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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Great report!!
You know I've fished right there where you were fishing in that tidal slew that winds back behind the lighthouse. We used to fish it wading before Kayaks, we'd take a skiff in there then walk around stalking the fish. You had to watch for rays, I had a buddy that got spined in there good. Go back far enough and there's a cut that takes you due North to a huge wide open shallow flat. Sometimes that area is just loaded with Specs and Rat Reds. But I'm talking about back in the seventies though so it's been a while. ![]() That lighthouse has been there forever. I think it was built in the early 1800's, I heard the confederates attacked it several times in the Civil war. It's amazing it's still the same after all these years. I almost didn't recognize the place with all the vegetation. That used to be just sand water and grass in there. Not as pretty, but very fishy. Here's an old photo of it: Your post definitely makes me homesick, I never thought about fishing that area with a yak, it must just be a blast. Thanks for the report. Jim Last edited by Fiskadoro; 11-02-2009 at 02:03 PM. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
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Thanks for the excellent read and pics!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Diego
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Steve I plan to stay on this beautiful Earth for a long f'n time
![]() ![]() ![]() Jim love the old pic of the lighthouse, very cool. I take it you grew up in that area? Dean was telling us the lighthouse was built around 1850 |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: San Pedro
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Incredible Post Joe
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Port Aransas is the closest really good Saltwater fishing to Ft Worth though I fished off jetties, wade fished, and fished in the surf all the way from Galveston to South Padre. As a kid I spent a lot of time in that area before I got into the four wheel drive, North Padre to Mansfield, surf, Jack, King, Bull Red and sharkfishing scene, or essentially moved on to larger fish. If I moved back to Texas I'd consider Corpus hard as a place to live, and then I'd fish down the beach off Padre. I'm not knocking the fishing you did by any means as I know it's a blast. That said: you were just down the road and a trip down the sand from some of the best surf and kayak fishing on the planet. If you want to see some big fish try south of there off the beach. Here's some recent Padre picks from extremecoast.com a website devoted to fishing that area. Not my pics just giving you an idea of what's down there. ![]() Jack Carvelle at the mansfield jetties ![]() Bull Red same location ![]() Blacktip Mansfield Jetties ![]() Tiger Shark North of the jetties North Padre Island ![]() Cobia North Padre basically the same area ![]() King Mackerel (similar to a Wahoo) ![]() Kings, Jack, Spanish mackerel. ![]() Tiger shark North Padre ![]() King Mackerel on the popper ![]() Jacks and Kings working bait ![]() Jacks kings and sharks on bait ![]() Jack Cervelle on bait You should check out the report that goes with those last few pics here: http://extremecoast.com/reports/report080609.php One last tiger... ![]() Not for the faint of heart.... but I'm just saying if I was in that area that's where I would go fish... ![]() Once again great report! I think between your post and those pics I just found I just convinced myself I need to make a rod trip down there! Jim Last edited by Fiskadoro; 11-02-2009 at 07:01 PM. |
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BRTF...bought & paid...
Join Date: Mar 2005
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OK, now I wanna go...
![]() Get one of those bad boys, and (hopefully) paddle his arse into the sand...
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[QUOTE=Jim Day;46645]I grew up about 350 miles North of there in Ft Worth.
Incredible pics Jim. I'm from Gladewater myself....grew up flyfishing Toledo Bend....trot lineing the Mississipi for big yellow cats and drop netting in the swamps of the Atchafalaya River for blue crab all night long with my dad talking to the owls. |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: 2 inches above sea level
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Redfish are as tasty as they come. The only tough part is they have scales like armor. Evolving alongside bull sharks will do that, I guess.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Cardiff, Ca
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Sweet pix all around. Question, what the hell do you do with a huge Tiger Shark like that? Looks like they are keeping them, no?
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Location: OC
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