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by Ron Mc
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Hobie passport 12 stolen Galveston
Replies: 12
Views: 788

Re: Hobie passport 12 stolen Galveston

Shoffer, You Go !!!

Episode ended righteously.

If it's appropriate for the case, we'd love to hear the list of charges.
by Ron Mc
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Kayak Rigging
Topic: Redfish 10 skeg project - all done
Replies: 37
Views: 22845

Re: Redfish 10 skeg project - all done

This project goes back 12 years. The skeg is invaluable for solving windcock - keeping the boat nose downwind - and was a boon on this last-spring trip with Josh, letting me troll the wind and fish perfectly parallel to the bank without touching anything but my rod. https://i.imgur.com/K5Rh0Ky.jpg T...
by Ron Mc
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Arroyo March New Moon
Replies: 2
Views: 319

Re: Arroyo March New Moon

Thanks for the detailed week-report, Jim. Also thanks for mentioning Chili Willie's - their onion rings are a food group - clone of now-defunct Huts. Lou said they're a heart attack on a plate, but they do my favorite once/yr grilled-jalapeno cheeseburger, and their fried shrimp and fish fillets are...
by Ron Mc
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: East Flats - March 9th, 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 270

Re: East Flats - March 9th, 2024

Good call on the wind.
Nina's snail find is beyond cool.
Thanks for the report.
by Ron Mc
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Arroyo March New Moon
Replies: 2
Views: 319

Arroyo March New Moon

This is the latest "winter" trip we've made to our favorite dock house, which is owned by Spencer Bell. 3 nights in the Texas tropics. https://i.imgur.com/ILW2mQOl.jpg Up front, I didn't get any photos of Texas Jim, who was there with his skiff, taking advantage of the dock boat lift. He w...
by Ron Mc
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Ingleside on the Bay - March 10th, 2024
Replies: 4
Views: 254

Re: Ingleside on the Bay - March 10th, 2024

Perfect report, as always.
Beauty trout.
That's still a legal bag fish - the new rig will be implemented "sometime late in March"
by Ron Mc
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 2-Mar-2024
Replies: 7
Views: 544

Re: Jones Lakes 2-Mar-2024

heck of a day - thanks for posting photos
by Ron Mc
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:53 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: San Luis Pass/Titlum Tatlum
Replies: 3
Views: 883

Re: San Luis Pass/Titlum Tatlum

Glad you got out - nice report.
by Ron Mc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Fly Fishing
Topic: Frog Pattern
Replies: 6
Views: 4045

Re: Frog Pattern

Look at you go Josh.
by Ron Mc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Need input...
Replies: 8
Views: 1035

Re: Need input...

My buddy Steve has Revo 16 and Outback 12. I've seen him effortlessly rack the miles on two fall Redfish Rodeos in his Outback. In a 30+-kt blow that came up last day we were out on Lighthouse Lakes, first time my T160 ever lost to windcock, he rescued me off the mangroves. Outback gets my highest r...
by Ron Mc
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 1819

Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems

The ones on sale are the USM FL version, JDM '19 - still great reels (labyrinth seals) and the only versions I own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ3lcs0A_8 I like having my Shimano worm-drive reels in the same series so I can swap spools, carry one loaded spare spool for all. https://i.imgur.com...
by Ron Mc
Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:38 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Finally, a Catch in January!
Replies: 5
Views: 1153

Re: Finally, a Catch in January!

good job Jim.

Yeah, I've seen guide boats stacked fishing the corners where Sailboat channel meets Brown & Root channel.
by Ron Mc
Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Freshwater
Topic: Striped bass in the Hill country
Replies: 5
Views: 964

Re: Striped bass in the Hill country

My best striper fly was a cats whisker tied on 4x-long salt size 4, beefed up with saddles and a pair of marabou blood feathers for the tail. They would only take blend colors, grey and light olive, and only on a natural swing - couldn't get one to take a stripped fly. https://i.imgur.com/3YSzNN2.jp...
by Ron Mc
Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 1819

Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems

Since we're on Stradic, the only way to get saltwater inside Stradic is to dunk it for an extended time. Normal operation slings water away from the interior. Cheaper reels without labyrinth seals are more likely to get salt inside from spray. Gear wear, spindle stiffness, rotor wobble solved, Strad...
by Ron Mc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 1819

Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems

Hey what do I know. There's always a reel on my bench. I take '77 Ambassadeur, designed to fish 3/8 oz, and make them cast and fish 3 g just as far and more reliably (backlash-proof). They especially pay off for imitating winter glass minnows. https://i.imgur.com/yu1zaty.jpg ... don't clean the main...
by Ron Mc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 1819

Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems

If you want the full editorial, spinning reel is the most complicated fishing implement ever attempted. By design - really by lack of design - they self destruct with use. The extreme loads and moments produced by the long spindle and rotor were never understood - they were just built by trial and m...
by Ron Mc
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems
Replies: 12
Views: 1819

Re: I sure hope this turns out the way it seems

Glenn, when Tackle Advisors reviewed '19 Stradic (FL in USM), he dubbed it, "The Best $400 Reel You Can Buy" (he's a self-admitted Daiwa fan boy, and rated Stradic over Daiwa Exist, taking them down side-by-side). In the lower grades, you'll get a stronger reel in Daiwa, compared to the lo...
by Ron Mc
Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Trout on the coast
Replies: 6
Views: 1235

Re: Trout on the coast

The important thing is that there is water, allowing the fish to move to safety.

What made the '21 storm devastating was a week of NW wind, isolating so many fish in the shallows.
by Ron Mc
Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024
Replies: 9
Views: 1548

Re: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024

deptrai wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:15 am If unsuccessful, you need to get closer and make another (better) cast.
...
My biggest fly rod red, 32", wading Fence lake, made me cast 7 times.
She scooted right past my feet and began grazing again upwind.
Not lining her for 6 casts probably skipped my heart beat a few times.
by Ron Mc
Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: TPWD Sets Public Meetings
Replies: 39
Views: 12234

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. I put in a public comment exactly to this effect. This gives anglers the opportunity to harvest a mortally gulleted fish, whether male or fem...
by Ron Mc
Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Kayak Rigging
Topic: Stealth rod holder in Scotty base
Replies: 12
Views: 8011

Re: Stealth rod holder in Scotty base

Adding an update about Stealth rod holders customer support. Since I first posted this 4 years ago, one of my EPDM rubber cams broke. They show the replacement part OOS on their website, and I added my e-mail for restocking. Cari at Stealth e-mailed me today, and they're sending me gratis, replacmen...
by Ron Mc
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: "BTB" - Beyond the Breakers
Topic: ‘Bout time the Cobia played with me!
Replies: 4
Views: 7480

Re: ‘Bout time the Cobia played with me!

Being there and ready. Congrats on the score, and thanks for the nice photos.

Next bucket list item, you might want a 10-wt, TS-350 sinking line (Backing), and some saddle-hackle streamers.
(it's just like catching white bass, only bigger)
by Ron Mc
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Christmas Bay 17-Dec-2023
Replies: 2
Views: 1238

Re: Christmas Bay 17-Dec-2023

way to brave it - finding high water level this season is a bonus.
by Ron Mc
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:16 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023
Replies: 7
Views: 5599

Re: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023

Good food in Thailand.
Redfish are never the same. A few years ago, my trip fish was an 18" red, even bringing home a slot limit.
But the 18" red was crazy, fast, frenetic, running wide either side of my boat, and tough to bring to hand.
by Ron Mc
Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: I Love KFC!
Replies: 2
Views: 4721

Re: I Love KFC!

Tis the season - great report.