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| Atthewall
Bass Username: Atthewall Post Number: 811 Registered: 11-2004  Rating: N/A |
Been ages since I posted a fishing report here....HOWDY MIKE, WES & WADE! Been years since we last gathered! Still kicking it with salt way down south, this mild winter has been special for those along the South Texas coastline. I snapped a few pictures but, it got to a point I simply left the camera in the truck. When the bullreds fire....to heck with pixels! Recent 3 day recap: Day one: Redfish were on like DONKEY KONG around the Little Shell \ Big Shell area, Padre Island National Seashore. Caught and released 7 big-un's and boxed a couple of slot (Pups - Ratreds - Slot fish etc) as well. Had dozens of bluefish hooked up between redfish.......got to a point I could only fish one rod. Cast - take out slack - ZING....no time for photos and or no time for extra rods. Front hit Friday night, winds swung out of the North and the redfish bite slowed down to one fish every 30 minutes or so...then the rains hit with lightning...time to go! Day two: Further up the coast around Mustang Island - winds out of the North with a bigger swell working in from the East, got into them again but the Gulf was roughed up to a point, had to jump up onto the Fish Pass jetties to keep the bait in feed zone. Hammered Spanish Mackerel, bull reds and slot\puppy reds.....no bluefish this go round. Day three: Winds slacked off somewhat and swung more out of an Easterly direction....seas subsided considerably....fished just a few miles north of Packery Channel jetty scoring bullreds, slot\puppy drum, Spanish Mackerel and speckled trout. My rolling Tackle Box - somewhere on Padre Island National Seashore  One of the few fresh water ponds on Padre Island National seashore - not a super big flyway as other regions of Texas but, we they do get the occasional visitor from the North.   And our ever present sea turtles  First bait in the water........we found an ideal sandbar.....clear water.....2ft rollers breaking about 80 yards out, zinged the baits just a bit over the outer bar....each cast was a hook-up, hit and or lost fish. I snapped a couple of pics in the middle of our redfish run madness......gave up when it got to be too dangerous for the camera and the risk of tossing it to grab a loaded up fishing rod a real problem LOL!   My fishing partner David. David fishes a pair of old school Harnell/Harrington blanks, old chrome plated brass Varmac reel seats still keep the reels locked down. I rewrapped one for him recently, extending it from 10ft out to 11.5ft.  Non-stop action, down to a single rod apiece, each cast is a hookup  This fish was super long and oddly thin for it's length  David's son Robbie....we had him running all over the place and wore him out on a few fish LOL! A trip he will remember his entire life.  A few of my custom long rods…..all of them can hammer out 160 – 200 yard casts all day long. American Tackle titanium guides, Fuji reel seats, CCP and Rainshadow blanks = Super light weight, extremely fast recovery and coupled with these new AKIOS magnetic cast control reels, ain’t nothing but a thing to fling! Pair of 757 CTMs and a single 666 CTM reels spooled with 30lb braid, with a 200 yard mono top shot of Ande 20lb mono with 60lb Ande clear for a shock leader....5 turns on the spool to take the shock of the cast. That's the basic long cast setup......400 - 500 yards of total line....we've come a long way with technology in the surf fishing world! Building one more blank on a 13ft Rainshadow stick. The winter time blues...might as well spend the time getting ready for the next run!  Rob | ||||||
| Tomc
Lunker Username: Tomc Post Number: 1012 Registered: 12-2006  Rating: N/A |
Awesome presentation and story Rob. Thanks for taking the time to share. Merry Christmas Thanking the Lord, all day long --- tomc | ||||||
| Dru
Crappie Username: Dru Post Number: 571 Registered: 2-2005  Rating: N/A |
Nice recap Rob. Thanks BassZone.com  
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| Wes
Moderator Username: Wes Post Number: 645 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Well done rob. Where you been hiding? | ||||||
| Shaun
Minnow Username: Shaun Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2012  Rating: N/A |
Very nice Rob!!! http://northtexaskayaker.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/shaun.russell.106?ref=tn_tnmn | ||||||
| Charles
Moderator Username: Charles Post Number: 1572 Registered: 7-2004 Rating: N/A |
Living large! Nice recap and excellent pixels | ||||||
| Ozziefish
Lunker Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 2271 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Dang it I miss hearing from you...Love we need more!! its better then that freaking YANK SOB OzzieFish "Glory to GOD in the Highest" www.visionlure.com www.doublezzcustomlures.com www.procullfishing.com | ||||||
| Elderoz
Bluegill Username: Elderoz Post Number: 152 Registered: 4-2009  Rating: N/A |
Sweet surf action - nice rigs.. Looks fricken fun.. | ||||||
| Nyyankee
Lunker Username: Nyyankee Post Number: 1552 Registered: 8-2008  Rating: N/A |
I heard that Oz.........can't fool me you just like pics of men with there shirt off. | ||||||
| Redskeeter
Moderator Username: Redskeeter Post Number: 1978 Registered: 8-2007  Rating: N/A |
Very nice Rob... Very nice. | ||||||
| Picou
Wall Hanger Username: Picou Post Number: 4387 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
I go away for a couple of months and look what the cat drags in.... Great pics Rob and good to hear from you!  Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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