August 29, 2005 -- Snakes, Sharks, and other Things that Bite Raising parents is hard! Working and living with them is harder. Luckily this week, we are taking a few days off to start preparations for the long hard Cast & Blast season and mom and dad have headed...
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August 2004 — Oh!! What An August
August 2004 — Oh!! What An August
August 11, 2003 — Hot! Hot!
August 11, 2003 -- Hot! Hot! This weekend we hosted a group from American Light in San Antonio. Thank goodness I had wade fishermen since the heat was unbearable. Standing in 85 degree water beats drifting in the heat of the day. On Saturday we fished the deep...
June 13, 2005 — SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU?
June 13, 2005 -- SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU? We have the heat, we have the fish in the normal places, but man oh man bring on the summer patterns. Typically, June affords us the calm early morning with wind picking up late afternoon to lay down late evening. No so this...
June 4, 2004 — Wind, Rain and some nice weather
June 4, 2004 -- Wind, Rain and some nice weather After almost three weeks of 25 M.P.H. plus winds the pattern may have changed this week. We awoke this morning with Old Glory not standing straight out like it was starched. Having been off the water for two weeks due...
September 05, 2006 — Up For Air?
September 05, 2006 -- Up For Air? Big Breathe! That's much better. We took a well deserved long Labor Day weekend off to catch up with old correspondences, boat repairs, body repairs (to ourselves), and generally catch up with Lodge business and maintenance. ...
September 5, 2005 — Vacation’s Over
September 5, 2005 -- Vacation's Over Sadly, all good things come to an end! Mom and Dad come home, offshore adventure excursions are over, and baseball season is coming to a close. Luckily, special south zone hunting starts, fantastic fall fishing will start warming...
May 8, 2005 — WIND, WIND, BUT!!! We Have Water!!!!!
May 8, 2005 -- WIND, WIND, BUT!!! We Have Water!!!!! We found the fish along the edge of the I.C.W. in about 5 to 6 foot of water. The trout are feeding on small baitfish and shrimp, the birds pinpointed them for us. If you notice a current cast up current and let...
July 19, 2005 — Hurricanes!!!!!!!!
July 19, 2005 -- Hurricanes!!!!!!!! Sorry for the delay in posting our weekly report. We have been a tad bit busy getting ready for a visit from Emily! As I write this report all projections have the storm going into Northern Mexico south of us. We are to get 70 plus...
January 15, 2007 — New Year, New Site…New Regulations?
January 15, 2007 -- New Year, New Site...New Regulations? As we closed out 2006, we look back and realize 2006 was a phenomenal year for the lodge and our Guides. Dad caught his largest trout to date, Teddy came extremely close to catching his largest trout, but in...
September 30, 2004 — DEEP , DEEP and DEEPERRRR!!!
September 30, 2004 -- DEEP , DEEP and DEEPERRRR!!! Our fall tides coupled with the storms going into Florida had our bay system 1 to 2 feet above normal. Prior to the high water our fishing could only be rated EXCELLENT! The additional high tides have scattered our...
June 30, 2003 — Twenty One Feet of Reds
June 30, 2003 -- Twenty One Feet of Reds Sorry for the delay in keeping our fishing reports page up to date, but June was a very trying month with the loss of my Mother and Shirley’s Mom’s broken hip one week later. This coupled with a busy schedule left precious...
August 5, 2002 — Field Testing, T.V. Shows and Good Friends
August 5, 2002 -- Field Testing, T.V. Shows and Good Friends Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge hosted the filming crew from Midwest Outdoors, along with the Shakespeare and Pflueger Staff and a number of outdoor writers. As the fish gods shined on us all involved experienced...
August 14, 2005 — Wind, Reds, and Retirement
August 14, 2005 -- Wind, Reds, and Retirement Everyday on the water is a great day. Fishing with new friends and watching a first fish caught on the fly and the largest trout someone has ever caught within twenty minutes of each other makes a very special day. We...
July 13, 2003 — Reds and Storms
July 13, 2003 -- Reds and Storms Well we’re sitting around with all the hatches battened down waiting on Claudette! Looks as if we will get a direct hit, but if predictions are right it will help our bay system with the fresh water, hopefully with minimum damage to...
July 4, 2005 — Reality
July 4, 2005 -- Reality After a week of what one could only describe as world class we were dealt a dose of Reality. Coupled with returning high winds and the forth of July crowds our fishing tanked compared to the past few weeks. We took our annual Fourth of July...
December 18, 2006 — “What a Week”
December 18, 2006 -- “What a Week” Sorry for the late report but had to take some time to handle a number of White Tail Hunters. Explain: how can a Big Trout Manic sit in a deer stand knowing the big trout or on the move, and not just go BONKERS?Prior to last Wed. we...
Happy “B” Day Kid.
Re: Happy "B" Day Kid. Happy Birthday right back at ya! Never met a fellow Gemini I did not like....well except for that one girl a few years ago ;DLook forward to seeing you soon!POONS are coming
August 22, 2005 — Birthday Week
August 22, 2005 -- Birthday Week Well this old guide celebrated another birthday on the water. ONE/HALF HUNDRED-PLUS! I had the pleasure to fish some old friends, I did a lot of business with during my previous career. I think we spent more time talking about mutual...
Pop Gets Wake Up Call!
Re: Pop Gets Wake Up Call! Thanks for all the calls and e-mails! Feeling fine: JUST ABOUT TO GO NUTZZZ staying around the house!!!! I get back on the water tomorrow,yea ha!!!! Sad thing Doc. still will not let me night wade, Full Moon is calling. Capts' Brandon,...
Happy “B” Day Kid.
Re: Happy "B" Day Kid. Brandon,I hope you had a great day!!! Looking forward to seeing you soon.Wes