the day a friend of mine suggested I try one of his favorite lights. I was surprised to see how many snook where there since the light had been off for the last few weeks. I casted on it and a snook followed my lure all the way to the boat, as he turned around I casted again. The snook again followed the lure to the boat. This time I casted a few feet in front of him and ran the lure right at him. Just before it reach him, another snook came out from under the dock and blasted it, as if he didn’t want the first snook to get it. He jumped and I flipped him into the boat in one smooth motion, he measured at 32 inches. As I put my rod away, I left him flipping on the deck; when I turned to grab my boga grips I saw him flip over my gunnel and back into the water. That part of my gunnel is over 12inchs high.

Moved on to my last canal and caught what I thought was a snook. I laid it down to measure it and realized it was a trout. A 29.5 inch trout, this is the largest trout I have ever caught.