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rustynail11 · Horse Mullet Joined: 11 Feb 2016 Posts: 128

If anyone hits the beach this week please post on the water conditions. If things improve I am heading down on Friday. If they stay the same I am not sure it will be worth the drive and may wait until the 27th to head down.

kobersteller · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:02 pm Post subject:

I was there this weekend.

2 wheel drive all the way down to the jetties. (a couple of spots were soft) The rains yesterday probably packed it in even more.

Surf so flat that you couldn't read it, except for the color changes (clarity down south was 9/10, northern end 6/10, but clearing) and mosquitos/biting flies did there best to carry you off.

Fishing was tough. Lots of skip jack, whiting and hardheads. No reds/trout to speak of. Some guides caught some drum from their boats and the end of the Mansfield jetties on live croaker.

Still some of that white seaweed on the northern end, didn't see any further south, past the 25 mile.

Regardless of anything, I would say get out there and get right. It always works for me.

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Transplanted · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:48 pm Post subject:

That sound really good. Finally something to look forward to.

gkrane · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:25 am Post subject:

Would it posssible to make it down to the 25mm with a honda CRV? I really want to get out there and avoid the clear bryozoans.

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:29 am Post subject:

john's addicted · Horse Mullet Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 171

I went to the 35 and back, both today and yesterday( Monday and Tuesday), and the driving conditions are very good. Water clarity was better yesterday than today, but overall could clear some.
Fishing was better yesterday, with 9 solid trout caught between 3 of us. We managed 14 total.
Today I caught 3 smallish keepers.
All were caught on Carolina rigged croaker.
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john's addicted · Horse Mullet Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 171

Oh and to the honda crv question....yup. I was in a ford escape today and passed a minivan at the 20. My front wheel drive never made me worry today. Lots of washouts made for a bumpy ride through
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6.7.8,9,10. so i let him go again.

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:24 pm Post subject:

john's addicted · Horse Mullet Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 171

I went again today and the water was looking better. Had one of those crazy surf experiences at that boat at about the 35.5... First cast a trout, next a red, next a skippy, next a hard head, next a black drum. I guess everybody wants on the croaker train.
Only caught one trout over 20 today, and it was barely over.
That thai glass noodle snot weed is there, but not that big of a deal on a c-rig. Most times the weight and swivel had some , but the bait was usually clean.
All fishing done between 20 and 40 between 7am and when the croaker ran out...around noon
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1.2.3,4,5. once i caught a fish alive.
6.7.8,9,10. so i let him go again.

gkrane · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:32 am Post subject:

Any new reports on the sea snot issue?

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:42 am Post subject:

rustynail11 · Horse Mullet Joined: 11 Feb 2016 Posts: 128

We may have passed each other. I made it down early Friday afternoon and set up camp a mile or 2 south of Yarborough pass. Fished there Friday and caught plenty of whiting.

Headed south to the jetties on Sat morning and got stuck just past the 40. Stayed stuck for about an hour and a half and fished while contemplating my exit, caught a bunch of whiting and a gafftop. While stuck Rebecca of Sunnybrooke Farm stopped by and we chatted.

Determined to get out I finally freed myself and made it to the jetty. Water was clear but colder as you hit waist deep water. Had a good time hanging with Rebecca and crew for a few hours at the jetty and another spot a few miles up before I went back to camp. Fished for a few hours and caught nothing but whiting. Didn't see any sea snot all weekend.

Packed up Sunday AM and headed back to DFW. Quick trip but always worth it to get a little time on the island

Donnie · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:50 am Post subject:

I should have gone to the jetties on saturday, but had the misfortune of catching a nice slot red on my first cast, and then assuming it was because I was doing something right, instead of just being lucky.

Were you about 45 when you got stuck , there was a nasty place there. Very narrow beach, high mushy sand.
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gkrane · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:39 am Post subject:

With the sea snot gone I might have to make a trip out there tomorrow.