Boga's ban in Texas
 

I guess its all about the Measuring tape...No weight needed just length..


and here are a few Bonus Pics:*****::*****::*****:

Oh man that's funny right there. I will plan a trip with that lodge today

Yea I would not mind paying 550 a trip and land some black drum like that

There's no way i would even take a picture like that

Wow this is serious.......

Not until I signed up with SC, have I heard inshore saltwater fish reported in pounds like bass. Around here, you will never hear a fisherman discuss the weight of a speck unless it pushing 10 lbs. or more.

Hell, I don't even have a scale in my boat.

*** I sure hope that guy in the pic asked the guide to only target reds and black drum. ***

Until I looked on 2cool I never knew people keep Sheephead and they had a limit on them

And I never seen anyone care so much about the length of a trout....
And I never understood a Post Topic like "Great Day loaded the Boat"
and its a Limit of Sheephead and black Drum...
And I never seen a Gafttop on a Boga Grip
And I never seen a Gaftop in an Ice chest

To me it looks like the guides on our lake are really missing the boat.
They need to start advertising in Texas for guided Black Drum and Sheephead trips; NO LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:smokin:
With Houston's population at 3 million,Dallas/Ft Worth 1-1.5 million, and San Antonio 2 million Texas guides have a huge population of guilible folks with $$$ and no smarts.;)

Agree 100% raymond

I don't care what y'all think. Sheephead taste good. If I catch good eating size ones the are getting fileted

You can have all of em, ill be throwin em back.

I'd keep a sheephead but they never hit my top plugs or my sand eels or anything like dat.

Sheepshead are very good,white meat with no worms,unlike specks..... If you eat redfish,small black drum taste the same or better. Now would I pay a guide for a black drum and sheepshead trip? Hell no...

:rotfl:

http://www.saltycajun.com/forum/atta...1&d=1308231754

I agree.

I must admit that I shake my head everytime I open the fishing reports on 2Cool.

Yeah one day you are gonna owe your life to a texan fisherman

you think that san antonio has more people than DFW?! :rotfl: dfw right under houston...with 6,371,773 people.

Mexicans

CORRECT! Can't stand that sh*t. I am all for coming here legally and working. Just don't cheat the system...one works at mcdonalds and all 12 in the household as "dependents" get insurance. BS TO ME

I eat Sheephead too. Just a pain to clean.
I never caught Sheephead on live bait yet.
They will hit artificial quick fast and in a hurry.

My goal when fishing is to catch enuff to eat
after fishing and some to give to my dad and
his brother.

I love reading a Texas Report:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Boat is still in the shop, so I had to improvise. Took the new wife of 2 weeks to Surfside Saturday. In 1 hour she had 10 specks on live shrimp, biggest went 22". I threw a rattle trap and a she dog but nothing wanted the arti's, so I gave up and took the role of hook baiter. Gave 2 fish to my neighbor in exchange for a fresh homemade pie! (Good trade if you ask me).


Sunday I begged a friend to take us to a spot in West Matty in his Baby Cat, where 3 weeks earlier I took a friend who caught a 27" speck. We got there pre-dawn. I gave the wife a paddle, and I threw a Super Spook Jr. This was my first time throwing top water in the bay's.

First blow up came 5 min after getting in the water. As soon as I set the hook the line broke. Guess I had a soft spot in my 6 month old braid. Tied on another Spook Jr. 30 yard down the bank and I had a fish miss the bait. I paused and twitched, and the fish and and missed the bait again. I paused and twitched again and this time the fish came 2' out of the water, hitting and taking the spook in this time. I set the hook on the fish while it was in the air!

Definitely a trout over 25", but I fought it too hard and tore its mouth. Fish got off, and I had a nice chunk of flesh still on my treble hook. I was bummed.

Another 30 yards down the bank and I saw some bait working in 10" of water. Threw to it and this trout hammer it hard. Got a good hook-up and fought it tenderly. Fish went 28" and was a fuzz over 7# on my bass pro scale. It was close, but we decided to keep and weight it for the STAR. Unfortunately it weighed in at 7.1#. This was my first top water trout! Personal best before was a 29" trout in Corpus that was 6.9# last June, so this one was shorter but heavier.

Anyhoo, great day on the water considering. Boat should be back in commission this week, and you can guess where I will be Saturday (and what I will be throwing!).

Also, this was my second Texas Slam thanks to a delicious little 15" flatty.

Big Shout Out to Trout Support. I caught my very first redfish EVER in May 2010. These DVD's helped me out tremendously. First summer I spent learning (and got pretty good) and finding and catching Red's, but if I caught Trout it was always by chance. Since I watched these, I have found that my daily average on Trout has gone up substantially. So far in 2011, I have held a 27" and and 28", let's hope for a 29" next!

Toys R Us Mount:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Why Get a Replica that looks like a toy




And just another typical ATM fan :p

Replicas do look terrible, IMO.

King 2Cool Post
 

The only reason everyone started to care about weight was when the star tourny started before that it was the Dirty 30 Club Now its the Dirty 30 Club with a twist now you have to have the 30 plus the weight and you better have a pic to make it count LOL. I am proud to say that I caught my 30 3 yrs ago do I think it makes me better than anyone else no but it looks good on my coffee table LOL. I dont think an 8 lb trout should be considered anything but an eight pound trout, without length you have nothing but a fish a nice fish but still a fish none the less.

Just my opinion.

Mike

How do you read that crap?

Its the funniest thing on the internet..........I cry LMAO

Too bad the dummy's dont realize Records are set by pounds not inches

Go make a post that you keep a 32 inch trout and ate it:*****::*****::*****::*****:

If im paying for a guide i want reds and specs! if sheephead are there then ill keep them but i think the main prize is specs and reds sry

Well the TX guys do have a point in the whole weigth vs length debacle. You can say you caught an 8 lb trout, but catching one 8 lbs and 30 inches is a little more descriptive. I mean, if I meet a girl online and she tells me she weighs 150 I am thinking thats no big deal, she may be tall and lean, but if that same 150 is only 5'0 then...:grinpimp:

Valid argument.........

I could care less how people describe their fish, if their catching nice size specks let them brag. But yall can all keep those nasty a** worm infested black drum and sheep head. Lol

Black drum under 23" very seldom have worms. 12" and up speckled trout have worms often. :spineyes: Most people think if the fish looks pretty it is good to eat,and the other way around.

Nuttin like a chest full of mantooth...LOL

Aka Texas Gold.......

a.k.a. MY dinner :)

Nom Nom Nom on dat sketti and fish! :rotfl:

:rolleyes:

:rotfl: haha

Haha, whatever. Yall can keep them!