tvc184

Did you hunt with a traditional bow or compound before this season?

I am not sure that I see them winning another game.

hey tvc, what do i have to do to set up a ride-along with you? ;D See if you qualify under one of our allowances.

I work every weekend so I will check and see how many vacation days I have left this year. I might have a couple left over. I actually have more than three weeks but some of them I have plans on deer hunting.

From a player on the field, Tyler Smith probably broke a finger. I don't know which hand.

I guess it then depends on how you define "most".

A bucket of raisins my friend? ;D

Like Slam said, school districts, city limits and even US Postal Service routes have nothing to do with each other. I live in Jefferson County outside of any city, live in the Nederland school district and have a Beaumont mailing address. Inside the city limits of Port Arthur for example, there are four school districts. Cities do their thing and school districts do theirs.

It will certainly be a good test for the Vidor's highly rated offense and Central's highly rated defense. Which is going to give ground?

Still using my compound. I don't have the funds for a new X-bow at the moment or at least not one of the good ones.

I have a trip going to First Point Bowhunting from December 6th through the 9th. I am with two other guys but there is still a fourth slot available. We will go into the ranch on Sunday the 6th at 11:00AM and leave at the same time on Wednesday the 9th. It is a $450 three day hunt (that covers four days) and there are no kill fees. The only rule is that a buck has to be at least 3.5 years old. The ranch provides a room, bathroom with a hot shower, a kitchen and barbq pits. Food, drinks, blankets, pillows, etc., have to be brought by the hunters. You can kill one doe (easy), one trophy buck (not easy), one hog per day of any size and one bearded turkey. It is hard hunting in that you have to set your own blinds or stands. This is a picture of one I watched for a good while last December when I went. This picture was taken from about 10 yards away. I (for some reason) did not take the shot that I should have. It is not a trophy but a very nice deer (at least for what I usually see at my lease). This is another I took the next day of a non-legal First Point buck because he is too young. He might might a decent deer this year if he got enough protein. I aged him at 2.5 years old. He was a bit too big for a yearling but wasn't 3.5 for sure. This is the website for First Point. If anyone is interested, send me a PM and fairly soon. Someone else may snatch it up. [Hidden Content]

No, Arkansas has a Longhorn problem. That is why they let them in the state anymore.

Not too early. They just aren't at their peak yet. There may be some working and you might get lucky and see them. The birds will chase bait that is being chased by fish all summer. It just goes into a frenzy in the fall when the water starts cooling and the shrimp start making their annual trek to the Gulf. It is like the difference in a meal at home and an all you eat buffet. You eat every day but most people pack it in when it is "all you can eat".

I fished in the ship channel near downtown Port Arthur two nights ago. Lots of stuff in the channel but no keep specks. I did see a few 28"-30" reds cruising the surface picking up bait.

If getting a remedy for anything is the purpose of a thread, we might as well pull down the entire website. I don't know that this very popular site has solved anything. It's all about posting thoughts not finding remedies. Back to the topic that isn't solving anything...... hopefully he will get it together and start putting 'em between the uprights.

Not Coop and not a meteorologist (but have studied a little) and I have been thinking this season was over almost a month ago. I know that technically we could get a storm in November but this season is over. Stick a fork in it, it is done. I know that ruins some people's excitement everytime they see clouds pop up in the Atlantic or the Gulf. (Now a Cat 5 storm will form 200 miles south of Sabine Pass and make landfall, all in less than 48 hours, setting a record ;D )

It's always good for me. I can put you on the spot where I have caught thousands of crabs. Like I said, haven't been since Ike but I know where it was.

May have to try that........woould like to try crabbing in there I like crabbing in that fairly large (for out there) bayou or cut coming out of the left/south side of Johnson's Lake. I have caught as many as 30 dozen in one morning. I don't know if it has recovered from Ike or not but that was a killer spot. Go into that cut toward the old fish/duck camp. When it curves to the right is where we anchor off, just out of the current. That curve is pretty deep also compared to the surrounding area and has some good Redfish in it sometimes. You can sometimes see them come up and grab bait while you are crabbing.

Did they improve the ramp?? Last time I used it was years ago with a 14 ft aluminum boat and remember it being shallow. I've seen boats going out of there that I didn't think could do it. They dug it out and put up the bulkheads.

I worked that construction job at the Keith Lake ramp for several months after Ike. Lots of boats, including some very large fiberglass ones, left out of there. I don't know if it is good or bad but I sure saw lots of boats almost every day.

Is the ramp at the Intercoastal Bridge heading toward Sabine Pass open?

And try to stay outside of the school and drift or troll into is slowly. Nothing worse that working a good school and have some yahoo come blowing right into the middle of it at 50mph throwing a rooster tail.... then idle back and start chunking lures but can't figure out why the fish have stopped biting.

I load maybe three rods with different lures. One with a lead head for soft baits, a Rat-L-Trap or similar cranking lure and a spoon or whatever else has me interested that day.

Yep. That time of the year is almost at hand. If a person can get on the fish at the right place at the right time, it can be amazing. To see so many Redfish or Specks that the water looks bronze in color about the size of a football field..... Then, it really gets heat up right about the time that deer season starts. The lake gets a lot less crowded.

I see boats with a deeper draft than that go in there but that doesn't mean they are smart. The fish pass/canal from the ship channel to the lake should be okay though. If the ramp is back open under the Intercoastal Bridge going toward Sabine Pass, you can run the Intercoastal for about a mile west toward Galveston. That is where Taylor's Bayou dumps into the Intercoastal. It is a hit or miss affair but sometimes the action can explode there with specks, sand trout and reds.