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Dry Elbows

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  1. 17 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

    Had a 2 day trip like this in Baffin once. 13 fish over 7#, up to 10#.  Beat PB 3 times in 2 days.   Those don’t come around often (ever). Some great memories I’m sure. 

    I've been fortunate to be a part of several trips like this. A couple of years ago we had seven fish over 5# including a 6, 7, and 8. All in 1.5 hours. Last winter a friend had about 10 fish up to 7#. He was in a one man hole. About eight years ago we were wading KRS as a front blew in and a buddy had three over 7#. It's what keeps you coming back. 

  2. I went to East Matagorda yesterday.  The water is still 12-18" higher than normal.  This front and the NW winds its bringing should dump the water.  The combination of high tides and a strong NE and E winds made finding fishable water a challenge.  On my first wade I stuck nice 18" and 20" trout on back-to-back casts with a Gringo Fat Boy.  I didn't get another touch until our last wade when I caught a sheepshead on the same lure.  That was a first on a Corky.  Caught many snot sharks and drum, but never a sheepy.

     

  3. On 10/20/2018 at 9:43 AM, crash_davis said:

    lulz.  i was going to go fishing but knew that the bays would be high due to all this fucking rain.  POC is 2 feet higher than normal.  reds are way up in the pastures grazing with the cattle.

     

    https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8773701

    Not high due to rain.  It was a combination of fall equinox tides, Michael, and strong E and SE winds, which push water into the bay and effect tidal movement.

  4. 5 hours ago, El Diablo said:

    I'm going to be in Mississippi at the end of the month so called a guide in the Pass Christian area and was told that flounder there are a no-go. He said it was due to bad red tides the past couple of years. Inshore trips they run over to LA marshes for trout and reds.

    I don't doubt it. A friend of mine has been at his place in Florida this week and said the red tide was horrible. 

  5. Flounder fishing this year, and maybe next, is not going to be very good. The 15-16 and 16-17 winters did not get cold enough for them to spawn, so there was not much recruitment. Thus, not many 2-3 year old flounder out there. And the fish from 17-18 winter will be too small to keep. 

  6. 38 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    I’ve lived in all four of Texas’ major cities. Houston drivers are the worst and it’s not even close.

    But to be fair, there's so much traffic in Austin you can't drive like shit because you barely move. 

  7. 1 hour ago, Spaulding Smails said:

    Side topic... How long until TPWD implements tags for oversized trout?

    Florida has slots for not only Redfish, but also Black Drum and Specks among others.  15"-20" slot for trout and 14"-24" for black drum.  All others are catch and release.  I had a tough decision last year when my son hauled in a 26" Speck.  We ended up keeping her, but I regretted it as soon as she was in the box.  Should have thrown her back.  Do you think TPWD will try to slot Specks and Black Drum anytime soon?  

    I don't think think TPWD will change the slot for trout anytime soon.   Right now TPWD is grappling over whether to institute the 5-fish limit on the upper coast (FM 457 in Sargent to Sabine Lake).  If TPWD were to do anything with respect to bigger specks it would be to implement a tag system similar to reds for fish over 25".  But I don't even think that will happen anytime soon.

  8. 31 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

     

    I mean, I'm sure it was a cool and exhilarating experience, but I just wish they could weigh and measure the fish, and slip her back into the lake.

    But then they wouldn't be able to take a picture standing next to it hanging from a rope and post it on the intergoogles so everyone can see how cool they are.

  9. 34 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

     


    That shit is cringe worthy. Magazine ads too.

    Fished POC. Trout limits to 28 Sun/ Mon am in West Maddy. Bite lasted until 10 and was red hot sunday, and a slow grind Monday. Couldn’t find a keeper Red anywhere. Floating grass was unbearable in some of lakes and windward shorelines.
    Fuck fishing Saturday, got run over by at least 60 airboats wading the shoreline near Pringle. Miserable.
    Monday was awesome.

     

    Nice. There was a big airboat gathering in POC last weekend. I fucking hate airboats. FUCKING HATE THEM. Never came across one that wasn't an asshole. Some buddies of mine were burned by one last weekend while they were fly fishing in a lake on St. Joe's island. Guide ran within 20 feet of them. 

  10. Hit East Matty today. Didn't get to fish last weekend and won't this weekend because I'm going to the Maryland game. Needed my fix. I didn't have high expectations because it's the backside of the full moon.  Wrong. The moon set minor was awesome. I probably released 20-25 fish in an hour and a half. Kept two reds and a trout from that wade. Once the minor was over so was the bite. 

  11. 4 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

    I’m not implying it happened in that case, but I think we are seeing more of it because people have replaced their danforths with power poles. Not safe imo, can’t believe so many people rely on it. 

    I have a PowerPole and an anchor on my boat.  If it is not too windy (or in a protected cove) or I'm not in strong current (San Luis Pass), I use my PowerPole.  But I know people who don't even carry an anchor on their boat.

    PowerPole has changed its ads and reduced the range on the remotes.  Mine doesn't even have enough range to effective use it to drift the boat while I'm wading.  Seriously debating whether I'll get one on my next boat.  But they damn sure are nice to use around the dock and while picking people up when a wade is over. 

  12. 3 hours ago, Lurch said:

    Ive not switched out my line since I put it on in Jan. Flipping it?

    If you do all braid with no backing, you can "flip" the braid and respool with the top on bottom. That way you have fresh braid on top. 

    If you're fishing a lot, I would put on new line or flip. 8 months is a long time. 

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