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haxs
Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Austin
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:42 pm Post subject: From Texas to Cayman Islands |
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I recently moved to from Austin, a city I love to the Cayman Islands. I made countless trips down to Rockport and Mansfield jettys and all points in between in search fish and more importantly my peace. After 2 weeks on island its still habit to look here for the lastest reports and conditions. I truly miss fishing this fall run and now see weather has been nice resulting in some good times!
Here are few pics of my new fishing spots!
Could hold jacks, mackeral and tarpon
crazy to have shade on a beach!
Snorkle spot
Kinda like pins right?
Tarpon are known to hang here.
Need to get here at sunrise for bonefish
The blowhole....dont insert your private parts
If ever down in the Caymans I am more than happy to show you around!
Tight lines! |
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ziacatcher Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 6575 Location: The Bluff
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing |
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Tyler Site Admin

Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865
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Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Darn, can't see the pic. It says you need to allow third party sharing or something. I don't feel too sorry for you if you are down in the Cayman Islands  _________________ Like Corpusfishing.com on Facebook! |
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gkrane Horse Mullet

Joined: 31 Oct 2017 Posts: 230 Location: Corpus Christi
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:43 am Post subject: |
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| I will be on Grand Cayman in July for a week diving with the family. That phtotbucket thing stung me too. It said I had too pay a 1$ per day or something for storing more pics. No thanks. |
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swellcat Finger Mullet

Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Cowtown
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:43 am Post subject: Color |
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Green water. Blue water. Clear water.
Very nice. |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Haxs, I just stumbled across this thread and realized that I missed you...we were there for a couple weeks back in April....however, there will be a return trip in the next year...
so, how's the fishing coming along down there? you ever connect with those bonefish?
becky _________________
| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
| ziacatcher wrote: | | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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haxs
Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Austin
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Really haven't fished much the last 2 months. Landing a bonefish on the fly has still eluded me. Super spooky and seem to know us fly guys but fun to stalk and see 10#ers in a foot of water Tarpon along the beach front are conditioned to take fish scraps and an easy catch. Hope to have something worthy of posting this weekend after a chartered trip!
Please let me know when you return. I can get room rates as local at a nice discount! |
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Tyler Site Admin

Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865
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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1730 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Haxs, I'm sure we are not going to miss you in our Austin traffic, but I'm happy for you in your move to the Cayman Islands! We look forward to your continued reports from your new beautiful location. |
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ironmanstan Exalted Ruler of Flour Bluff

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 12256
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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How much is a gallon of gas there? _________________ I LIKE MINE FRIED. |
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speckled.trout Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Lots of baby tarpon in the housing development channels, early in the morning
before the traffic, pretty good numbers of barracuda on the flats around the main hwy. Need to go offshore for billfish, kingfish etc.
Hey check it out is the "Texas Bar" still there? My favorite place.
Lots of history there, seems the Bodden (sp) family was the oldest family there.
Mike |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| speckled.trout wrote: | Lots of baby tarpon in the housing development channels, early in the morning
before the traffic, pretty good numbers of barracuda on the flats around the main hwy. Need to go offshore for billfish, kingfish etc.
Hey check it out is the "Texas Bar" still there? My favorite place.
Lots of history there, seems the Bodden (sp) family was the oldest family there.
Mike |
right on, that's what we found too, although there was a surprising lack of other fish loafing around in the marinas like you see everywhere (little snaps, parrotfish, grunts, etc.)...that place was kind of weird...diving the reefs, we saw absolutely ZERO grouper of any kind or size, so that was suspicious...I wanted to go to a fish market but never made it...
Eubanks is one of the big and oldest families there...
we hung out at Calico Jacks on the upper end of 7 mile....was away from the cruise ships and a lot more "local"...
becky _________________
| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
| ziacatcher wrote: | | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| ironmanstan wrote: | | How much is a gallon of gas there? |
it really wasn't bad, was around 3 bucks a gallon for diesel...
becky _________________
| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
| ziacatcher wrote: | | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| haxs wrote: |
Please let me know when you return. I can get room rates as local at a nice discount! |
THAT is very nice! at the exchange rate of 1 dollar US to .80 CI, things are pretty expensive...
becky _________________
| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | | Thanks for the Memories, Ranger Rick. |
| ziacatcher wrote: | | However I bet if you were fishing naked Ranger Rick would have a problem with that |
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speckled.trout Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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If you have the opportunity fish Little Cayman for tarpon, one of the best places, we fished tarpon there on one of our trips with Jose Wejebe he was there doing some type of fishing show. Really a nice guy (RIP)
The Bodden family were there in the 1700's he was the appointed governer
sometime in the middle to late.
Another great time is diving the wall, AT NIGHT..... out frigging standing, and
scared the crap out of me.
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