Half the fun of fishing in the coastal waters of the Gulf is throwing a cast net to catch your live bait and then using that bait to catch something of decent size for dinner.
Amen to that...especially in the Gulf. Out here in Oregon the fly fishing lobby has hurt the "use anything" fishermen like me. Their motives are different than the environazis though. They are not looking to kill the sport, but simply look down their noses at the rest of us and have succeeded in changing legislation for a large number of lakes and rivers. Some bodies of water are not only flies only, that fly needs to be attached to fly line, which must be attached to a fly rod with a fly reel.....nuts.
Its funny to watch their reaction when I dunk worms in their hallowed fly fishing waters. I'm hoping to organize a movement to change my local hole to bait only.
Meh yeah, Pogy's off the Belle Pass/Little Pass rocks and hope for some big specs/reds at same and the Fourchon rigs. It's like duck hunting, 3/4 the experience is calling the ducks into shooting range; especially if your're doing the calling for your kid.
Doesn't get any better than that!!!
I need a time machine, anyone?