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May 29, 2003 — Nutter Butter Cookies, Chips Ahoy and Ye Haw had the pleasure to fish a friend and his six-year-old son yesterday. It’s amazing how one is put in their place when conditions are right and you can stand back and see the big picture. More about this...

October 27, 2005 — Finally a Real Cool Front!!!! After continued dismal fishing conditions the past two weeks: a BRIGHT SPOT!!!! With the arrival of our first real cool front the fish seem to have responded.  Can’t remember going into the last of Oct. with 80...

October 2, 2005 — It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Ah, sounds like the refrains from a Christmas Carol.  October is typically the month to usher in cooler waters, lighter winds, and more active fish.  But man is it hot, the fish are still following...

April 3, 2005 — Oh Where, Oh Where, Has Our Water all gone! If we continue to lose water, we will be able to walk to the I.C.W. Our tides are 1’6” below normal!! Couple this with changing wind directions and you have a real formula for TUFF fishing conditions....

November 5, 2006 — “Wow…November” What happened to Oct? Seems I lost an entire month! What can I say, but Fall Feeding Frenzy! With back to back groups last month seems I lost track of time, not a bad deal! Problem is our fishing was good one day mediocre...

November 8, 2005 — Thanksgiving is when? Admittedly, since December 24, 2004, Mother Nature has shown incredible signs of Schizophrenia.  With the first snowfall on record since 1854 in the Rio Grand Valley, Mother Nature ushered in a year of temperature records...

December 5, 2003 — Transition!!!! When was the last time you played with a Yo-Yo? That little toy from years gone by best sums up the pattern lately. With cool fronts making weekly visits to the Lower Laguna Madre, the fish have become cold-blooded Yo-Yo’s. The...

September 25, 2006 — “Let the shooting begin” You could define Friday’s wing shooting as a Patriot Missile Defense firing. Friday’s opener found us with not enough birds (Grounded) and wing shooting at birds with a 35 MPH tail wind!!!!! Granted a few birds were...

June 27, 2005 — WHAT A WEEK!!! What can be said about a week like this one?  Simply a red letter week; Incredible fisherman, incredible weather, NO WIND, predictable summer patterns, and very willing and cooperating fish.  The past week has been merely nothing...

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...

Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging Wet I have incorporated as a 501 c 3 and have our first board meeting Wednesday to start the ball rolling to get the funds together!  And no, you are not being naive, 1.5M is relatively easy to raise.  I have already started the...

Official Word on East Cut Dredging Alright, here is the official word regarding the dredging of the Port Mansfield East Cut. Speaking with Joe Hrametz, USACE official in charge of our area, states we have 1.6M earmarked for dredging.  Nothing new…this has been...

Re: any news on the fishing as the fishing report said….the winds were crazy all day sunday and monday but we walked right into the reds and caught a few limits…mostly on topp water! As for the trout…3 of us caught a few between 16-19...

Photo Validity!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Questions!!! Response to an email sent to us doubting the validity of this past winters trophy trout catches. Thanks for the heads up, I feel your e-mail was actually quite on time. If you get down here feel free to stop by! Oh!  By the...

Re: Any News on Dredging? HybridgrillsNothing has happened regarding the Jetties, but the Navigation District is currently dredging the mouth of the harbor. My understanding is if they feel they can attack the jetty issues that will be on the list of things to do....

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,...

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,...

July 10, 2005 — All-Star Break Well, it's Monday morning, Lance Armstrong is taking a well deserved break from the tour and MLB is stretching out a few days over the All-star break.  However, here in old Port Mansfield, the action is just winding back up...

July 30, 2003 — LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION This past Friday I was joined by my good friend and Host of Americana Outdoors (Cabela’s) David West. David called on Monday to say he had Friday available to get a show in! After juggling our schedule the date was set and...

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...