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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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!
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Toys R Us Mount
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Replicas do look terrible, IMO.
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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
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How do you read that crap?
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![]() 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:*****::*****::*****::*****:
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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
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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...
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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
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Nuttin like a chest full of mantooth...LOL
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Aka Texas Gold.......
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Haha, whatever. Yall can keep them!
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