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magyar · Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Posts: 2

Hey guys. I am a long time lurker in the forum, thank you for all of your advice.

Provided the red tide is not on SPI next weekend, my family will be making a fishing trip to SPI. Our friend owns an RV in the area that he is letting us use.

I know there's a RV park right off the beach at Isla Blanca park, but I was wondering if there's any place that will allow up to park the RV directly on the beach while we fish during the day? We wouldn't be sleeping on the beach, just there during the day.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I have never seen one on the beach there. I think you might be in trouble with the red tide still. Right now it is raging down there. The only place you can drive on the beach is from Access rd 6 north to the South Port Mansfield Jetty. If there is no red tide present there will be lots of dead hardhead spines that might create a nightmare for you and that RV
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ratherbefishing · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:33 am Post subject:

I believe there is an RV parking area at beach access 4, but it is not right on the beach.

I would heed Tyler's advise about driving on the beach.
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Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:34 pm Post subject:

An assessment of the SPI area shows it's in full on red tide kill mode, although the numbers of hardheads there are way lower than what we saw here. Still, next weekend is pretty close and the aerosols are still bad there, and I imagine the surf may not be recovered yet.

Dirtylove · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:17 pm Post subject:

Why not the State Park? There are RV pads as well as tent pads and day use sites. You get easy access to the surf around Fish Pass Jetties. I've been told that if you are staying in a state park, as long as you're within the park boundaries, you don't have to have a fishing license. Have no idea if that's true.

FishingFool46TilliDie · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:09 am Post subject:

FishingFool46TilliDie · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:28 am Post subject:

Isla Blanca Park, looks nice...
But Red tide aerosols, not sure about???

Gotta love GOOGLE...lol

http://www.sopadre.com/lodging/campgrounds/

http://koa.com/campgrounds/south-padre/

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/rv-parks-south-padre-island-texas-51770.html

http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/texas/south-padre-island

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g56691-d283948-Reviews-Isla_Blanca_Park-South_Padre_Island_Texas.html

cabrego · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject:

Aerosols were present today. Not sure how much things are going to clear up next weekend. 1 dead Fish every 30 ft or so near Claytons.

You can only drive on the beach at access 6 going north, I am not certain if RVs are permitted or not you can also drive one day and ask the guys at the front pay station.

Rob · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:00 pm Post subject:

You can drive north on the beach starting at access 5. I wouldn't try to get on at 6 in a RV this time of year. I'm not sure if RV's are allowed. Try this phone number they can probably answer your questions.

Andy Bowie Park (956) 761-3704

magyar · Joined: 29 Sep 2015 Posts: 2

Thanks a lot for the help guys.

I'm going to abandon the idea of parking the RV directly on the beach and just use either KOA or Isla Blanca.

Looking at the state reports at http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/redtide/status.phtml it seems that the red tide is better than it was 3 days ago at SPI. I'm really hoping it clears up because this weekend is my only weekend I'll be able to make it down.

Is there any telling how long red tide sticks around, or is it mostly random?