Good day fishing with a few friends, soft plastics and topwater
Good day fishing with a few friends, soft plastics and topwater
I would like to blame AunglerU for starting the addiction to some bad ass speakers!! Since I won the white one on a give away, the collection has grown. Also, Macstrap for making custom straps.
My son decided he couldn’t wait till next week, lol. Dylan Andrew Sanchez was born last Friday! My wife and him are doing great!
Fun morning fishing the marsh in Port Lavaca. The winds laid down and I was able to sight cast a few reds. I saw my first and biggest of the day swimming right towards me with shrimp popping in front of it. My first cast was straight ass- nowhere close lol. On the 2nd, I missed the hookset and the lure came flying back at me. I was certain the fish would dart off, but was blessed with a 3rd chance and was able to land her. Marsh was absolutely filled with 1/2” size white shrimp and tiny silver baitfish.
Hope everyone has a blessed Easter this year tight lines 🎣 🤙🏼
This is regarding the question about studies on speckled trout spawning. I’ve linked the Sportfish Center’s Spotted Seatrout Species Profile and the paper I was discussing last night:
https://issuu.com/harte_research_institute/docs/cssc_species_profile_flyer-s.trout_v.2
Below is the information on why some spotted seatrout make sounds while others do not. The answer is that male spotted seatrout have a specialized muscle called a sonic muscle that vibrates against the swim bladder, producing drumming or croaking sounds.
This muscle is exclusive to male spotted seatrout and is used to attract females during spawning, as illustrated in the picture. Furthermore, research has shown that their red sonic muscle is prominent only during spawning and becomes inactive during winter. This is also observed in male red drum, spot, star drum, and silver perch, although both sexes of black drum and Atlantic croaker possess sonic muscles.
Picture 1: Male spotted seatrout anatomy
Picture 2: Female spotted seatrout anatomy
Here is the information for the Sportfish Center Tagging Initiative. This is a great opportunity for recreational anglers to participate in the scientific process. If you are interested in tagging the species listed below, please email me at james.sanchez@tamucc.edu or scan the QR code to request a tagging kit. In your email, please include your first and last name, phone number, email address, and mailing address for our records. Once I receive this information, I’ll mail your tagging kit to you.
Species of interest:
- Southern Flounder (Any size)
- Spotted Seatrout >20 in
- Red Drum >30 in
- Snook (Common and Largescale Fat; any size)
- Atlantic Tarpon
- Cobia
- Tripletail
