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I am all for helping the fish to survive but is this even going to be effect or worth the effort other than it sounds good. Their article says that in 1989 Brownsville got down to 16 degrees and it killed 11 million fish. How many anglers do they think will be on the water when it gets to 16 degrees and how much of a dent will they put on the fish other than the 11 million dead from the cold? I would think the fish are hardly even moving by the time the temperature gets that cold and not eating much anyway, if at all. How many fish can they catch (if any)for the guys that go out on a 16 degree day? I bet the chill factor was near 0. Yep, I really want to be out on the water then!!!!

We have 11 members in our lease between Chester and Colmesneil and I think we got 15 does the first 10 days. Get the herd thinned early to save the food for the rest of them.

I agree but that is not totally true. I care that my vacation ends in 4 days and I have to get back to the grind.

I saw it on CNN or CBS news this morning. The vet said that he pronounced the duck dead and the other guy picked it up and shook it or blew into its beak or something. Then Perky came back for round three. ** The vet quickly jumped in and performed another $3,000 worth of lifesaving skills.... ;D

And why shouldn't he? They have a couple of Hooters in Dallas (I have been there). ;D

It is interesting looking at the wildlife in east Texas from a deer stand. You can see coyotes, rabbits, mink, foxes, turkey, squirrels.... just about everything but deer. Actually I see a lot of deer also. It is kind of fun watching the deer a few feet away, especially when you know you are not going to shoot them. But on occasion one will step out that just needs to be eaten.....

LOL. Right..... we are going to give you secret fishing holes for cats. I seriousness, are you looking for trotline holes or rod and reel fishing?

I had a fun year but it could have been better. Just before the season, my work schedule was changed and I lost about half of my days to hunt. I also got to make that trip down to south Texas to watch it snow and sleet and drive in the mud. Believe or not, it was a pretty good time and gives me something to look forward to in the future.

Let's try to stick to the topic of the thread before it gets deleted.

...and that is just the skin!

Hopefully they will expand the whitetail minimum requirements.

Wait till her husband comes home from the camp and gets the bill. He left the meat for a gumbo in the fridge and comes home to find it costs him $1,500..... TO SAVE IT!!!! Divorce papers pending!!

Don't tell me, the wife took it to the vet instead of just killing and eating it.

Now put that in English that can be understood.

Okay. What do you want me to say in the PM? LOL.. just kidding.

If you have his Little League pictures, then you have some pics of me.

So when are you going?

I can lift two 100 pound potato sacks at the same time. One of these days I am going to start putting some of the potatoes back in the sacks and see what I can do then. ;D

In California it will likely get you an acquittal and a settlement from the state for not protecting you.

There you go vsports. I fixed it so you can now vote.

I agree. As I said in my previous post, I am not saying that the testing is right. I was just posing the question about where the schools should step in when we obviously have parents out there that will never be a good role model or be involved in their children's lives.

You are completely correct baddog. From the sound of your posts, you are probably a good parent. As you said, it should be the parent's responsibility yet there are plenty of deadbeats out there that are not doing their jobs. It is disgusting what happens to many children growing up. I coached Little League Baseball in Nederland for a few years and there were parents to my players that I never saw. I didn't see them at practice, I never met them and never saw them at games. What do we do with those children? As disgusting as their parents are, do we just throw those children away? I guess we can tell them that their parents are lousy so they have basically no chance in life. Sorry kid but your parents are dirtbags. I have seen many times on television or read stories of successful adults going back to thank their teachers, coaches or some mentor they had while growing up. They tell very touching stories of how this person took them in and got them to make something of their life when no one else took an interest. Those are some really disheartening stories. Not because those great people were there when needed but why did the children need to get that learning and/or guidance from someone other than their parents in the first place. The truth is simply that all parents are not created equal. I am not saying that testing for drugs is right. I am just wondering about the complaint that the schools are basically a de facto parent in many cases. That is unfortunately true but I am wondering about the alternative for the kids that do not have good parents. For those kids, if the school doesn't do it, who will?

Rave on piratefan. If I remember correctly, last year (usually every year and likely this one also) Nederland sent teams or individuals to the playoffs in football, boys soccer, girls soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, boys tennis, girls tennis, swimming, boys cross country and girls cross country. Vidor sent how many teams to the playoffs last year? I guess there is always time to recover for this year as there are still a couple of sports left to play. Piratefan will be talking about the great year of '06 about 30 years from now while talking to his great grandkids. He will relive the glory days when the Vidor Pirates for one year beat Nederland in two sports (yet didn't send either of those Pirate teams to the playoffs) and they didn't do anything to change the standings in football to keep Nederland out of the football playoffs (again....). Oh yes, what glorious days those were. By golly, Vidor didn't go to the playoffs (again...) but at least they kept Nederland from...... well, nothing actually. But a win is a win. I just wonder how long piratefan will have nothing more to cheer about than a win in football that was meaningless to either team in the standings. Come on Pirates, give him something else to cheer about!!! In basketball we are fighting it out for the cellar so if that is a source of pride to Vidor, then so be it. Yeehaa.. we beat Nederland for 7th place! I will concede that Nederland doesn't have a basketball program while we are sending teams and individuals to the playoffs in 11 other sports.

Vidor has a good shot? So where did this hotshot coach of theirs come from? How is he going to turn things around if he has any experience at all? LOL.. just kidding. I coached Kyle Green for 4 years in Little League and was also the manager when he made the 10 year old All-Star team. I wish him the best of luck. I would like to think I taught him everything he knows but he might refute that!!! ROFL ;D

Actually I have eat it cooked in a smoker and it was fairly decent. I have also baked it in steaks with some type of cajun rub on it and then basted in lemon and butter. Maybe the key is to get enough other flavors on it (like deer steaks) to make it good enough to eat. Mackerel has to be really fresh and iced down quickly. It tastes kind of like fresh tuna but a lot stronger. I have eaten some of the mackerel that I have caught and would eat some again but I surely would not pay for it or take it from someone else. It just has to be so fresh and then that makes it marginally edible. I sure wouldn't cut it into fillets and fry it like bass, specks, crappy, etc.