Looking for a Ride, South Texas

[Seahuntress]

We have one spot for tomorrow Saturday, 10 hour, 3 dive trip. If you want to go then call Michael on the phone 361.688.9071 Visibility has been great and the big red snapper are back in. Last Saturday clients got 10-20 pound red snapper. The bottom is clearing up and we expect to be getting our annual August super visibility where it is 200+ foot vis. clear from the bottom to the surface.

Spearfishing or Diving



Thank you to all of last weekend’s divers. We all had a great time. Thank you to Muhammad, who dove with us all the way from Canada, for the great pictures.

GMZ080-112130-
NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
1030 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

SAT
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE
E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

[Whitecustomguns]

Dont get hurt working for Mike you will be SOL. PM me if you want to know more.

[Seahuntress]

He's a nice guy! Unless you get on his bad side. I'm sorry things didin't work out for you. He's one of those Uptown Classy guys. :p

We are friends!!

I'm just really sorry things did not work out for you...I really am.

[Whitecustomguns]

Didnt mean any harm, just thought someone should let you know what you might get into. Just get to know Skip and you will get the strait truth.

[Seahuntress]

I know Skip, & Mike & Michael...I know Michael well, and I know what he's comfortable with on his boat. He's adimant about it too!!! Out of all of them...I'm the one that's the Handful!!!!!!!!!! :eek: They won't even go to Spearboard.com :eek:

He's really a good guy, I'm so sorry things did not work out for you. I hope that they will. Maybe we can meet up soon!!! And you have some boats to go on??? You're in the Freediving Club right???

I'll be coming that way soon to pick up some tanks in Rockport, TX.. we can go to the back porch, and drink water??? :thumps:

[Seahuntress]

Didnt mean any harm, just thought someone should let you know what you might get into. Just get to know Skip and you will get the strait truth.


Can't wait to meet you....Houston Happy Hour is coming up soon... :cool:

[John Galt]

Can't wait to meet you....Houston Happy Hour is coming up soon... :cool:When and where? I went to one at the beginning of the summer, but have not heard of any since.

[Seahuntress]

Trying to get everyone together on a weekday...Everyone dives in the summer.

One of us will be emailing you soon with contact info...I'm not in charge of anything...I just try and help organize it, so we can all meet and have fun diving together.

See you soon, and bring your spouse...

[Seahuntress]

Can't wait to meet you....Houston Happy Hour is coming up soon... :cool:


Your fiance sent me a Private message

We are only trying to help people to go diving in the Gulf...there are many nice Freedivers in Houston to meet. And there are some boats to go on.

I have a boyfriend as of now...so I'm not looking for anyone elses man. So you can tell her that!!!!! GOOD LUCK

[Seahuntress]

Whitecustomsguns that was your message...Good luck and be safe

[Seahuntress]

Sorry you can't meet everyone in Houston Whitecustomsguns....I was just trying to help... :confused:

[bug_power]

Your fiance sent me a Private message
lol and I thought my ex's who checked my phone were odd.....if they checked my internet posts I'd be F*$@ed!

[Seahuntress]

That's what I get for caring about people that are looking for boats to dive on ;)

[bug_power]

gearing up for Port A tomarrow....anyone up for a jetty trip? Maybe I can get something other then a Mullet or spadefish! Sheepshead watch out!

[Seahuntress]

mangrove's snapper.....I would like to join you, but I have another dinner date. Going in style, if I can get all this salt water out of my hair.. :p

Next time for sure. I love the Port A. Jetties....see you soon BugPower...hope you still like your new Job ;)

[Christof]

Not that I would have anything to hide from my love of loves, but if I caught her prying into any of my computer files, URL history, or posts, that would be it.... If she cant trust me and is that insecure, then she should walk.....

Christof

[bug_power]

ok so I bailed early on a date and headed to packery tonight...it was actually pretty good. Shot a vermillion snapper and a sheepy. Problem was there were too many freaking snook in the way to get a good shot on some of them. I stayed until dark and handed off my catch to some guys on the beach. i was gunna stay on the beach but decided to crash a party afterward headed to Farahs where I proceeded to get lit and play pool. It's going to be a early roll call in the AM for Packery south, then Port A MAYBe in the afternoon. If any of you guys are headed out there, I'll be sporting a JBL 38 special SW edition , some Sporasub fins and probably a black and white rash guard to keep the sun off me. Saw plenty of Specs, snook and reds today...too bad you can't shoot them. Plus I swear there were some 20+" mullet!

[bug_power]

Today I did a bit better...3 mangroves this AM and a Jack Crevelle. Had lunch and went back, but tide was moving out, and I didn't want to swim to the South Jetty. I saw ton's of gamefish, but not much I could shoot. Can I legally shoot Smacks? Saw a few schools of them, but couldn't get a straight answer if they were legal or not!

[Seahuntress]

Not that I would have anything to hide from my love of loves, but if I caught her prying into any of my computer files, URL history, or posts, that would be it.... If she cant trust me and is that insecure, then she should walk.....

Christof


Really..maybe he need's a kitchen pass to go offshore??? Maybe she's in charge of him??? :confused: JOKE JOKE JOKE :lol: :lol: THIS IS SPEARBOARD....

Correction....whitecustomguns is a great guy!!! So is his fiance...I think we're going hunting together his fiance and I are going hunting with little Bam Bam.... I'M GOING TO PURCHASE LITTLE BAM BAM ;) ;)

[bug_power]

Really..maybe he need's a kitchen pass to go offshore??? Maybe she's in charge of him??? :confused:
nothing wrong with that at times...some times it's just easier to let them think they are in control, then get yelled at.

[los mentirosos]

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/media/outdoor_annual_2006_2007.pdf

It's simple you can not shoot any gamefish in Texas State waters! Look up this llink or get a parks and wildlife rule book. The game wardens don't play around and the fines wil make your @ss pucker. A friend of mine got nailed $400.00 for an over limit redfish not correctly tagged. He wasn't an experianced fisherman but was a hunter and should have known to cut out month and date on the tag. He just filled out the county info. PLEASE be carful these guys don't give breaks! :eek:

[bug_power]

ok I've looked at the book and search for GAMEFISH and NOn Gamefish 2 times....I don't see anywhere that it labels gamefish and non gamefish. You can't use thier chart, because sheepy's have daily and size limits just like trout, but are fair game. Anyone know where I can find a list?

EDIT.... Never mind just found it page 32

[los mentirosos]

sorry, should have given the page # 32. The First time I brought up the url it went right to that page but it doesn't now?

[bug_power]

no problem...I'm gunna study it and possibly laminate the fish I can take, what sizes, and keep it on my while diving.

[Seahuntress]

Bugpower...did you see anything wrong with that post!!! When you said you were going to the jetty's. I have been diving on the jetty's. We lady's go spearing here in Texas with the men. Someone made a comment about it.


What is wrong with going spearing with the men? Where I live we go often. I know there wives. I'm sorry but, I can't sit around a scrap book with the ladies at church all the time. I do have a life. Am I supposed to go spearing alone?

I'm direct and to the point. I have nothing to hide. Its the quite ones you have to worry about.

[John Galt]

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/media/outdoor_annual_2006_2007.pdf

It's simple you can not shoot any gamefish in Texas State waters! Look up this llink or get a parks and wildlife rule book. The game wardens don't play around and the fines wil make your @ss pucker. A friend of mine got nailed $400.00 for an over limit redfish not correctly tagged. He wasn't an experianced fisherman but was a hunter and should have known to cut out month and date on the tag. He just filled out the county info. PLEASE be carful these guys don't give breaks! :eek:A couple of weeks ago, we came back to the docks with two lings we'd shot in federal waters (on the rigs, 40 miles out) and the game warden gave us a lecture about spearing ling in State waters...he threatened to give us a ticket even though he admitted it would be his word against ours in court.

We offered to show him our GPS showing that we transited State waters at about 20 knots, making it impossible for us to have deployed divers (I guess the US Navy SEALs could deploy at that speed, but one look at our beer guts and the average age of 50 would prove we weren't SEALs).

The ironic thing is that the guy who shot the lings is the most responsible, conscientious sportsman I've met, including both hunters and fishermen.

I support game wardens wholeheartedly because I know that poachers are stealing from all of us by taking more than their share and when we spend $150 on gas and see nothing (because some poacher got all the fish), but I can't understand why a law enforcement agent would consider writing a ticket he knows he can't enforce, and without even a pretty good idea that laws were broken. Seems like that erodes respect for law enforcement.

[donmoore]

Wow,
It sounds like a guy who in the job to get some authority he probably never had, but always wanted. :bashhead:

Last time I ran into a parks and wildlife game warden, there were two of them and they pulled me over on the water. One asked if he could come aboard and inspector our required safety gear and fish, in a rather demanding way. I frowned and told him its late and we still had several hours to go with loading, cleaning, traveling etc.. He and his partner immediately changed their attitude from demanding to please.

They said they were new on the job and they had not had an opportunity to see many offshore fish yet and they had stopped us in hopes of seeing some. It was really funny how their attitude change, but it was nice and I and the divers with me gladly showed them our fish. They asked a lot of questions about what type they were, how big they got, how we speared them, etc.. They didn’t even ask to inspect the safety gear. :D
don

[bug_power]

Don,
Pm me with the info for this labor day! I'm practicing all I can. I need some help finishing up a float line. I've got about 100' of line pulled through some 5/16 tubing, but need to know how to seal it off.
Rodney

[los mentirosos]

John, that is interesting. I asked a game warden about a similar fishing situation a few years ago. He told me as long as you are not engaged in fishing inside of 9 miles you would be safe. I don't think this warden was in the right to lecture you. Maybe he was simply trying to warn you not to spear game fish in state waters. Hope I never meet up with this guy! They can cause you no end of greif. Even if you win a court battle over something like this you still lose money and time. Good hunting and Fair seas! :thumps:

[bug_power]

Float line done....with some blistered hands! will be testing tomarrow at Port A jetties. If I can figure out when the ferry runs to st. joes, I MAY hit up the other side.

[Seahuntress]

We have a Hydrosport here....alway's ready to go for anyone that needs a ride out to the "DeepBlue"...

You know who your Captain will be... :p :p