tvc184

[quote name="Vpbaseball#9" post="815558" timestamp="1277977677"] I was going to go last night but i figured the water would be too screwed up from that hurricane.... [/quote] I didn't worry about the water so much in the ship channel but it was still raining and fairly windy. Maybe tonight.

I am off from now until July 10th and I might make some nighttime fishing trips if the weather will clear up from this storm. I will have to check and see how the tides are running.

It started raining from the outer bands of Alex so I didn't go fishing. I start vacation today so I might make some night trips in the next few days.

[quote name="Vpbaseball#9" post="815312" timestamp="1277860940"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=70019.msg815291#msg815291 date=1277852698] If the weather holds and if I can get off of work early tonight, I might try my luck but that is two big "IFS". [/quote] So how are those IFS holdin up??? [/quote] Since I work the night shift, I don't know yet. I might get off in an hour or so if it is slow and if the other sergeant stays the rest of the night.

If the weather holds and if I can get off of work early tonight, I might try my luck but that is two big "IFS".

A couple of guys went out last night and took 20 of them home but it took about 4 hours.

[quote name="Vpbaseball#9" post="814822" timestamp="1277622843"] Haha that aint right [/quote] I can't talk, he caught more than me last time.... which amounted to one fish by him and I struck out.  ;D

[quote name="Vpbaseball#9" post="814811" timestamp="1277612185"] I here ya. I Broke my leg last saturday.... I was still able to make it.... I sure wasn't goin to back out on all the other guys. [/quote] Well, if you would have backed out, Hippy could have won.

I agree on the commitment. Six boats would have been a good little tourney. If I say that I will fish, I would have to be in the hospital to not show.

Well, what's the poop? Who won? Any fish to speak of? Big fish? Surely someone in the tourney has a smart phone.  :D

Good luck to everyone and have a safe trip.

The US is playing soccer?

The dinner?

[quote name="bullets13000" post="813898" timestamp="1277085352"] the trout running anywhere?  i'm back in town and ready to fish! [/quote]\ They are all over the lake chasing birds and under the lights at night.

I am not giving that one up.  ;)

[quote name="643" post="811833" timestamp="1276345518"] Heres a link to the tide chart I use, there is a reporting station close to the Pleasure Is bridge its listed as Port Author neches channel I think, there are several in and around Sabine lake, if you run the GPS#s at the top of the the page it on Google E it will show the exact loca of each station. I'm gonna wait for wind to lay some before I take my 7y/o grandson, but the wind could blow the skeeters away tho... the link >> [Hidden Content] [/quote] That one showed the low at almost 10:00PM so that was in the same ballpark, accounting for being farther upstream.

[quote name="643" post="811506" timestamp="1276252339"] Looking at the tide chart, you guys have been fishing a high tide with not much water movement, am I correct. Thinking of going out tonite, you failed to mention what type of bait, lure or brand of dynomite, inquiring minds are wanting to know.... [/quote] I showed the low tide at Mesquite point at about 8:30PM. I figured we were about 2.5 hours behind which was about right. The tide in the ship channel was moving pretty good until about 11:30PM when it slowed a good bit. It became almost slack tide about Midnight. The guy I was with was catching his on artificial (since that is all that he uses) and I split my time with plastics and live bait. There was plenty of shad in the water and I was using them with good success under a cork maybe 12" down. He almost always uses glow with chartreuse tail Cocahoe Minnows. I used various soft plastics but mostly the Cocahoe or Trout Killers. I also caught a couple on chartreuse glitter but the glow seem to work more consistently. We didn't catch any fish (or even see any) until the tide started to slow and then they turned on when it went slack. I went home after about an hour with my limit but they were still hitting. We probably tossed about 20 or more that were undersized.

This is tonight's catch. They were not as big as the ones from last week. I have a limit of them from 15.5" to 17". It was still fun though and these will be tasty just the same. [IMG][Hidden Content]]

;D

[quote name="643" post="809051" timestamp="1275646857"] Did you have your own lights or fish some that were there.... [/quote] Lights that are there usually but I have fished under lights that were brought. [quote author=Bucof2010 link=topic=70019.msg809060#msg809060 date=1275656118] The ship channel where? [/quote] Near downtown PA.

[quote name="bullets13000" post="808727" timestamp="1275585611"] [quote author=Vpbaseball#9 link=topic=69596.msg808688#msg808688 date=1275577047] 4 maybe 5 [/quote] sounds like me and hippy have a chance, then :) [/quote] If he catches one on the first cast, might as well head to the boat ramp.

This was my take from early this morning (about Midnight to 1:30AM) in the ship channel under the lights. The largest two were 20". The smallest one was 16.5". I caught about 20 but most were undersized at about 14.5". The seven I kept were fairly decent size though. [IMG][Hidden Content]]

[quote name="injun" post="805763" timestamp="1274884905"] I'm not saying I don't want the wardens doing their job , but if you see that someone is trying to do right but missed something maybe contact them and give them a chance to fix the problem.. Take a look at the regs set on a crab trap in Texas, its easy to find [/quote] Easy to find and easy to comply with.... if someone takes about 5 minutes to read them.

In the ship channel at night. They are in early this year.

[quote name="AHUDDLESTON" post="805125" timestamp="1274720042"] DON'T CHEAT! [/quote] Don't get caught cheating.