I still haven’t fully recovered from my month-long fishing extravaganza in the Coastal Bend and neither has my tackle and gear. I’ve been pretty busy cleaning up and organizing my belongings, among other things, and haven’t had much time to post. I finally got all of the photos up that I took over the three weeks I was camp instructor with Outdoor Texas Camps, but I’m still way behind editing all the video I captured. I’m nearly finished editing a few videos and will be posting them here shortly.
Camp was exhausting and arduous, but fun and rewarding. There’s nothing like seeing a bunch of kids enjoying the outdoors and great pastimes of kayaking and fishing. Spending nearly four weeks straight on the water isn’t all what it’s made out to be. I’ve said it many times before, but let me reiterate it here, I could never be a fishing guide or anyone that depends on the outdoors and nature to make their living; my hat goes off to those who do. When a leisure pursuit becomes work it tends to devalue and undermine the pleasure I receive from the experience. Regardless, I had a blast and the result was definitely worth the effort.
Over the three weeks of camp myself and the other camp instructors worked with kids with different backgrounds and personalities. Most of the kids were enthusiastic and willing to learn new types fishing or new things about the type of fishing they are already accustomed to doing. We did a little of every type of saltwater fishing imaginable. A few of the types of fishing each camper experienced over the week included fishing from piers and jetties, fishing from a floating cabin, fishing inshore via kayak and boat, surf fishing both wading and from shore, and offshore fishing.
Each kid caught plenty of fish over the course of the week and many of them caught personal bests or species that they had never caught before. One week the kids caught a total of 26 different species of fish on rod and reel alone, not including all the other fish they managed to catch in cast or dip nets. Some of those species include kingfish, spanish mackeral, redfish, speckled trout, mangrove snapper, black drum, and flounder.All of the kids had a great time experiencing and learning new things. I’ll get back to editing some more videos and let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
Here’s the links to all the photos I took while…
Outdoor Texas Kayak Camp
Outdoor Texas Saltwater Camp Week 1
Outdoor Texas Saltwater Camp Week 2
