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by Dandydon
Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024
Replies: 9
Views: 1548

Re: Jones Lakes 6-Jan-2024

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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by Dandydon
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: December was pretty nice
Replies: 3
Views: 951

Re: December was pretty nice

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'...
by Dandydon
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Happy New Year's TKF
Replies: 8
Views: 1280

Re: Happy New Year's TKF

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...
by Dandydon
Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:31 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Redfish in the grass
Replies: 4
Views: 607

Re: Redfish in the grass

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...
by Dandydon
Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Galveston considering to abandon the west bay access point on Sportsman's Road
Replies: 16
Views: 10450

Re: Galveston considering to abandon the west bay access point on Sportsman's Road

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...
by Dandydon
Mon Aug 28, 2023 5:08 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Non Stop Speckled trout Action
Replies: 16
Views: 1927

Re: Non Stop Speckled trout Action

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 ...
by Dandydon
Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Jones Lakes 26-Aug-2023. 3 Reds w/ a cherry on top
Replies: 7
Views: 787

Re: Jones Lakes 26-Aug-2023. 3 Reds w/ a cherry on top

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 ...
by Dandydon
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Non Stop Speckled trout Action
Replies: 16
Views: 1927

Re: Non Stop Speckled trout Action

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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by Dandydon
Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Non Stop Speckled trout Action
Replies: 16
Views: 1927

Re: Non Stop Speckled trout Action

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...
by Dandydon
Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Non Stop Speckled trout Action
Replies: 16
Views: 1927

Re: Non Stop Speckled trout Action

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...
by Dandydon
Thu Aug 24, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Non Stop Speckled trout Action
Replies: 16
Views: 1927

Re: Non Stop Speckled trout Action

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...
by Dandydon
Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: TKF Executive Meeting Notes - July 1st, 2023
Replies: 6
Views: 1015

Re: TKF Executive Meeting Notes - July 1st, 2023

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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by Dandydon
Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Summer hard baits
Replies: 8
Views: 5051

Re: Summer hard baits

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...
by Dandydon
Wed May 31, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: What are your go to lures for fishing green lights?
Replies: 9
Views: 2200

Re: What are your go to lures for fishing green lights?

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...
by Dandydon
Sat May 20, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: HOT! TOPWATER Redfish Bite
Replies: 7
Views: 2376

Re: HOT! TOPWATER Redfish Bite

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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by Dandydon
Sat May 13, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Sportsman Road Launch blocked!? What’s the deal
Replies: 48
Views: 15433

Re: Sportsman Road Launch blocked!? What’s the deal

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...
by Dandydon
Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Hill Country Exploring - April 22, 2023
Replies: 9
Views: 3833

Re: Hill Country Exploring - April 22, 2023

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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by Dandydon
Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Cape Cod?
Replies: 8
Views: 3325

Re: Cape Cod?

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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by Dandydon
Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Cape Cod?
Replies: 8
Views: 3325

Re: Cape Cod?

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...
by Dandydon
Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:40 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Quick morning trip
Replies: 4
Views: 3101

Re: Quick morning trip

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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by Dandydon
Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Cold, wet, and miserable... With a dash of excitement
Replies: 8
Views: 3451

Re: Cold, wet, and miserable... With a dash of excitement

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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by Dandydon
Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Sportsman road update (not good)
Replies: 27
Views: 8215

Re: Sportsman road update (not good)

I think Watson's proposal is the best I've heard so far.

Only problem is finding some kayaker willing to buy that property. Maybe Shoffer will help if he wins his huge pending lawsuit.

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by Dandydon
Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Sportsman road update (not good)
Replies: 27
Views: 8215

Re: Sportsman road update (not good)

It's sad but I must agree with my good friend Ron. The City of Galveston is poorly run and probably corrupt, too, like our federal government. We have ample evidence of that. At one time I envisioned filing a lawsuit against Galveston over this outrageous ramp closing. I've beaten them before, about...
by Dandydon
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Saltwater
Topic: Sportsman road update (not good)
Replies: 27
Views: 8215

Re: Sportsman road update (not good)

Here's a quick update I just received from James, a Galveston oysterman familiar with the Sportsman Rd. Ramp closing. Said he's been using that ramp for 50 years. James heard the same positive story we did about the Galveston City Marshall measuring the ramp property in preparation for City improvem...
by Dandydon
Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Boat report
Replies: 5
Views: 2871

Re: Boat report

I must thank Admiral Wilchek for an entertaining day of cruising around West Bay in his sleek 21' Cobia powerboat, but alas, no fish! Like Don I got 2 light bites for 7 hours of seeking fish signs and casting my arms sore. Tied on about 6 different lures. But we got to laugh over old fishing stories...