FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

The Great Barrier Reef.

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Calling it a Week.

The amount of rain we are getting is amazing.  In fact we got the months worth in the first 5 days of July, crazy.  There has been heavy cloud cover stretching from POC to Victoria and beyond all week.  Inches upon inches of rain, it is actually projected to be over a foot in Port Lavaca by Friday and the streets in Rockport are flooding.   Just here at the house we have passed an easy  5″ and growing.  Of course we are under a flood watch/warnings for the rest of the week.  So our earlier freshwater issues in the bays will only get worse.  I hate to even think what it is doing to the lake.  And the forecast is significant rain until Saturday, then starting up again.  Who knows, I may actually fish a weekend day.

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The Wade Right Fishing Belt and the new Madre Sling.

For all your wading needs.

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Cabo Blanco Peru.

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And from TPWD the holiday weekend numbers:

Texas Game Wardens conducted safety checks on more than 12,220 vessels statewide between Friday and Sunday.

In addition to issuing 1,474 citations and 1,797 warnings for various boating safety law violations, wardens arrested 42 individuals for Boating While Intoxicated (BWI) and filed eight other charges for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Additionally, another 33 people were arrested for various other charges.

18 reportable boating accidents at several Texas lakes and rivers including: Nasworthy, Bob Sandlin, Grapevine, Richland Chambers, Canyon Lake, Possum Kingdom, McQueeny Granbury, Corpus Christi, Lewisville, Ray Roberts, Lake Fork Ray Hubbard, Neches River, Lake Austin, Lake Travis (2) and Lake Belton.

the TPWD dive team assisted with locating an open-water fatality at Lake Travis.

Texas Game Wardens also dealt with two boating fatalities and seven open water fatalities on Texas waterways over the Independence Day weekend. The two boating-related fatalities occurred on Lake Lewisville. Open-water fatality locations included the Brazos River, Lake Amon G Carter, Lake Travis, North Bosque River, Joe Pool, the Gulf of Mexico (Matagorda Beach) and the Comal River.

In Austin on Lady Bird Lake, TPWD Boater Education Manager Kimberly Sorensen and City of Austin Lake Patrol made contact with 60 people without proper life jackets on their canoes, kayaks or stand up paddleboards.

Falcon Lake off the Rio Grande River.  An inspection of the vessel revealed more than 200 pounds of illegal narcotics in the vessel’s storage compartments.

Another spectacular holiday weekend in Texas.  A special round of applause for the Austin area, guess life jackets are a new concept to the area.  If you think about it, they inspected over 12,000 boats and issued over 3,000 citations.  Of course there is some overlap but when it comes down to it 1 out of 4 were in violation, besides 40 of them were drunk.  There is no more dangerous time on the water than the holidays, and as usual these numbers are disturbing.  Nothing but props to the wardens for dealing with all of this 3 times a summer, what a hassle.  We can do better than this.

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Had some friends fish the Sabine area in Louisiana last month.  It was tough for them but they did manage to box some trout the last day.  Unfortunately a little tangle with a immovable object resulted in the death of a lower unit.  The joys of boat ownership.  Nothing like traveling fishing, you never know.  But if you never give it a real go you are missing out.

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Colorado Rainbow.

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The last year and half since the pandemic has been a shit show in some respects.  It did not help I got the covi, which when combined with the lake being closed meant a 6 month mess.   But finally things are starting to shape up.  Having both vaccinations I am ready to ramp back up the fishing travel.  The only question is where, besides the big western swing in September.  So I will ponder the next destination, but I am needing a fix that is out of the area.

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And last but not least this for all you Rudy G. lovers.  The Washington DC courts have also suspended his law license, the second jurisdiction to do so, for being nothing more than a big fat liar.  I told you so last year and now the chickens have come home to roost.  I hope if you need an attorney you find one that is truthful.  It is so important.  If they will lie to the court they will lie to you.

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Just a few thoughts today.  Guess I will head to the tackle room and stare at the baits, best I can do right now.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines