carl, river, and i went fishing on padre island last weekend. we had a blast! the first spot we picked, we caught a whole lot of seaweed, and that's about it. so we decided to head up a couple of miles, and within five minutes our poles were going off. carl caught this huge sting ray.

and at the same time, i reeled in my line to find that i had not one, but two fish! i caught this baby hard-head and a keeper red.

but my favorite catch of all was this jack fish. i just fell in love with it. i think its so beautiful.

river was exhausted, and she made herself comfortable in the back of the truck in quite a weird position.
we've never tried that spot before. usually we drive all the way to south padre island, which takes a lot longer. we're definitely going to be trying this spot again.