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Bait Caster Maintenance Have you ever pulled up to the first stop of the day on your long awaited trip to the coast, heave back and load the rod for the first cast of the day, and have the lure land ten feet in front of you? Then, to make matters worse, you feel like...

Trophy Speckled Trout Techniques Twitch...twitch...reel. The only movement on the mirror calm surface was the ripples created by the bobbing She-Pup. Twitch...twitch...reel. Brandon, Rusty, Jeremy, and I are wade-fishing at ground...

Effective Topwater Techniques I am a topwater aficionado.  Aficionado, one of the most commonly misused words in our eclectic lexicon, actually means one that is passionate about an object—not necessarily an expert.  I pre-qualify my passion with the simple admission...

Dirty Water - March 23, 2010 Well the Dredges and brown tide has our bay off colored! Seems since the Dredges left, our water clarity is really off. As far as the effect on fishing we just have to change our tactics.We are currently throwing a lot of darker plastics...

Re: Brown Tide Trey, DannyDon't let the Brown Tide get you down. Go to darker lures fished a liitle slower. Also a rattling cork will help. Sorry I have not kept up with posting just a liitle NUTTZZZZ around here right now. LaterBruce

IT LIVES!!!!!!! Folks: I do live!!!!!! The last 2 months have been a real blur for me and our operation. In the last 3 weeks I have fished 8 days, made a trip to Washington D.C. to testify about fishery, (NOT A PART OF THE PROTEST, but, one on one meetings with...

Re: Brown Tide I have been fishing south of the Arroyo and the water is still murky down here.  I have managed to find some clear water on the east side of the LLM.  Especially when the wind is blowing out of the east.  I just wish there were more fish in that pretty...

Re: Brown Tide I was out friday .. boy was the water murky .. Cruised to the Island to pick up an ice chest racktuesday.. the water didn't look any better.. worse if anything.. I imagine this is bad.. fish go ddep and hide.. gonna make for a slow March!!

Brown Tide I have heard reports of brown tide in the LLM lately. Is it really there? If so, how does it affect the bait and the game fish?Thanks

Re: Time to fish Glad to here you caught some fish! Did you find some trout?

Time to fish Went out on sunday  the 22nd found me some clear water we had 2 limits of reds .We got a break in the weather fish got to eat ;D

Still TOO OLD to post reports after fishing all day - Feb. 18th 2010 Folks, I know this is a broken record, BUT, I’m just too old to fish all day and sit down and write fishing reports that night.As a solution if I don’t post reports in a timely manner and you are...

Re: A walk to Remember anyone been fishing lately.. where the big girls hiding... suns been out.. bet the flats look good!! boat should be ready in 2 more weeks.. Anxious

I SURVIVED - January 20, 2010 After fighting the crud for 10 days then 10 days of Boat Shows, I’m back on the water for a few days before the San Antonio Boat Show. Sorry for not posting a report sooner just not a lot of computer time.Luckily we dodged the BIG BULLET...

Re: Good article by ESPN excellent article!! read it twice. and prolly will once more b4 I go out again!! when swithcing hooks on a Catch 2000 to singles .. What sizes r u switching to so that the lure will suspend a bit deeper? and what Mirror suspending bait is ur...

Good article by ESPN Folks , Colin with ESPN, fished with us last year and was interested in our winter time tricks for big trout and so wrote a great article about some of my tricks for big winter time trout....

Boat Shows Folks come by and see us at the Houston and Austin Boats Shows this week and next.  Too darn cold to fish, sure hope the coast misses killer temps.Look forward to seeing you all.LaterBruce

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From all of us at Getaway, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.God bless all!Bruce W. and Shirley J. Shuler

Re: First time post 2fishcrewI sent you a message earlier. I will call you this evening and give you some areas around here you can go and fish without worrying about posted areas. Thanks for joining our forum. Sorry I have been on the water daily and not much puter...

Let the Action Begin – December 17 2009 Well our second half of duck season has gotten underway with a bang. Hunting the last few days has been as good as I can ever remember. Most trips are limits or close to them for hunters who can shoot. T.D. is sleeping in the...

First time post I wasn't sure if there is a certain area to post new member topics, forgive me, I'm not big on computers. But anyway, glad o be on the forum and now that I have some free time this winter I really want to hit the water with my jonboat that I...