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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Fishing Reports
- Topic: Bulls on Parade
- Replies: 11
- Views: 624
Re: Bulls on Parade
Beast! The fish are nice too
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1167
Re: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
Louisiana got it right.The tag (option) should be for any fish over 20 inches. Give the angler the opportunity to decide, not a few lobbied commissioners.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:02 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1167
Re: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
I haven't kept a spec I've landed for over twenty years. I've always thought a fresh lower slot spec was like a meal in the fanciest :( :( restaurant... possession limits are rarely a problem for me :oops: Its interesting to hear y'all talk about the size of the trout. I still lean toward releasing...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1167
Re: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
Didn't know that about the breeders size. I feel better about the change now. Thanks for the heads up :mrgreen: Yes, this is why after storm Uri they went to 17-23 and not lower. This will not help anyone catch a bigger trout but will hinder a potential angler from choosing to take home a memory an...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1167
Re: New Statewide Trout Regs - March 26th
As stated by TPWD at the Rockport meeting. Female Trout 12-20 inches produce the most and healthiest eggs to keep a sustainable fishery. The misinformation on the big girls producing all the eggs is a myth. This is easy to conclude when one thinks about it, but also just look at the provided graph b...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:05 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
Re: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
I went back and the poles were removed and the trot-line gone. I also got skunked…I guess no good deed goes unpunished.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
Re: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
This is what surprised me the most. Trot-lines are not common and someone who places one should know the ends and outs This person should be knowledgeable and not just someone who picked up a combo rod/reel and accidentally broke a law. It seems clear that it needs to be marked correctly with clear ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
Re: AP to Port A (03/02,03/5)
I didn’t read the link but I know of someone who received a citation for this and Ive also seen a GW write a citation on Lone Star Law for this. A friend of mine who fished a lot on the Brazos river with limb and trot lines was fishing with us in AP last summer. We saw a GW at the boat ramp and he ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
Re: AP to Port A (03/02,03/5)
Trot lines are illegal in brackish or salt water in Texas. Report it to a game warden. Definitely questionable on how it is constructed, but I do not think illegal in saltwater. Game Warden is aware, if anything is done about it is another situation. https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annua...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
Re: AP to Port A (03/02,03/5)
There were no marking for TPWD that I saw and now that I think about it, someone could easily mistaken the white poles for channel markers. Next time I’ll take a picture. Hopefully I’ll be out there chasing the reds next week.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 653
AP to Port A (03/02,03/05)
The redfish have been up in skinny water sorta waiting for bait to come by. Several big reds hit my topwater on pure blind casting… ( no real sign other than my hope). They were sitting in the grass beds in-between the sand, in groups of 2-3s. Spoons… gold spoons. They chased them like they haven’t ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:31 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Need input...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1154
Re: Need input...
My input… get the shoulders stronger and get a paddle back in your hands.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: Fishing Reports
- Topic: Finally, a Catch in January!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1260
Re: Finally, a Catch in January!
Took the yak to the Sailboat Channel on 361 this morning. Lots of real estate showing with the super-low tides. Found some fish activity and tossed some frozen shrimp and boated two lower-slot Reds, and a bunch of shorts. The Red bite faded, and the Black Drum cranked up. Caught three 16-17" d...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:10 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
A complete racket of a way to set regulations for the entire state of Texas…beyond belief.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
The new trout regulations have been voted on and adopted by the commission to become effective by late March. 3 fish per day bag limit 15”-20” slot limit 1 fish per day over 30” as part of the daily bag limit. As I understand it in March the commission will also plan to vote and adopt a tagging sys...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1997
Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
I usually just buy a new reel every 2-3 years. With time, technology, and necessity considered I find buying a new reel a good investment. Although I still have my Stradic, can’t get it to break.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Trout on the coast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1350
Re: Trout on the coast
There is a December report where a member reported catching 100 in a day… I personally didn’t see much change fishing Aransas Pass the last 3 years. Same amount of trout I usually get.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
Someone said it online but I agree. There are a lot of people who fish but not a lot of people who catch fish. Changing the rules so one can add that .5 to his/her PB or so that one can actually catch something is disingenuous nonetheless.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
I was really hoping for that too. Or allowing 1 fish over 20” in the bag would be even better. There is still time! I wrote them about that specifically too. Based on decades of history once TPWD gets to this point (public comments) it’s a done deal. I’ll be shocked if any changes are made to the c...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
I was really hoping for that too. Or allowing 1 fish over 20” in the bag would be even better. There is still time! I wrote them about that specifically too.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
The changes are probably coming. 15-20 with a 3 fish limit. 1Trout over 25" being part of the daily bag. I do not agree with this proposal and have sent the needed replies. I will also be a the Rockport meeting on Jan. 9. My biggest issue is not allowing 20-25 to be retained at all. I think th...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:09 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
The changes are probably coming. 15-20 with a 3 fish limit. 1Trout over 25" being part of the daily bag. I do not agree with this proposal and have sent the needed replies. I will also be a the Rockport meeting on Jan. 9. My biggest issue is not allowing 20-25 to be retained at all. I think thi...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13920
Re: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
A tag may help in multiple ways. First, if they do think the population can withstand it..why not? Some people want to catch and eat that fish so I don’t have a problem if the population can handle it. Second, if an oversized trout dies during the catch one can use the tag. Third, it could bring mor...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:58 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Happy New Year's TKF
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1410
Re: Happy New Year's TKF
Happy New Year! More fishing, less talking for me.
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:17 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: georgeous sunset with drone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13761
Re: georgeous sunset with drone
Double post