July coast trip fishing and wheeling

jkx0778 wrote:

wonder who that could be ????

see, theres a reason i didnt want to camp... too many pervs round here
never know who's gonna sneak into ur tent at night and spoon ya :explosivehug:

One has to be careful when one camps on the beach. But you also have to be careful at the motels, someone has been known to sneak around at 2am taking pictures of muddy jeeps.............oh wait!!.....

CRUX wrote:

I heard it`s a very small trout. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Has my wife been on here?? Has she been telling stories again??? Sheesh.......

skoalman wrote:

Bobby & jeepgirl, sounds good to me.

I do have a date Friday night with a guy from San Antonio that drives a yellow jeep - - says he wants to meet me on Bob Hall pier and show me his trout.....LOLOLOLOL...

So after dinner Friday, I think we are going to walk the boards for a little while and see if there are any trout under the lights.....good way to beat the heat as well.

wonder who that could be ????

see, theres a reason i didnt want to camp... too many pervs round here
never know who's gonna sneak into ur tent at night and spoon ya :explosivehug:

I heard it`s a very small trout. Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

how scary is that. show me his trout. :morethen:

Bobby & jeepgirl, sounds good to me.

I do have a date Friday night with a guy from San Antonio that drives a yellow jeep - - says he wants to meet me on Bob Hall pier and show me his trout.....LOLOLOLOL...

So after dinner Friday, I think we are going to walk the boards for a little while and see if there are any trout under the lights.....good way to beat the heat as well.

Maybe we can hook up with you guys once we get in and hit some of the hot fishing spots...We are going to convoy down with Skoleman leaving the Houston area at 11:00 ish.... That should put us down ther aound 3 -4 ish...depending on how many stops have to be made due to the bathroom inspecter that will be riding in the back seat (aka Mikayla our 11 year old daughter) . We can't check in untill 4:00 so after we unload I am all for fishing!

you knoe I go to Corpus every 3 weeks its my sales territory and last week around the corner from the best western we are staying at their are some flats you can wade about 100 yards until you get to some deeper water. I caught a few small trout and sunfish but nothing to put in the pan. I was using live shrimp and popping cork but off in the near distance 2 guys were catching bigger fish on lures. Also walking distance from the same hotel to the intercoastal bridge was pretty good , mostly fishing bottom but a popular spot, maybe friday evening when we get in we can go hit it. Bobby

jkdrone wrote:

I'll bring my little and big rods too. I'll probably just fish like I do up on this part of the coast: Gold Flecked DOA Shrimp, Gulps, and Silver spoons in the surf on the little rod - maybe a few shrimp tails for catching bait, and whatever's fresh, or stingray if I can get it on the big rod. Not a big fan of trying to keep bait alive out on the beach. Just need to get my reels re-spooled between now and then, my surf rod especially is in poor shape - having lost about a 100 yards of line thus far =)

I'll be camping also. I just can't fathom paying for a room when there's a perfectly good beach

!c

Oh yeah...we call stingray "shark candy".....almost all of the trout and reds I've caught on PINS has been on gold or silver spoons or touts (shrimp tails) and mirrolures.

For bait for the big rods or croaker or pompano, I use these and they work great. I just put them on a little bitty circle or flounder hook and instant cut bait for the big rods.
http://www.fishbites.com/
I don't know if they have them at Academy, but I have found them at Cut Rate.

I'll bring my little and big rods too. I'll probably just fish like I do up on this part of the coast: Gold Flecked DOA Shrimp, Gulps, and Silver spoons in the surf on the little rod - maybe a few shrimp tails for catching bait, and whatever's fresh, or stingray if I can get it on the big rod. Not a big fan of trying to keep bait alive out on the beach. Just need to get my reels re-spooled between now and then, my surf rod especially is in poor shape - having lost about a 100 yards of line thus far =)

I'll be camping also. I just can't fathom paying for a room when there's a perfectly good beach

!c

Man half my gear now is just fishing crap, but it's probly a good thing since I've never fished right in the surf before

Sweet!!.....

And if they don't like that color Mirrolure.....I have two tackle bags full of lures of all kinds.....Claudina calls me a walking Academy.....

Skoalman,

Bobby wanted me to tell you he went and bought one of those chicken colored mirrorluers!! LOL He can't wait to get down there!

Mud Dog 08 wrote:

Hey it's all about getting the kids involved and having fun. To teach them something and spend time with them. And to see their faces light up when they hook and land one is priceless the first time. Its a Kodak moment for sure.

I'm with you. I grew up on a lake, so I got to do it all the time growing up. But my kids have never gotten to experience it, and I want them to try it once.

Hey it's all about getting the kids involved and having fun. To teach them something and spend time with them. And to see their faces light up when they hook and land one is priceless the first time. Its a Kodak moment for sure.

skoalman wrote:

N2rock wrote:

OK you fishing guys (I'm not one if you haven't already guessed)... My kids have never fished in their lives. Wondering if you guys would let them throw a line or two to experience it?

I have even better idea....I am taking two of my big surf rods for sharks, jacks & stuff. I put those out while I am wading for specks......I love to catch the big stuff but its so much better when somebody else gets their butts whipped.. ...my back starts to hurt after 30 minutes....and Claudina only lasts about 15 minutes in her chair, ......so I would be more than happy to let your kids fight a big shark or whatever takes the bait....and the way I have my rigs set up with large circle hooks...all they have to do is pick up the rod and start reeling....hook sets itself.....and the fight is ON....LOLOLOL....

You may lose your rod if my kids are holding on to it, seeing how they have no idea what sort of strength will be needed to hold on to it.

N2rock wrote:

OK you fishing guys (I'm not one if you haven't already guessed)... My kids have never fished in their lives. Wondering if you guys would let them throw a line or two to experience it?

I have even better idea....I am taking two of my big surf rods for sharks, jacks & stuff. I put those out while I am wading for specks......I love to catch the big stuff but its so much better when somebody else gets their butts whipped.. ...my back starts to hurt after 30 minutes....and Claudina only lasts about 15 minutes in her chair, ......so I would be more than happy to let your kids fight a big shark or whatever takes the bait....and the way I have my rigs set up with large circle hooks...all they have to do is pick up the rod and start reeling....hook sets itself.....and the fight is ON....LOLOLOL....

Sure! Mikayla will be with us and she loves to fish, this will be her first time surf fishing and with fake bait so it ought to be a blast!
Hell she is a better fisherperson that I am and I have been fishing since I was a kid.

OK you fishing guys (I'm not one if you haven't already guessed)... My kids have never fished in their lives. Wondering if you guys would let them throw a line or two to experience it?

CRUX wrote:

Yup, Tarpon would be an awesome fight! Didn`t realize you could snag 'em on pins.

Oh yeah, lots of 'Poons down on PINS. It might be a little early for them now, I haven't seen any reports, but you can catch them on PINS. The last one I saw caught was several years ago, buddy of mine caught one on a fly rod....It was only around 30 pounds, but it was a Tarpon and bigger ones are caught....

Yup, Tarpon would be an awesome fight! Didn`t realize you could snag 'em on pins.

Tarpon? I would love to hook a Tarpon! Even a small Tarpon would be great just for the fight. I am hoping for Red's, specks' even flounder would be cool.

Good looking stringer you got there. Just was not sure to take the bait buckett and aireators for live shrimp or to pick up some lures.

Good looking stringer you got there. Just was not sure to take the bait buckett and aireators for live shrimp or to pick up some lures.

Finally, after 2 months of howling wind, woke up this morning to a North breeze and green water. Hit the surf at 6:15am and walked out at 8:15 with 10 nice specks. My biggest was 25" and nice and fat, like me.... We even had some working bird action that we got into. It was a trout on every cast...LOL. Not all were keepers, but it was non-stop action for about 30 minutes. Anyway, we didnt use shrimp or croakers. I haven't fished with bait in over 20 years. Nothing against people who use bait, but its not for me. All our trout were caught on gold spoons and MirrorLures in Texas chicken color. Should be even better down on PINS, if the wind will lay down. On PINS you never know what you'll catch, Tarpon, Snook, Specks Reds....its all good.....