It is always fun to change up my fishing for a week and fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The water was really messed up this year and blue water was 100 plus miles off shore and we did not have the range to get there and back so we spent more time fishing in shore. Caught something new too, I caught an alligator gar. I set the hook on it and it did not move, then all at once it took off and I new I had a really big fish. It ran me to each side of the boat a couple of times and I finally got a look at it and could not believe how big it was. It was about 6 feet long. I finally got it up to the boat and to get a picture and let him go. JLT has the pictures so I will post them up as soon as I get them. I will say that Power Pro is some tough stuff, I was using a 6.6 Falcon rod and a Calcutta reel spooled with 50 lb Power Pro. This fish was at least 100 lbs. All in all we did not catch as many fish but did catch Red Fish, Red Snapper, Trigger Fish, White Trout, and a few others. Back to crappie next weekend.
