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Keep up the good work, Professor!

I got tired just reading about your 13-mile paddle and meat-haul.

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"Given the change in trout regulations, our goal of limiting out at least one trip this summer might actually happen this year!." Shoffer I'm up in years but hope I don't live long enough to see our speckled trout limits reduced to ONE fish daily between 16-19 inches! We'll be targeting e...

Way to go, Capt. Shoffer! All those eyeball exercises I made you endure finally paid off! I'm just surprised you didn't charge FromtheBend a legal fee for finding his kayak. Keep up the good work and I'll put us on some solid gamefish in about 3 weeks... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240404/32b...

Great Arroyo report, Ron, even though you didn't have Hoby Navy crewman Watson there to boost your catch numbers. But the food eaten was lovingly described and you caught that nice drum plus a bunch of height-challenged trout. And the bike ride saga was a bonus. Me, I've had severe Diverticulitis fo...

It's good to hear from Messrs. Watson & Shoffer, kayakers in the Hobie Navy.
They are busy doing law cases while I'm busy recovering from colon surgery. Boo hoo.
Am looking forward to this Summer when we shall all fish again.

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Thanks, Professor, for all your energetic & high-yield fishing reports. But watch out because TKF Saltykat is back in Galveston for his normal Winter vacation. He flees frigid Chicago to fish Galveston every Winter. I met him about 20 something years ago kayak fishing. He's the best fisherman I'...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's Eve. I hope the New Year brings you many wonderful fishing and kayak adventures. Thank you for being a part of this forum. Thanks, Neumie, & happy New Year to you & all TKF members. I had major stomach surgery 2 weeks ago & am get...

Good to hear from two of my favorite fishing partners. After I recover from my stomach surgery, let's do a three-some, men. Thanks for imparting good info, Kyle, even when the winds spank you! I'm looking forward to Halloween fishing. It's the hottest Houston summer ever & I'm sick of it. Sent f...

I'd like to help, men, but my co-counsel Shoffer hit most nails squarely in his legal analysis above. In other threads I've explained why there's little we can do to keep the Sportsman Rd. ramp open given the City of Galveston's absolute authority over the property (along w/ the conspiratorial condu...

Thanks for your kind words of support, Kyle. Knowing & fishing with young turks like you, Dave and Music Man helps keep me going . All prayers are welcome. You are fun to be around and your reports help keep this board hopping. I'll recover from this illness and plan to let you outfish me again ...

Thanks for another excellent fishing report, Dave. Your prose & photos always make me wish I were there too. Congratulations on your first redfish limit & that big flounder. I'd cook & eat that flounder before even messing w/ those slot Reds. I second what Shoffer said about the lack of ...

Mine too, Music Man!

Today I weighed 155 lbs, so at least I'm going in the right direction. My target is to get myself back to 175 lbs.

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Thanks, Dave. Sharing my personal health crisis w/ TKF took a lot of thinking, but I've shared more on this board than most anybody (with my big ego), and am hoping my painful medical journey might help other members also going through the "bad stomach wars." Honor your intestines, men! He...

Thanks to both of you men in my Hobie Navy for your kind words and support. Until this Diverticulitis hit, I'd hardly ever been sick or immobile. I'm trying to get better so I can fish with you again. Let me say that old age brings wisdom but it also brings mortality and pain. Sent from my SM-G973U1...

Great informative fishing report, Kyle. I envy you because I haven't been fishing in about 5 months, stricken with a severe colon infection (Diverticulitis) that made me unable to walk or exercise until my gut doctor intervened two weeks ago w/ the strongest antibiotics on Earth. Totally lost my app...

Looks like a freshwater Texas grand slam, Neumie. And you got to go swimming! The photos are terrific.
Thanks for sharing.

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I endorse the made-in-Argentina Barboleta Léle hard bait in 4" size & color Fire Tiger. It catches trout daytime & night. It has quality rattles and retrieves in a tight wobble pattern. Only downside is its high price at $15. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230630/b528c5dd38f55d07ddb...

My night fishing favorites are a small white Vudu Shad, a 3-inch white Down South paddletail, & the 3-inch Gulp Curly Tail in white. Yes, white is my go-to nighttime color. If the waves are up, I have some success on small hardbody lures, like the Léle, especially under white surface lights. And...

Great and exciting topwater Redfish action, Yak Boi. Hard to beat those frantic lure attacks in shallow water!

You scored on size and numbers. Thanks for sharing.

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Shoffer is one of our best trial lawyers but I disagree with his optimistic legal opinion. And I actually crushed the City of Galveston in a lawsuit I filed against them in the 1990s representing Mr. Galveston himself, George Mitchell. After all the crap we kayakers have been through and what I've f...

If you kayak maniacs drove 140 miles to fish, then you deserve discussion & kudos for persistence.

Enjoyed your tag-team report and quality photos. Keep 'em coming, men.

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Thanks for the cool Jimmy Buffett story, Wittich. Although I only spent 6 hours with him on that fishing boat, he was one of the coolest cats I ever met. Funny, confident and full of good stories.

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I spent a week on the island of Nantucket up there and hired "the best fishing guide" for a day of targeting striped bass and bluefish. We cruised that deep water all around the island and found no striped bass, but I did catch 3 big blues on silver spoons twice as big as the ones we use f...

You had a very productive 2 hours on the water, Professor. That limit of Redfish is beautiful and speaks for itself.

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Great fishing report, Kyle, and congratulations on your catches in that howling wind. Yes, I agree, those bull Reds are fun to hook, but a big pain in the ass.

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