Resilient red

While sight-casting for red fish near Port O’Connor, Capt. Owen Gayler noticed what he believed was a dead redfish, floating belly up.

Sim Whatley, who was fishing with Gayler, took a practice cast at the fish. “As the fly striped past her, she came to life engulfing the fly and the fight was on. In short, I believe this fish was laying on its side and using its good eye to feed and or keep watch while she rested,” Gayler recalled. The fish was released back into the water. It was a bite that the anglers will not forget.