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  1. 1 hour ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

    Little T'Boo wants to bird hunt in the fall with me.  He was my bird fetcher last year due to the loss of my GSP and wants to start taking part in shooting aside from busting empty Bud Heavy cans with his BB gun.  

    I did not grow up hunting so please forgive my ignorance.  Would a 20 gauge be too much to start or would a .410 be optimal?  

    He will be 9 by that time.  tall and lanky.  

    Thanks 

    20 gauge is the way to go.  Get him something with a 24 inch barrel.  I am partial to starting kids on a pump for safety reasons, but I recognize that's a personal decision.  I would also consider an over/under.      

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  2. Check the eyes of the fish.  If they are even kind of cloudy, don't buy it.  If they are clear, then the fish should be fine to eat.  With respect to the price, yes, $12.0 per pound for fresh red snapper is a great deal.  However, if you are buying the fish whole, even gutted, you aren't getting just the filet, so it's not really $12.0 per pound of what you eat...you will have to do the math after estimating the weight of the head, spine, etc.  

     

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  3. I hear you.  Im currently in quarantine myself so no judgment.  Just trying to say, doesn’t sound like you did anything wrong at all or that you have been careless.  Your circumstances don’t even meet the CDC’s standards for having to get tested.  Not that you shouldn’t get tested or quarantine if you feel like you should...I’m just saying, talking to someone on your patio for 5 minutes with masks on isn’t really letting your guard down.  At least in my world.

    What I’m trying to say is I think you are being too hard on yourself.  And I hope everything works out for you and your family.  Believe me, I had a lot of these same feelings when I found out I had been near someone that was positive.  I was scared shitless.  Thankfully it appears we are ok, and our exposure was a lot worse than what you described...not trying to get into a dick measuring contest or to be a one-upper, just trying to make you feel better about the situation :).  

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  4. 2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

    well shit... so since this crap started I have lived in quarantine. Even broke up with a nice young thing since she would not follow the protocols at my house. I meet with my admin and our cartographer. Yeah, somethings cannot be done over zoom. To date all good, we are all careful. 

    So last week my house cleaner called. She has not worked since March and is organizing a clothes drive to the border. I am getting prepared to move so I said fuck it, I have some good stuff.  I spent 5 minutes talking to her on the patio and both wearing masks. She calls today to tell me she tested positive. My exposure would have been 6 days ago. In the meantime I kept meeting with the team as we finish this project. I am so pissed at myself. 

    All senses are fine. Guiness tastes like Guinness, modelo like modelo, Italian stew like Italian stew. New puppy still has the new puppy smell. But dammit, need to tell everyone and go get tested. 

    It seems like you are the expert, so pardon me for chiming in, but if you were outside and weren’t within 6 ft of your cleaning lady for more than 15 minutes without a mask, I think you are all good, statistically speaking.  What am I missing here?  

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  5. 1 hour ago, 4th and 5 said:

    sunk a 22" boat in SPI, not entirely my fault but I was the captain, and almost sunk that same boat (POC, my fault) prior.....incidentally I frequently had nightmares about the boat sinking before it sank (22' Stoner Skiff)

    Can we get a story on the sinking and the almost sinking?  Maybe something we can all learn from?

    I had a plug fall out of one my boats once while we were fishing...luckily it was in a bass boat so the plug was inside the transom.  Once I figured it out, I was able to get it moving and eventually get it on plane and jerry rig the plug.  Scary as hell though, in those first couple moments of watching water fill the bottom of the boat.

  6. 1 hour ago, BrewmanTX said:


    First off, I’m 100% Czech so I know what I’m talking about. These are NOT kolaches. Kolaches are FRUIT filled pastries. I’m not saying that I don’t like klobasnikis (meat filled versions), but let’s get the nomenclature correct.
    I will agree that The Czech Stop is grossly overrated, but I’m just comparing them to my mom’s, which are the best, hands down


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    Love and respect for all things Czech.

  7. 9 minutes ago, squib said:

    Those stupid "so and so's wife is in town looking at real estate on the downlow" posts/insights need to stop. For every coaching hire--not just this one. Urban is a very rich man; could about to be richer. Austin is a very nice town where wealthy people live. His wife does not need to fly down there and look at houses. Without a doubt there are multi-million dollar homes available. This isn't like your uncle Bobby getting an offer to run a bait stand in Kilgore so he sends his sisterwife Betty Lou down to the trailer park to see if there are parking spots available with good shade left for them to jackup the trailer. Rich people will have rich people places to live in Austin. No one send a wife down to look. Stop with that crap. 

    You must not be married.  

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  8. 3 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

    Anyone ever been to Albert, TX?  Population 1, only business in town is a bar.

    Are you serious?  That's what makes Albert awesome!    

    Breckenridge is my nomination for worst shithole in Texas.  So much meth and despair there, and not even a single good place to eat.  

  9. 9 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Until they won't. Then what?

    They can transfer, or sit out the rest of the season.  This season is borked no matter what, on the field and off.  But a new coach and some time will help them understand that the controversy over the The Eyes being racist is ridiculous; the University just needs to find a way for the players to save face.    

    I do not believe they should be forced to stay for The Eyes.  That's not a solution by any means.  But I do think the athletic department should encourage any athletes who believe the song is racist to transfer.  I know I wouldn't stay at a school that I thought had a racist school song, whether I was forced to participate in any activities involving the song or not.  I think the transfer portal is a perfect way to resolve this situation, if the players can't resolve their internal conflicts over the song.       

  10. 1 hour ago, The Doctor said:

    Apex73... I'm not sure where to begin with you. BLM is not deciding anything. The players and other African Americans have decided what they want on their own. Of course they think for themselves, but sometimes, like RIGHT NOW we (African-Americans and their allies) all have a few common or shared interests. Do you think the UT players put their careers on the line because BLM told them to? No, it's because they have their own convictions. CONVICTIONS. And YES, I do believe 1000% that if UT takes a hard stance against these players, your profile and recruitment of top black players with take a devastating hit. The war for talent between the top football programs is already vicious. Imagine if other schools and elite players begin a whisper campaign that says UT doesn't empathize with or stand with the Black athlete. Add that narrative to UT's mediocre reputation for player development and NFL preparedness. And you will see very fast how far UT football will sink, if even 6 or 7, four and five star players drop UT from consideration every cycle. Get real. UT like every other top program needs every positive narrative it can get with African American players. What alternate (FOX News?) recruiting universe do you live in?                 

    Obvious aggy troll is obvious.  

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  11. 13 minutes ago, troph said:

    okay we drove down about a mile on PINS late afternoon and there were few cars so we stopped and then waded out probably thirty yards and couldn't get to green water.  don't have a kayak and unsure how far it's safe to wade out there.  I guess you just keep going until you die?

    shrimp attracted hard headed catfish in the brown water, fuck those guys.  I've got some lures that aren't going to break absent a fish taking the line and it snapping for some reason.  not sure my OCD will let me cast shrimp on a hook that far out.  I'll want to reel it in to "check on my lure" much like I would be tempted to check on a brisket I'm smoking. 

    thinking about hitting up the packery channel jetties this afternoon as an alternative.

    our charter for friday in the bay was pushed to tomorrow so we have that too.

    OK, first, the green water is ALWAYS just a little out of reach :), unless it's really trout-green to the beach, and that doesn't happen very often, but when it does...

    Second, there are 3 sandbars on our coast, and between each sandbar is a "gut," so when you say you went out about 30 yards, sounds like you were in the gut between the 1st and 2nd sandbar.  So, keep walking a bit and it will get shallower again (where the waves are breaking).  Cast from the 2nd sandbar into the gut and go put your rod in a section of PVC pipe and grab a beer, unless the current and/or grass are bad, and then, you are kind of screwed.  If you want to fish lures, then just stand out on the second bar and cast, moving up and down the bar as you see bait.  But, if the water is brown, I wouldn't bother with that...need some green in the water for trout to be there in any numbers.  Also, the first gut WILL hold fish, especially early and late.  Don't forget to fish it before striking out for the 2nd sandbar.  For bait, if you don't want to mess with shrimp, Fish Bites work.  There's probably some whiting near you and they are good to eat.  No idea if the bulls are running yet, but they eat fish bites too.  Hopefully you are fishing with a "pompano rig" already, but if not, got to Woody's or Port A Outfitters and get some, along with some 1 or 2 ounce pyramid weights and small circle hooks (as the tackle place what size, but I think I use size 6?).  When you get a bite on your rig, you will know because your rod will double over and the circle hook will set itself.  Seriously, you will know.  Don't reel in and check it unless you are checking to see if you still have bait, which if you are using Fish Bites, you almost certainly will unlees you had a bite because that stuff stays on your hook forever.    

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  12. 3 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:


    Well, let me educate you.

    Nobody is going to follow Capt White Privilege. Especially if he comes in thinking that he gets to be a leader just by virtue of being a rich white kid who is the QB.

    You have to earn a leadership role. And some of us have the skins in the wall and have earned that leadership position. But it has to be earned. And Sam hasn’t earned it.

    We are not deaf. We all hear the stories that the team hates him. And does any of that sound false? Does the play of the field belie that?

    The evidence available is that Sam has failed as a leader.

    And let’s contrast that with another Westlake guy. Brees said something horribly insensitive. But he was called on it and quickly walked it back. He’s a leader.

    Sam puts himself on the opposite side of his teammates. That’s a Capt. Sobel move.


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    This is an amazingly bad take.  Every.Single.Word.  

    But what I'm really interested in is having you regale us with the tales of your leadership abilities.  Please, tell us the stories of the skins on your wall.    

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  13. 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    You had 168 baits.....to fish for trout.....which have a 5 fish per person limit.  Even if you figure half your baits get eaten by dinks, and another few just die without getting a hit.....if you had 4 guys fishing, you needed maybe 60 baits.  Sounds like the guide has a deal with the bait camp owner.

    When I take people croaker fishing, I generally buy 6 dozen and that is for 1 to 3 people.  If I could fit more in my bait setup (and keep them alive), I would.  When the fishing is hot, you can run through 60 baits in 30 or 45 minutes, especially if your guests have never fished with croaker (or they suck at it, like I do).  It's standard practice in Texas for croaker guides to bring at least 12 dozen baits for each trip.  What is NOT standard practice is for 1/2 the baits to die; the guide must have had some issues with his bait well system.

             

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  14. 2 hours ago, hookemATL said:

    In yall's expert opinions, what will these wet/cooler weather do for my chances this weekend?  Could not get away from work/home during the week but looking forward to Friday/Saturday.

    There's no way to know.  Sometimes they move out, sometimes they stay (or maybe new birds come in).  Too many variables to give a reliable opinion on migratory birds, and it also depends a lot on where you are and what you are hunting (over water/grain fields/pass shooting a flyway?).  My guess is that whatever hunting pressure your area has had from earlier in the week will have moved the birds way more than the upcoming weather will.  Also, assuming you are in the CenTex area, I don't think it's going to get cold enough to move them.  No idea about the rain.

  15. 57 minutes ago, Both Tacos said:

    I have the Cuddelink system.

    This!

    We ran the SpyPoint cameras for a couple seasons and were constantly frustrated with them.  They would work for a couple weeks, but then stop.  We had battery issues and it seems like they were really sensitive (had moisture get in and mess up one of the cameras) and needed constant adjustment.  The app was buggy as well and sometimes we wouldn't get pics for a couple days, then we would get the pics from those days a week later.  Actually I'm not sure if that was the app or issues with our cell service, but it was frustrating.

    We switched to Cuddelink last year and it was a much, much better experience.  We started with the Dual Cell Starter Kit 3+1 Model 11513 and I think we are up to 10 cameras now?  The picture quality isn't quite as good as what we were getting with traditional game cams (same with the SpyPoint), but it's good enough for us.  If I were a really serious trophy hunter, I would be tempted to run a traditional camera for a couple weeks, along with the SpyPoint or Cuddelink to make sure I had the best possible pics for creating the "hit list," then rely on the cell cameras to tell me who is showing up.   It's pretty great to get emails with game cam pics a couple times a day and then wake up to see what was happening during the night.

    SpyPoint may have a better product now, and certainly part of our issue was we don't have the best cell service at our place.  The Cuddelink hub system allows us to put the hub where we know we have reliable cell coverage and then not have to worry about the areas where we don't.  That was the main reason we switched and it has worked like a charm for us.     

  16. 12 minutes ago, bluto said:

    What about the condos/private lawns along the comal? You could get in the river from those right? Ie the river itself isn’t shut down to floating/playing just the commercial/public access points?

    Yes, that's correct.  Also, I have no idea how hard they are enforcing the rule...it might be that people are parking on the streets or somewhere a couple blocks away and jumping in at the usual spots.  I know they put fencing up along the parking lots of at least some of the San Marcos parks, but not sure about the New Braunfels parks...some of those areas are too big to fence, I would think.    

  17. 1 minute ago, luke duke said:

     

    Has anyone been tubing in the New Braunfels area since the COVID restrictions went into effect? Any tips? Which outfitters have adapted best (or worst)?

     

    The outfitters are not running shuttles right now due to COVID.  At least some will let you pay to park if you want to set up your own shuttle with another vehicle.   

    All river access points in the New Braunfels city limits are closed, which pretty much rules out the Comal.  

    Not sure how much rain the Guad got on Saturday, but it had been running low.

  18. 5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    And Matthew Chapter 6 warns followers to hide their righteousness and pray in secret.

    You learn a lot about contradictions in Catholic theology classes.

    Seriously?  You take a passage about humility and extrapolate that into God telling Christians to keep their thoughts on God to themselves?      

    There are plenty of contradictions in the Bible, but Mathew 6:1-8 is not contradictory to Mark 16:15.

    You are intellectually dishonest in every sense of the word, but you already know that don't you, Sergei The Russian Troll.  

     

     

  19. On 8/23/2020 at 1:36 PM, TwiceHorn said:

    But you are, ultimately, trying to control the behavior of others.  Just food for thought.

    There may be a part of the backstory that I'm not familiar with, but switching churches because the pastor had an affair with his wife doesn't seem like he's trying to control the behavior of others to me.  Instead, it seems like he's trying to take care of his children by getting them out of a church that apparently doesn't have a big problem with it's pastor committing adultery (with a church member, no less).  

    Pastor's that sleep with their church members are predators...highly likely this wasn't his first indiscretion.  You have to get your kids out of that environment because this man is not fit to lead a congregation.  For what it's worth, leaving the church is not incompatible with forgiving your wife and the pastor...don't let her try to convince you otherwise.          

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