Happy Hookers... Er, fisherpersons... LOL

[Blaze]

Texas coast is not what I'm use to. I come from the Pacific ocean, where all the fish have funky Hawaiian names, that I miss, and reefs so huge that all the fish are happy. The colors are amazing, and fishing was never dull.
The first few times I caught something here in texas, I would ask the guy next to me, what the heck is this? <Holding up my catch> and the guys would laugh and say, a fish, I would get cranky and say, no man, what kind of fish is this, I have never seen one like it before. I caught a lot of slack from the fishermen here, I would have to come home, look on-line and figure out what the heck I caught, lol. Most fish here in texas are silver, or brown, and I am use to rainbow color fishes... Then I finally caught a flounder, and I thought it was a freak fish, I wanted to throw it back into the water until another fisherman said, waitttttttttttttt don't throw that back, it's a flounder, dem is good eat'en. That day I caught a whold bunch of them, and Left drunk and with $80.00 in my pocket cause the guys bought them from me.
Now my goals here are the Red Fish... yeee hawww, I think I am getting the hang of this gulf coast action.

[Rockinonahigh]

Blaze..dont know where in LA u were but if u get up to Shreveport give a holla,I live about a mile from down town.That invite is for anyone comeing this way.I'm not shure whats the fishing is like at thet moment but will check it out.
Rock

[WolfyOne]

FYI, I started a fishing thread a while ago, but I guess it's always nice to have another.

[LadyFlamezzz]

I have a new pink reel that lights up when your reelin' in the line I haven't used yet.
I'm not sure about fishing spots in Sacramento but where i come from our cat fish weigh < last year one caught was > 165 pounds Of course it made the local paper in Tennessee.do they grow em that big in California? I can't wait till spring I'm ready !

[LadyFlamezzz]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Texas coast is not what I'm use to. I come from the Pacific ocean, where all the fish have funky Hawaiian names, that I miss, and reefs so huge that all the fish are happy. The colors are amazing, and fishing was never dull.
The first few times I caught something here in texas, I would ask the guy next to me, what the heck is this? <Holding up my catch> and the guys would laugh and say, a fish, I would get cranky and say, no man, what kind of fish is this, I have never seen one like it before. I caught a lot of slack from the fishermen here, I would have to come home, look on-line and figure out what the heck I caught, lol. Most fish here in texas are silver, or brown, and I am use to rainbow color fishes... Then I finally caught a flounder, and I thought it was a freak fish, I wanted to throw it back into the water until another fisherman said, waitttttttttttttt don't throw that back, it's a flounder, dem is good eat'en. That day I caught a whold bunch of them, and Left drunk and with $80.00 in my pocket cause the guys bought them from me.
Now my goals here are the Red Fish... yeee hawww, I think I am getting the hang of this gulf coast action.

When I lived In Honolulu I used to fish off the docks where the big Navy ships where anchored all I ever caught was puffer fish and eels,lol

Well actually rarely did i get an eel to the top of the water before they bite the line into...but they put up a helluva good fight!

[Blaze]

Originally Posted by LadyFlamezzz

When I lived In Honolulu I used to fish off the docks where the big Navy ships where anchored all I ever caught was puffer fish and eels,lol


Well actually rarely did i get an eel to the top of the water before they bite the line into...but they put up a helluva good fight!

Woman! When in Hawaii, you can't catch anything worth your while on the Navy ship yard docks. You have to go to the beach and walk the gettys or best is down by Waianae off the cliffs, that's where the big fish are! The best fishing I would say was on the Big Island, you Kayak out and fish towards the inshore, use to catch some mighty big ones that way, but the green turtles would scare the living beegesus out of you as all you would see is a huge shadow, first thing comes to mind? Shark, lol, but it would breech and breath and then you would spend the next 10 minutes cussing under your breath as a sigh of relief would somber in.
We would'nt fish near the docks, not even crab, cause at night, we swore that them crabs were glowing, and that wasn't normal!!! Lord knows what kind of radiation thingys came off of them ships.

[Blaze]

An article written by Ron Brooks,

An End to Fishing as We Know it - Is it In Sight?

Saturday January 23, 2010

I was reading my National Fisherman, a commercial fishing oriented magazine today and the article on Red Snapper hit me right between the eyes. All my efforts have been looking at the red snapper debate from a recreational point of view. This article looked from a commercial fishing perspective.
If the rules being put in place are held up, it could mean that red snapper fishing on the U.S. Southeastern Atlantic coast could be stopped for as many as 35 years - yes that is 35 years.
Right now, the season is closed for red snapper and for all shallow water grouper in the Southeastern Atlantic Federal waters. But, this is just an interim rule while the Southeastern Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) decides on a permanent ruling for these species. Some of the options they are discussing include a deep water closure - from 240 feet on out - to all bottom fishing and/or a complete closure of all bottom fishing for specified areas of water from North Carolina to the Florida Keys.
I am no scientist, nor am I a fisheries biologist. But, I am a fisherman, and it pains me to think that the possibility that I will be prohibited from fishing in the future is very real. The "final" solution, once the population of these species are "sustainable is to have something called allocations. These would say rather than a bag limit on a particular species, you would be allowed to keep x number of fish, regardless of size or species. The bad part about this is that not everyone will get an allocation. There will only be so many to go around, and not every fisherman will get one. That's the way it was presented to me. So - what can you do? Contact your state and federal Representatives and Senators and let them know in no uncertain terms that you are not happy with (1) the way the NOAA and the SAFMC are handling the fishery, and (2) that the Magneson Stevens Act is bad legislation at a very bad time. Act now before they really do start taking away our fishing rights!

[LadyFlamezzz]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Woman! When in Hawaii, you can't catch anything worth your while on the Navy ship yard docks. You have to go to the beach and walk the gettys or best is down by Waianae off the cliffs, that's where the big fish are! The best fishing I would say was on the Big Island, you Kayak out and fish towards the inshore, use to catch some mighty big ones that way, but the green turtles would scare the living beegesus out of you as all you would see is a huge shadow, first thing comes to mind? Shark, lol, but it would breech and breath and then you would spend the next 10 minutes cussing under your breath as a sigh of relief would somber in.
We would'nt fish near the docks, not even crab, cause at night, we swore that them crabs were glowing, and that wasn't normal!!! Lord knows what kind of radiation thingys came off of them ships.

Do you know where red hill is.that's where I lived. I could look out from my lanai and see the pink hospital and diamond head !!!
I saw my first and only ever double rainbow there !

One day We will go back and you and doll can go with us and you can show me the good fishing spots,lol

[Blaze]

Originally Posted by LadyFlamezzz

Do you know where red hill is.that's where I lived. I could look out from my lanai and see the pink hospital and diamond head !!!

I saw my first and only ever double rainbow there !

One day We will go back and you and doll can go with us and you can show me the good fishing spots,lol

Yup yup, I know where Red hill is, and you could see Triplers Army Medical hospital and diamond head. Awesome, to see the double rainbows huh?!!! Your on, would love to show you the hot spots, but I am still skerd to go home cause I may not wanna come back, so I just keep putting visits off to the Islands as long as possible.

[morningstar55]

mawning fishing peeps...


ok i can see now who the fishing at dawn people are .. lol
Lady and blaze your making me jealous with all this fishing talk over in Hawaii,
i cary some of my fishing stuff with me in the truck.
a couple times....... i been a wal mart in terrel tx....they have a nice fairly large stock pond behind it..... lol
i miss texas soo much.... and been to so many places there fishing. its one of the best bass fishing places there is.

[LadyFlamezzz]

Originally Posted by morningstar55

mawning fishing peeps...


ok i can see now who the fishing at dawn people are .. lol
Lady and blaze your making me jealous with all this fishing talk over in Hawaii,
i cary some of my fishing stuff with me in the truck.
a couple times....... i been a wal mart in terrel tx....they have a nice fairly large stock pond behind it..... lol
i miss texas soo much.... and been to so many places there fishing. its one of the best bass fishing places there is.

OK for cat fishing it has to be hands down, my Dad's hometown Paris Tennessee. they hold a catfish parade with a catfish princess and the whole nine every year,lol
The sign in the middle of town is a huge catfish....Paris landing state park is also good for bass it's like 110 miles or so of man made lake and absolutely beautiful, a long time favorite spot of my family's. Spitting distance from my dad's house.
< which is the equivalent of about 15 miles,lol>

[TIMBERWOLF]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Doll and I just got back for Louisiana yesterday, we hit the casino's. We had to stop at the welcome to Louisiana center, she was looking up casino's and shopping and I was pulling all the brochures for fishing, so the next time I drive up there, It will be a fabulous weekend of fishing, mosquito's and pure fun. Then I can hit the casino's again... Timber! I will take you to the red fish and drum spots... Sheep heads and flounder spots, so start rigg'in your poles buddy.

Originally Posted by Blaze

Texas coast is not what I'm use to. I come from the Pacific ocean, where all the fish have funky Hawaiian names, that I miss, and reefs so huge that all the fish are happy. The colors are amazing, and fishing was never dull.
The first few times I caught something here in texas, I would ask the guy next to me, what the heck is this? <Holding up my catch> and the guys would laugh and say, a fish, I would get cranky and say, no man, what kind of fish is this, I have never seen one like it before. I caught a lot of slack from the fishermen here, I would have to come home, look on-line and figure out what the heck I caught, lol. Most fish here in texas are silver, or brown, and I am use to rainbow color fishes... Then I finally caught a flounder, and I thought it was a freak fish, I wanted to throw it back into the water until another fisherman said, waitttttttttttttt don't throw that back, it's a flounder, dem is good eat'en. That day I caught a whold bunch of them, and Left drunk and with $80.00 in my pocket cause the guys bought them from me.
Now my goals here are the Red Fish... yeee hawww, I think I am getting the hang of this gulf coast action.

Well this morning after WT went to work i got up and started cleaning and tearing apart my reels and putting fresh line on them. they have set for 8 years with dirt blowing on them and they needed a good cleaning. So Blaze I'm ready. I really want to go flounder fishing. It's a mild fish I don't mind eating. But I just want to go fishing and catch anything LOL. When I use to catch Red Snapper out in San Diego, the problem if you brought them up too fast their tongue blew out of their mouth and and couldn't throw them back so i always found people that wanted them. If I know someone wants the fish I catch i will clean them and give them to them, but if not i catch and release . I heard tell down where the USS Texas battleship is on the other side in the state park is suppose to be a great place to catch flounder and you don't need a license. I watched a couple of guys throwing out a net and catching some fish just up to their knee's.
I wish it would get warmer.
TIMBER