A-Z Solomon's Compass Style: Fishing Town

Welcome A-Z bloggers!

And everyone else, of course :)

My A-Z posts are all about my new book, SOLOMON'S COMPASS.

Read the A post to learn who AJ is.

Fishing is the reason I came to Rock Harbor. This is AJ again … as if you couldn't tell. 

It got to the point I spent so much money in fuel coming down here from Austin every weekend that it was cheaper for me to move. It was just me, so the process was easy. I've never regretted it.

Back then, the place was starting to change from a true fishing town into a coastal town for fishing and festivals and good times. People come from Houston, Austin, San Antonio, even Dallas, the Panhandle, and Oklahoma, to fish in our waters. All kinds of fish live around here, and sharks, too. The ones most people fish for, though, are redfish, speckled trout, flounder, and black drum inshore, and amberjack, pompano, and red snapper offshore.

About 10,000 souls call Rock Harbor home, but that doesn't mean they live here year round. It does mean most of them have a boat. On any given Monday-Thursday, we’re probably about half that number. Most weekends, if you double that number and add some, you’ll be close.

Oh, yeah - we have Winter Texans, too. We like them a lot :)

Come for the fishing … Stay for the fun!

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Carol’s on the patio. In a hammock. With her Kindle. She said for me to handle everything while she recharges. No extra blog today, but the Solomon's Compass Tour resumes on Monday!

And I’m to make sure to remember to say …

Happy Weekend!