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Nice fish guys, was a good day to spend on the beach. Good to see old and new friends.

Link to President Roosevelt catching tarpon off the beach at Port Aransas in 1937 or so since we are on the topic.


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you may want to read about tarpon some yourself. these fish have moved through the panama canal and made several thousand miles of south american pacific coast line their home. they are more adaptable than most would guess. i have hooked many tarpon in africa, panama, tx, and florida each tarpon is...

your just out for a fight bro Nah, was bored at work checking in on some old friends. The fact I have years and years of experience with fighting the rig removal I added some GOOD info to this thread. Then just could not help but make fun of the "Florida fish"comment. That is funny stuff....

your talking out of your ass, i have hooked tarpon at the bob hall standpipe and know someone who has landed them 30 miles offshore at a rig. they can and do go offshore i was talking about bigger numbers of the fish not the species might as well take it to PMs if you just have a problem with me, t...

what i see is that both of you could be right. there is more than one point of view Tarpon and grouper have always been in Texas waters, this is a fact not a point of view. They did not come from florida and are not going to go back to florida. Why not keep it friendly? If you disagree, surely it i...

tinhmaster wrote:what i see is that both of you could be right. there is more than one point of view

Tarpon and grouper have always been in Texas waters, this is a fact not a point of view. They did not come from florida and are not going to go back to florida.

my experience was a large number of tarpon showed up several years in a row. larger numbers than previous years. i had friends land over 10 from bob hall pier over 150 pounds one year. as for the big grouper if they were always there in those numbers im not too sure. anyone who hasnt seen an increa...

i believe even if all the rigs are removed corpus will still have good fishing, you will have to target jetties, weedlines and underwater structure others dont know about. trolling 200 yards off packery, fish pass, bob hall pier or port a jetties will become the norm is my guess..the fishing in cor...

i believe even if all the rigs are removed corpus will still have good fishing, you will have to target jetties, weedlines and underwater structure others dont know about. trolling 200 yards off packery, fish pass, bob hall pier or port a jetties will become the norm is my guess..the fishing in cor...

The rigs are in state waters and overseen by the Texas Railroad commission. Texas does not force the operators of rigs to pull them. In the past the rigs were left in place after plugging, but after the BP oil spill most operators are pulling rigs in fear of being sued. The FEDs do force operators t...

Report from my trip this weekend from the dark side http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=1134025" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Here are some of my reports from the last couple of weeks A turtle? Why am I not surprised? Bet you baited it with a bag of non degr...

What kind of boat you got? Angler 2600cc with Twin F150s Spend most of my fishing time 50-100 miles out. Here are some of my reports from the last couple of weeks http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=1120938&highlight=Sabine" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;...

Hahaha I am in need of 2 crew for an overnight trip this weekend out of Sabine pass. Going to run out around 100 miles fish shrimp boats on the way out for ling, then drop for AJs and Grouper. At night will fish top water for tuna and at daylight will find a shrimp boat and try to fill the boat with...

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2-3mm farmer John wet suit. They are made for kayakers, duel zipper in the front for easy access. Layer over and under as needed. Will keep you dry, or save your ass if you go for a swim. Most Neoprene waders are to thick for Texas waters, breathable waders offer no protection if you get wet, no ins...

I can insure you Big Hill is safe, and not in any danger from this or most any other marsh fire. Most marsh fires are natural. One of same processes that will ignite hay when it is bailed to green is the same process that starts marsh fires. Also dry conditions with heavy winds can cause fire. There...

Yall may want to do a search here on TKF for my TOBA bull red tournaments. The rules were straight forward and simple, everyone understood them and we had no problems.

Sad to hear, very real chance in couple years there will be no rigs within yaking distance of the Texas coast. I wonder if the bases are still there. They would still be a prominent structure even if they are only ft off the bottom. I bet if someone checks.it.out, there will still be fish suspended ...

The Jackup rig does not remove gas stands, it preps them for removal. A rigkiller or a craneship is what remove rigs. I hope they just abandon it and leave it in place since it is in State waters. The main problem with rigs-to-reefs, etc. is that federal regulations prohibit these structures from b...

DelSol wrote:Went by there today. Its still there but the other platform has moved on

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The Jackup rig does not remove gas stands, it preps them for removal. A rigkiller or a craneship is what remove rigs. I hope they just abandon it and leave it in place since it is in State waters.

As per the RRC web site it is being Abandoned. Most all state platforms are going to be plugged and abandoned in the next year or so. While this gas stand may be left in place because it is in state waters, the chances are slim due to the Political atmosphere and other factors. Most all operators ar...

We need to push the state to allow a company to do this in state water, and the fed gov to allow it in fed water off our coast. Whoever it is needs to have enough money to pay somebody to lobby the politicians to take action, and more money and influence then the shrimp industry. Since 1990, the St...

I'm no Obama supporter or anything, but this is not totally this administrations fault. Blowing up rigs when the company that owns it decides to tear it down is nothing new...been going on for decades. There is basically no incentive for them to be left for the company who owns them so a little ent...

There are several of you here that use the term "blown up or blow up". I really don't know myself but common sense would tell you that they don't blow up a rig or is everyone using that as the description because it is being torn down Yes, the rigs are blown up. Explosives are a very comm...