Originally Posted by Tete Dur (Post 591651)

We were in the 22 ft. Twin Vee that ya'll passed right by at 19 miles. We were sitting on an artificial reef. Ya'll waved to us when passing by. We caught our snapper fast and got a text that said severe weather coming fast get in. We loaded up and headed in ASAP. We hit the bad weather at about 5 miles from Caminada Pass. The wind picked up to at least 30-35 from the North and made for horrible seas. We could barely see in front of the boat but knew at that point our best option was to keep the bow in the waves and moving forward. We were worried about you guys all evening and kept saying that we hope ya'll hunkered down and made it safely. Glad to hear everyone made it safely!

There was no rain on the radar when we left the camp that day. It was a 45 minute boat ride and took us 1 hour to catch all of our snapper and by that time it was too late to get back in before the storm had built up and moved our way. ALWAYS RESPECT THE WEATHER OUT THERE!

Originally Posted by Dink (Post 591659)

Yes.....son woke me up twice last night for about 30 min......buy other than that.....I was out!!!

Originally Posted by mr crab (Post 591359)

We had set up on a submerged rig about 24 miles off G.I. and were having a hard time holding the spot because of all the current. I was in the process of trying to reposition the boat and got my fishing line wrapped in the prop BAD. That's when we noticed the weather starting to build. Had there not been the issue with the line in the prop I really think we would have made it in NO PROBLEM. So I put on a life jacket and had to pull the prop while floating in the water. It took about 30-45 minutes to pull the prop dig out all the line and remount the prop. By then the storm was in full swing. We headed north toward Caminada Pass, and only made it about 6 miles when I saw the Supply vessel. I made the decision to ask permission to board the supply boat to ensure the personal safety of the crew above all else. Boats can be replaced. So once the Capt. gave us permission, we boarded the boat, and rode out the storm through the night. In the morning, we woke up, retrieved the boat and came on in. Thanks for the prayers sent. We were scared as hell, but everybody stayed calm and did what it took to stay safe in some pretty crazy circumstances.

Originally Posted by simplepeddler (Post 592238)

Sounds to me as though you made the right call.........kudos to you.
lot's of guys are just too stubborn to make the call you did.....smart move

Originally Posted by mr crab (Post 592321)

sure was hard to leave my boat out there. I honestly thought I'd never see it again.

Originally Posted by eman (Post 591924)

Missing from G.I. Trip a spinning rod and okuma inspira . Older reel . Any one has it let me know Thanks. Bob

Originally Posted by southern151 (Post 592384)

If you find it, I'll trade you a rod that some dang Texan broke of mine! LOL!

Originally Posted by eman (Post 592411)

On a sting ray that was in the net!:eek:

Originally Posted by southern151 (Post 592435)

Man, I caught 4 of em without a net and never broke any!

Originally Posted by T-Bone (Post 592440)

I testify to that statement.

Originally Posted by Mako19 (Post 592323)

Were you able to tie it up to a structure or did you have to leave it floating?

Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 591775)

No fish pics or is it a sore subject?

Originally Posted by latravcha (Post 592587)

Sorry it took so long to thank Tim for setting this up but I flew out to Corpus Sunday and in Houston yesterday. Tim did a great job of putting this together.
It was good meeting everyone that came. I don’t think they had one person there that I would not invite to go fishing if I had an empty spot in the boat.
The damage to my prop is minimal. Pulled the prop off last night when I got home and the bushing fell apart.
Just a reminder to everyone. When going under the Hwy1 bridge in grand isle the channel markers are there for a reason. I hit something to the left of the channel under the bridge that blew my bushing out.

I did not get a chance to get everything out of the boat yet but I will look for the missing rod and tackle box when I get home today.

Originally Posted by southern151 (Post 592591)

Thanks again for putting me and Dad on your boat Saturday morning! We had a blast!:work:

Originally Posted by Montauk17 (Post 592639)

No steel leader?

Originally Posted by eman (Post 592675)

That's tim's brother. he knows how to fish;)

Originally Posted by T-Bone (Post 592859)

Good looking crew right there. Need to change the name of the boat to Tight Cheeks. LOL

Originally Posted by Top Dawg (Post 596017)

Did y'all try for mangroves while down there?

Originally Posted by mr crab (Post 596137)

anybody from the g.i. trip gonna head this way to fish the sc tourney on 8-3-13?

Originally Posted by southern151 (Post 596151)

I'm going to try to make it this year. Last year just didn't work out for me.

Need a fishing partner?:D We can both not know BL!:rotfl: