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Topic: Any reports from surf or jetties? |
OldSalty
Replies: 2
Views: 890
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:08 am Subject: Any reports from surf or jetties? |
| There must be someone on here who's been fishing recently at the surf or jetties and can report any decent catches. Thanks. |
Topic: Surf Fishing |
OldSalty
Replies: 1
Views: 1656
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:54 am Subject: Surf Fishing |
| Any reports of surf fishing action? |
Topic: Monofilament or braid |
OldSalty
Replies: 7
Views: 3295
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:06 am Subject: Monofilament or braid |
| Thanks for the info. One more question. Is there a particular brand of braid line and flourocarbon leader you guys use? |
Topic: Monofilament or braid |
OldSalty
Replies: 7
Views: 3295
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 5:18 am Subject: Monofilament or braid |
| Thanks, braid and flourocarbon it is then. |
Topic: Monofilament or braid |
OldSalty
Replies: 7
Views: 3295
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:32 pm Subject: Monofilament or braid |
| My old reels are still full of mono. My wife and I are retired and are moving back to Corpus soon from the hill country so it's time to get busy fishing again. Watching fishing shows on tv they all ... |
Topic: Offshore |
OldSalty
Replies: 5
Views: 1739
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 11:11 am Subject: Offshore |
| Mahi Mahi, Dorado, etc. Anything but Dolphin Fish. |
Topic: Any reports from Packery or Port A jetties? |
OldSalty
Replies: 5
Views: 3359
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 6:04 am Subject: Any reports from Packery or Port A jetties? |
| Seems like its been a while since i've seen any reports from anywhere down there. Planning a long overdue trip down there this week. thanks |
Topic: Wading the cold |
OldSalty
Replies: 6
Views: 3395
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 5:12 pm Subject: Wading the cold |
| You are truly a real fisherman. I've fished the surf in the winter when it was blowing and 40 degrees (or less). Set the lines, get back in the truck and wait for a drum or whiting to hit. Very sat ... |
Topic: TPW approved new trout regs |
OldSalty
Replies: 25
Views: 11182
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:26 pm Subject: TPW approved new trout regs |
| If you catch a state record trout, measure it and weigh it on a photo or video and if there are witnesses have them record the event. Then, put that old girl back in the water to reproduce. Killing ... |
Topic: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
OldSalty
Replies: 18
Views: 10153
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:16 am Subject: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
| greenhornet2, I think you may mean genus and not species. Fish would be the genus, species would be the trout, and subspecies would be the type of trout. Blue marlin are in the genus fish, but can o ... |
Topic: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
OldSalty
Replies: 18
Views: 10153
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:02 am Subject: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
| Thanks Rebecca, I think I missed the part in the report about them meeting up in the passes to spawn. That does answer my question about genetics. Padre Island is the longest barrier island in the w ... |
Topic: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
OldSalty
Replies: 18
Views: 10153
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:07 am Subject: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
| I've caught hundreds of bay trout and surf trout and you are right about the fighting characteristics of the two. But, wouldn't it be interesting to see the results of genetic testing on them perform ... |
Topic: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
OldSalty
Replies: 18
Views: 10153
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:54 pm Subject: Giant Speckled Trout In The surf |
| Rebecca, in that really great report it states that the bay caught trout never left the bays. And, that surf caught trout only went as far as the tidal inlets like Packery. Maybe to spawn? I assume ... |
Topic: Any other website to get fishing reports? |
OldSalty
Replies: 9
Views: 4027
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:07 pm Subject: Any other website to get fishing reports? |
| Maybe some of you regulars on here who fish a lot can post info on where you are finding them. You don't have to detail where your honey hole is, but anything nearby that we can go to. I only fish t ... |
Topic: Happy New Year! |
OldSalty
Replies: 3
Views: 1914
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:24 am Subject: Happy New Year! |
| I wish you all tight lines often this year. Stay very salty. |
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