Category Archives: Travel and Fishing

Port O’Connor – A couple of interesting days. 4/17 -18.

Day 1 – Tuesday My brother Jeff had a chance to come for a couple of days,  so off to the gulf we went.  It turned out to be an interesting trip with several surprises. Day 1 we got to more »

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Coleto Creek 4/16/2012 – A tough weather morning.

Sorry I have not posted in a few days, but I have been gone the last 4 days.  Headed to Oklahoma City to see my daughter, son-in-law, and grand baby Mia.  We had a great time, went to a Thunder game, more »

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Port O’Connor – angry birds.

My friend Chris called and wanted to hit POC for the day so we decided to hit it early.  His significant other ordered up some fish for a fish fry, so the pressure was on.  Our initial plan was to more »

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Indianola and Powderhorn Lake – early morning wade. 4/8/2012.

I am not really that big on fishing the weekends, especially the holidays.  I prefer to let the folks have them who can’t fish during the week, 1 less truck and trailer at the ramp adding to the confusion.  But more »

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Port O’Connor, Texas. Popping Cork and Wade Fishing.

Wednesday 4/4/2012 I was lucky enough to get to fish 2 days in POC this Wednesday and Thursday.  Thursday I headed out by myself with the intention of catching a few redfish and then some trout.  The day dawned calm, and more »

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Fayette County – another good day to be fishing.

My brother Jeff called Tuesday night and asked if I wanted to meet him at Fayette County Lake the next morning.  Of course I said yes.  For those of you that do not know, Fayette is a power plant lake more »

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Tilapia and some bass.

My friend Aaron has a new job and is headed back to east Texas so we thought we would get in one more day of it before he heads out.  After whacking them on the Strike King Swimming Jig the more »

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2 days on the coast – it ain’t always easy.

Sorry I have not posted lately, but did manage a couple of days on the coast  Wednesday and Thursday.  Like the title of this post suggests, sometimes it just ain’t easy. After a good run the last few months I more »

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Redfish on Spinnerbait – a fun day.

I woke up this morning to nice leisurely 25 mph wind out of the southeast.  Since plans were made it was off to Keller Bay.  It was one of those days when just calling it a day, and crawling back more »

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Facebook, Strike King, and other stuff.

It has been another long week without getting in the boat.  I took my wife out for a few days on her birthday, and a great time was had by all.  Now my parents are here visiting from Arkansas.  They more »

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