Culero, this is what I was talking about

[Nash]

Well, yeah. I can't disagree.

They work harder, for less. Much less.

Ya can't compete, that's fer sure.

Life's a *****.

[Lizking]

Fishing the rocks at Baffin.


Drift flyfishing near Bird island:


My brother and I almost bought a shack  at the mouth of Baffin, but the guy would never commit.  He only wanted 20 grand for a decent camp in 2000.

[Nash]

Skuzzy, please ban Liz for posting this porn.

[culero]

Wow, Baffin. I've lived an hour or so boat ride from Baffin all my life, always wanted to fish it, never did because I fear those damn rocks and haven't had the chance to go with someone who can orient me.

But, an old Air Warrior buddy is at this moment trying to arrange a guided trip for us (out of Corpus) so I'm looking forward to that.

Dood. I'm good in the Port Manny area. I'll trade you guide service for guide service. Crap, e-mail me and lets start hashing it out, we're both up we can exchange phones and get it done.

culero (fishing's the important stuff)

[Lizking]

I guided Baffin and Bird North to the bridge,  but my info is sadly out of date.  You made a wise choice about Baffin, I have towed in a bunch of people with broken boats and faces from hitting the rocks.  All of my Mansfield experience is offshore, fishing the Marlin tourney, and a couple of runs to the land cut.

[culero]

PS - go back to that link I posted, scroll down and click the "culeroboat" link. Ever see one of those? (13'X5' "scooter", my first boatbuilding effort) Real blast to fish from in the LLM.

That's my wife, couple days after Xmas 1996, showing off her trophies of the day.

I dropped that speck in the water after she boated it, while I was trying to put it on a stringer. It was either dive in and grab it behind the gills before it skied or die (she's mean as a rattlesnake when she wants to be ) I managed that and grabbing the drift sock as it went past. Funniest thing ever, shoulda been on America's Favorite Videos

culero

[culero]

PSS - we were using bait that day (ueah yeah, I know, but in addition to lures I also enjoy throwing a cast net for my mullet and using them sometimes, too, its all gud)

We were drifting, casting ahead and drifting up to the bait before doing it again. That red took the bait about 10-15 feet in front of the boat, in crystal-clear water about 2 1/2 foot deep. He approached, stopped, looked, puffed up/spread gills/extended fins then charged it like a dog hitting a cat. It was really cool.

I remember that day like yesterday. Fishing the Texas coast is glorious, ain't it?

[culero]

Originally posted by Lizking
I guided Baffin and Bird North to the bridge,  but my info is sadly out of date.  You made a wise choice about Baffin, I have towed in a bunch of people with broken boats and faces from hitting the rocks.  All of my Mansfield experience is offshore, fishing the Marlin tourney, and a couple of runs to the land cut.

The land cut and the areas OTW from PM are great, but I prefer the areas OTW the east cut (where you went OTW the Gulf) and especially the areas to the south.

No worries, the invite's open. I'm even planning a trip fairly soon to the cabin with that same AW buddy. Get in on it.

culero

[Lizking]

I was wondering about the boat, I couldn't figure out what make it was.

Here is a pic of the good old days back when the limits were a tad more generous, though the fishing is just as good now (mainly because of the limits):



That is from motherboating a group of waders.  I'm lookig for a pic of our camp in Lousyana, Port Sulpher, known as the Tiltin Hilton.

[culero]

Originally posted by Lizking
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My brother and I almost bought a shack  at the mouth of Baffin, but the guy would never commit.  He only wanted 20 grand for a decent camp in 2000.

BTW, the shacks on the Intracoastal going south from Port Manny are mostly still grandfathered for a long time, and often available for more like $5K or so. If you're interested.

culero (could start watching)

[culero]

Originally posted by Lizking

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Here is a pic of the good old days back when the limits were a tad more generous, though the fishing is just as good now (mainly because of the limits):

Meat hog!

culero (OK, OK, I own a freezer, 'nuff said, just striking first before you said "bait weenie" )

[culero]

On a serious note:

Do you reckon the fishing's good mostly because of the limits, or mostly because the gill nets are gone?

culero (remembers the ugly days when GCCA was born)

[Lizking]

I am a founding member of the GCCA, and it is a combo of the gill nets and the limits.  The nets took everything, and the lack of limits took the breeders.  

I fish with bait if I have to, but I usually catch more with lures than the bait-breaths do with shrimp or croakers.  

Here is a pic  from the beach side, about 20 miles south of  Mustang Island, we used to go camp down there and shark fish.  Never got one to the beach, but we hooked some 10-15' monsters on 80w reels with 1500yds 130# braided dacron .  They always broke off or stripped the reel.    This guy took 6 hours to bring in, working in relays:

[culero]

Originally posted by Lizking
I am a founding member of the GCCA, and it is a combo of the gill nets and the limits.  The nets took everything, and the lack of limits took the breeders.
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Ahhhh, you meant size limits. Roger that, I was thinking stringer limits (hey, you posted the meat pic ~G~)

OK, we agree there too.

I gotta hit the sack, getting up tomorrow morning to either hit the office and do some catchup work, or take the grandson to the livestock show. Decisions decisions

If you'll quit posting and e-mail me a phone number I'll call you from the car en la ma�ana about getting together to fish.

sleepyalero

PS - sting rays, hate 'em, there must be a few hundred out there with no tail because I have a sharp knife (Ever go flounder gigging? There's a great sand bar just a mile or so from the cabin, usually full of 'em.)

[Lizking]

I haven't done much gigging in Texas, but we used to do a lot in Mississippi.  My cell is 512.585.1496, give me a call and lets set something up-the reds should be moving out of deep water soon, if not already.