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Any launching spots to paddle & fish out of the heat near Beaumont. Anyone planning a freshwater trip? I guess a gator gar is the only thing that can put up a fight around here.

PWM controllers can be had off ebay or Amazon for cheap

can you link to the item? tia

how long of a paddle (round trip)?

southeast texas group ... beaumont, port arthur.?

anyone here thinking about a btb trip for kings down in corpus when weather permits? tkf has a huge group going in july
i want to go but the fuel cost is prohibitive. looking to split if someone is interested.

it's active?
welcome

i'm in beaumont so it's a long haul too.
maybe a post in your local group would help.

played in the lights on sabine last night, the water was full of tiny prawns, shads & glass minnows. didnt get a hit, saw a few smallish gars.

location?
i'm just interested in the lily pads

i'm thinking about using the trolling motor as a straight shot to or from the launch. the meandering in between is paddle or drift. pwm will be a later project (ordered the $15 pwm from ebay), right now i'm stuck on battery choice. between cost & lack or reliable warranty, most lifepo4 got elimi...

i'm thinking of adding a trolling motor.
what do you think about a fixed attachment (i can turn the yak using paddles) with only tilt up/down. also cutting the shaft to length & eliminate the head since it's a pwm?

the weather looks doable tues. contemplating bolivar or sea rim.
anyone going?

thinking there wedn.
do i need a parking sticker if i want to park beside the road near the slab?
2wd.

how far east of mcfaddin were you fishing?

old cronies huh.. i went to sea rim this morning armed with a pint of live shrimp. easy 5 trouts, 3 black drums 1' under cork from 2nd gut. caught 4 or 5 ladyfish for cut bait & a couple of whitings. yak out and anchor in 12' water and it was shark fest. the water was clear enuf to see them swim...

old timer ??
i resemble that remark ..

thinking about going tomorrow ..

BobL wrote:I am retired, and I am interested in finding someone that would be interested in fishing the Upper Gulf Coast marshes such as Sea Rim- Stingaree and Keith Lake. Posted 9-15-18

not retired but post up trip plan & i may join you if schedule permits

i use an 8pk AA battery holder which provide 12v .. and spare batteries.
this is also my emergency power for my other toys

braid .. when casting distance and line capacity to fight a fish are important. has no line stretching mono .. better when none of the above matters, better abrasion resistance from a kayak, bait or lure, you dont need casting distance (you can paddle next to the fish to catch him, go as shallow as ...

went down to visit sabine today .. havent been fishing there in a while. the water was great, bait was everywhere, schools of mullets swam unmolested. end of story. not a nibble of any kind on top, bottom, suspended. caught 2 mud minnows, a few mullets and couldnt get a fish to take one. lost a mull...

does the kingfish ever make it up here close enuf to shore for yaks?
tuesday looks good

any size to the mangroves?
thanks

went to n. levee armed with a pint of live shrimp .. popping cork. everyone i knew that fished was there. hit a honey hole and the trouts were on it like gangbusters .. all under 15" must have hooked a dozen .. switch over to corky pink, nada., swimming image, nada back to shrimp and the float ...

i've been stocking that pond for years .. catch on the lake side, release on pond side both trouts & reds. we used to have schools of them running back and forth in the channels under birds chasing shrimp .. those were a rush seeing them gulping down jumbo shrimp. i think i'm headed somewhere fr...

if u are going catfishing .. can i tag along?
lol, if i've posted my skunked trips for the last 2 weeks i might have to hangup my rod n reel

i did get to fight a 6.5# grinnel ..