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  1. 3 hours ago, troph said:

    They are available and AA flies direct from PHX, Dallas and LAX. Itchy trigger finger… rooster fish, dorado, sail, marlin, all on the fly rod. 
     

    My breathing currently resembles a roll in the hay. I think I gotta do this. 

    I’ll put you on a marlin on fly and you will probably piss your pants. At Hobby now, hopefully Port A by midnight. Long day we caught the puddle jumper out of Quepos at 9:30 this morning. I’ll be in touch this week.

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  2. 5 hours ago, HenryJames said:

    Does anyone actually live in Port Aransas, or is it all short term rentals?

    Sometimes seems like nobody actually lives there. Population is around 3800 I think. The short term rental thing has gotten out of control though.

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  3. 3 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

    We did tip her well, she was done with the crowd by the time her shift ended though lol.  Is there low income housing in Port A?  Where do all those old meth head locals live??  @justhookit There were more than a few at Shorty’s yesterday.  

    Haha I probably know most of them. Virginia is good people though.

    Most of the locals live in RV parks, but Port A did build the new apartments called Paladium for some low income housing. The current housing situation in Port A is  bad and unsustainable. It’s really, really, really hard to hire decent help in the service industry.

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  4. 18 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

    At Shorty’s 78th anniversary party.  Great weekend with perfect weather to be down here.  

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    Hope you tipped Virginia well. I’m still not used to the new location.

    I’m still in Costa Rica but will be back in Port A in a week.2 months at “home” and then straight back to CR for most of the summer.

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  5. 15 hours ago, 4HE said:

    We are binging the kids and my in-laws down the last week of May. Staying at a house in Tulemar. I booked the Caribsea and Sportsman for a full day trip. 
    I’m in desperate need of a vacation so it can’t get here soon enough. 
    How is the real estate market these days? Every time we go I get closer and closer to pulling the trigger on buying a place down there. 

    I think it’s a fairly good time to buy. The market definitely seems softer than it was the first 2 years after Covid. I’m currently in the process of buying something.
    They are struggling a little bit with the cartel violence but so far it really isn’t spilling into the general public or tourists. But I’m definitely a little more cautious about where and what time of day I go somewhere than I was even just last year.

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  6. 37 minutes ago, Shot Caller said:

    Justhookit - where in CR are you fishing out of? Bucket list for me. Grew up fishing offshore out of Texas (Freeport then SPI)…your slow days rival a damn good day in the GoM. Enjoy your offshore pics and vids!

    Yeah we ended up 4/5 on sailfish the other day and 0/2 on blues and I would have been thrilled with that back when I had my boat in Port A. But for here it was by far our worst day of the season. Most days we are getting about 30ish billfish bites, a few days in the high teens and a few days with 45+. Tournament coming up on Saturday and hopefully the fishing picks up again.

    I fish out of Marina Pez Vela in Quepos. Los Suenos about an hour north of here is good too.

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  7. Welp slow start. Raised one sailfish and one blue marlin. Caught the sail but jumped the blue off.

    edit- and 5 minutes after the post we just raised another blue. Blind bite on the flat rod ballyhoo but didn’t hook up. Good sign though, that’s 2 in less than 2 hours and we’ve only seen 6 all year. As good as the marlin bite was last sailfish season, this year has been really slow for blues but great for sailfish. Definitely the best sailfish season since ‘21.

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  8. I mean we don’t even have to look away from our former teams  to see that yes, players can improve their shot drastically while in college or after when they hit the NBA. I have no idea if Mitchell will do it, but to write off a player with his athleticism is a weird take. I definitely would like to see him back next year. Hunter too for what it’s worth.

  9. 1 hour ago, Mittens said:

    People have a REALLY strong attachment to Spaghetti Warehouse.  I probably walked through those doors like 3x and I don't think I ever ate there, but so many people mention it first when talking about that warehouse district area.  Not Mezzaluna or Sullivan's or Bitter End or Cedar Street or a dozen other memorable spots within 100 yards.  Was it actually decent food, or just the only "fancy" Italian place around in the 90's?

    I think of Spaghetti Warehouse as more of an 80’s thing and like you I’m not sure I ever even ate there. Mezzaluna (which I loved) opened in what ‘89 or so? There was also a good older Italian place near the Back 40 bar. City Grill was another good downtown restaurant. Man looking back it’s amazing how limited the options were.

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  10. 2 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    Has any cattle rancher ever shot his cow or bull because he feared for his life? I can't imagine some rancher shooting the shit at his bfe local coffee joint with his buddies telling the horrific story of having to shoot his bull because he was in fear for his life. 

    Family friend was killed by one of his bulls he was trying to move into a new pasture. Not sure if a gun would have helped him or not.

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  11. On 3/12/2024 at 4:48 PM, landman said:

    Glad to see the random shootings have found their way to Port A.  Geez.😞

    Don’t think that shooting was so random. Spring Break attracts a really bad crowd these days, especially down around the mile markets where it happened.

  12. 2 hours ago, JosephStang said:

    As to math, many possible engineered solutions will replicate the Schrodinger equation. Since I'm not a mathematician, I didn't bother doing the math. The geometry is clearly sufficient.

    That’s exactly what I kept telling my math professors. They didn’t listen to me either.

    Sorry Elizabeth Banks GIF by ABC Network

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  13. 3 minutes ago, midtown said:

    8:1

    So many people in CR now are bitching about how expensive CR has gotten. Those prices on that menu look pretty similar to what I am seeing here. Overall did you find it a lot cheaper than CR or pretty similar?

  14. Anyone coming down this year? Going on month 2 right now and here until late April. They changed the entry stamp from 90 days to 180 which makes things a lot easier. I’ll be back for all of July and August too.

    Prices are noticeably up for almost everything, still a bit cheaper than Texas but not by much anymore. It’s also much more crowded than I’ve ever seen it.

    @immamac my last Burnt Endz koozie went overboard while we were fishing the other day. Need more por favor.

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  15. 14 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

    This was Quepos, at least this trip.   Boat was Double Nickel, it appears (could only see Double … in the pics).    

    Haha. We were probably fishing near your friends and I bet I saw them around the dock.  That’s definitely the Double Nickel. Probably the best true charter boat in the Quepos marina currently.

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  16. 2 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

    I didn’t get it. I asked but think it got swallowed up in a thread. Will find out next time I see them, if I can recall 

    No worries, just curious if I knew the guys. Honestly I don’t know too many of the Los Suenos boats real well and if I remember from last time we talked about this I think they fish out of there and not Quepos down the coast an hour where I am.

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