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by karstopo
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: A Boat Cruise and Then a Kayak Report
Replies: 1
Views: 153

Re: A Boat Cruise and Then a Kayak Report

As far as the kayak goes, I think I’ve made two trips in 2024. Both were one keeper redfish trips. The most recent was last Saturday in Drum bay. IMG_3468.jpeg Pretty crowded out there. I went out at lunch and launched at the mid bay site. Water was good and green and middle level incoming. Wind was...
by karstopo
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: A Boat Cruise and Then a Kayak Report
Replies: 1
Views: 153

A Boat Cruise and Then a Kayak Report

IMG_3373.jpeg IMG_3397.jpeg IMG_3403.jpeg IMG_3402.jpeg Went out recently in my friend’s new boat. His old boat burned up in the fire at Capt. Mark’s a while back and it took a year to get the new one. We cruised out down the Bernard up the ICW to the Brazos then out into the gulf. Friend was putti...
by karstopo
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 2-Mar-2024
Replies: 7
Views: 569

Re: Jones Lakes 2-Mar-2024

Excellent! Best trips are when you aren’t expecting much and you get a lot.
by karstopo
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:00 am
Forum: Recipes
Topic: Prickly Pear Syrup
Replies: 11
Views: 14950

Re: Prickly Pear Syrup

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Prickly pear syrup makes for pretty and tasty margaritas.

2 ounces tequila blanco
1 ounce prickly pear syrup
¾ ounces fresh squeezed lime juice
½ ounces Cointreau
ice
by karstopo
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:55 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024
Replies: 9
Views: 1550

Re: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024

Very nice. Hard to pass up those mini drains when the water is coming out of the marsh, I certainly can’t resist making a few casts into and around them. I guess most of the better flounder are out in the gulf still or otherwise I bet you’d have a nice flattie or two in your fish bag. Seems like the...
by karstopo
Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Ten Plus Thirty Equals One
Replies: 7
Views: 8547

Re: Ten Plus Thirty Equals One

Everything came together - thanks for sharing. Lining fish on flyrod - I'll keep my comments to myself. http://i.imgur.com/jjWwdG5m.jpg?1 I generally let the redfish decide if it goes on the reel. A lot of times I have a decent amount of line out in my kayak at my feet, more than I might normally n...
by karstopo
Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023
Replies: 7
Views: 5651

Re: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023

Good food in Thailand. Redfish are never the same. A few years ago, my trip fish was an 18" red, even bringing home a slot limit. But the 18" red was crazy, fast, frenetic, running wide either side of my boat, and tough to bring to hand. This is one reason I love these juvenile redfish, t...
by karstopo
Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Ten Plus Thirty Equals One
Replies: 7
Views: 8547

Re: Ten Plus Thirty Equals One

dnordin wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:28 pm Nice fish, thanks for the report. I was out there Wed the wind was pretty stiff, out and back actually. No fish but good exercise and real good bird watching.
I love the bird life.
by karstopo
Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:19 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Ten Plus Thirty Equals One
Replies: 7
Views: 8547

Ten Plus Thirty Equals One

Redfish, a mini bull, overslot, marsh monster, FullSizeRender.jpeg FullSizeRender.jpeg FullSizeRender.jpeg FullSizeRender.jpeg Made a midday motor to my local marsh to cash in on the incoming tide. Seems like that tide combined with warm sunshine after a cool stretch equals redfish. The math was goo...
by karstopo
Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: I Love KFC!
Replies: 2
Views: 4773

Re: I Love KFC!

Nice fish!

https://kcsrvpark.business.site/

I don’t know if this RV park has anything you’d be interested in, but it is right on oyster creek not too far from some marshes and the ICW.
by karstopo
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023
Replies: 7
Views: 5651

Re: Christmas Bay 3-Dec-2023

Beautiful. I still need to make a trip out to Christmas Bay. I miss that place. I like that redfish vary on their fights.
by karstopo
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Fly Fishing
Topic: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer
Replies: 15
Views: 24613

Re: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer

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My favorite fly to tie and fish.
by karstopo
Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Ten miles and just one cast
Replies: 3
Views: 3207

Re: Ten miles and just one cast

I don’t know what triggers redfish to completely shut down and lay up, but I too have experienced this phenomenon up the coast. I’ll never forget one time wade fishing in west matagorda bay watching smaller mullet jump from one nearby specific spot. I eased over to the spot and in spite of the sligh...
by karstopo
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: 11/28 Low Water Redfish
Replies: 5
Views: 3796

Re: 11/28 Low Water Redfish

rasaid wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:01 am Don't be surprised if a Wildlife tv or movie producer wants her to sign a contract!!
She’s doing a gig with a hunting equipment clothing manufacturer next month, I’m not allowed to say which one.
by karstopo
Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: 11/28 Low Water Redfish
Replies: 5
Views: 3796

Re: 11/28 Low Water Redfish

The other connection to my daughter is that the collar on the Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer came from a Hooded Merganser she harvested
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She’s quite the hunter.
by karstopo
Wed Nov 29, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Great one hour bite
Replies: 2
Views: 3043

Re: Great one hour bite

Very nice! Better trout are nerve wracking with their uncanny abilities to shake free. Seems like I have read here and there from this guide or that expert don’t fish spots, fish sign, but there is no doubt certain areas turn on in certain conditions at specific times of the year. Whatever anyone ma...
by karstopo
Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: 11/28 Low Water Redfish
Replies: 5
Views: 3796

11/28 Low Water Redfish

FullSizeRender.jpeg My 23 year old daughter joined me this morning for a redfish trip out around Freeport. The water was very low when we arrived at the launch. The Northeast wind was not all that low and there was definitely a chill in the air. We launched. We fished. We caught fish. We got cold. ...
by karstopo
Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: Fly Fishing
Topic: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer
Replies: 15
Views: 24613

Re: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer

Gartside Soft Hackle Streamers work in fresh water as well as the salt
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by karstopo
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Christened my kayak
Replies: 4
Views: 4383

Re: Christened my kayak

Nice fish. Nice light weight kayak. Someday, I will certainly want to get a 50# kayak, especially if there is a model that is stand up and fish stable.

Good to get out even for a little while.
by karstopo
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:48 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Removed
Replies: 1
Views: 3317

Re: Nueces Bay Still hot 11/17-11/18

I’d like to eat a ribbon fish. There’s a place I fish that large ribbon fish are frequently caught. I’ve been to the Asian markets in SW Houston and have seen the belt fish, a.k.a.ribbon fish for sale as a food fish there.

Bull redffish are tackle destroyers.

Thanks for the report
by karstopo
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Salt Lake BNWR 11-17
Replies: 4
Views: 3553

Re: Salt Lake BNWR 11-17

IMG_2784.jpeg Took that sole 16” trout and made an air fryer pecan, panko and herb crusted delicious dinner. Arugula salad as a side. Grew that from saved seed and harvested moments before dinner. More and more of our food is coming from the garden, foraging, fishing or hunting. My grown daughter i...
by karstopo
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Salt Lake BNWR 11-17
Replies: 4
Views: 3553

Re: Salt Lake BNWR 11-17

Great Report It was a wonderful weekend of fish so far I hope to go a fair amount this week and throughout December, weather permitting. Going to hit some places I hadn’t been to in a while. Late November into December has risen over the years as one of my favorite times of the year to fish. Winter...
by karstopo
Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:57 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Salt Lake BNWR 11-17
Replies: 4
Views: 3553

Salt Lake BNWR 11-17

This trip’s destination was decided upon in about 10 seconds. That’s the kind of decision I make when I’m not clear about the pattern. I do believe We need another strong cold front or two to shift where the fish will be. I was driving up on the intersection where taking a right meant one set of lau...
by karstopo
Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Fly Fishing
Topic: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer
Replies: 15
Views: 24613

Re: Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer

FullSizeRender.jpeg A trio of size 1/0 Gartside Soft Hackle Streamers. Kind of a Paul Brown Corky type of offering in that these streamers more or less hover in the water column. They lose the fluffy look the first time they get wet and look at their best while in the water. I use them to fish over...
by karstopo
Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Independent insurance agent recommendation
Replies: 7
Views: 3812

Re: Independent insurance agent recommendation

Just heard from my wife the State Farm agent that they have extended inland their no new homeowners policies to encompass at least most of the greater Houston area including Katy.