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hickroots07 · Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:36 pm Post subject: Laguna Madre Report 8/20/2019

Started early leaving an empty ramp at about 5 am headed south before the sun came up in time to hit our spot right as the sun was coming up.

Started kind of slow but eventually found the fish.

We left the fish biting with double limits and decided to make our way back. I decided to run shallow to avoid the chop in the ICW which turned out to be a mistake. Turns out things get REALLY shallow quick on a super low tide and before you know it I was passed the point of no return...

(Edited to remove incriminating photo... thanks CS!)

So 5 hours later, 2 boats, 5 friends, my wife and 4 pieces of PVC pipe and we had her floating. Now i'm sore in places I didn't know I could be sore in. Just another hard lessened learned but I'm thankful for friends that care enough about me to come get me even when I did something stupid and a wife that wasn't too harsh on me and even came to help push it out. Enjoy!
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Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:51 am Post subject:

The Good and The Bad.... Yin and Yang. Beauty double limits though; and Good On Ya Mates and the Wife-Unit for helping you out. August, pushing a stuck boat out, been there = No Fun.

[A Side Note: I'd ditch the last 'incriminating' photo, but that's just me]

CS

Yak Daniels · Horse Mullet Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 148

Good box of fish! Glad you were able to get help with the boat.
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hickroots07 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:16 am Post subject:

Thanks for the heads up CS! It really was an accident though just inexperience I guess.
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bulldog1935 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:17 am Post subject:

well that was successful - thanks for the report and photos

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:34 am Post subject:

bulldog1935 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:10 am Post subject:

I turned into Rattlesnake Bay last fall thinking I was skirting Peyton Bay into Arroyo Colorado - that didn't last long

hickroots07 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:38 am Post subject:

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

Been there and done that getting out of the Port of Brownsville in Skipper's Haynie. Luckily the backwash of a tanker saved us after the initial flow of water didn't get us off that one last flat where you turn left towards the Causeway. LOL I was up front and said why is it all sandy here? And then.....................Stopped!
Nice report!
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hickroots07 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks! I was initially kinda embarrassed, but the more I tell people what happened the more I see that sometimes it just happens, even to the best of us. I think I learned some valuable lessons and hopefully it wont happen to me again.
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ziacatcher · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:44 pm Post subject:

Like several others have said, been there done that. Congrats on the double limit and great friends

BayFly · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:45 pm Post subject:

I'm jealous! I had to call TowBoatUS! Laughing

hickroots07 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:24 pm Post subject:

bulldog1935 · Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:25 am Post subject:

Shalor · Horse Mullet Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 180

Safe track on the gps keeps me out of trouble. But when I was younger and did not have the funds for that....been pretty stuck. Were those reds schooled up or just in pods? Headed south today to fish ULM Baffin and Landcut and where ever the fish lead us for 4 days. I found big schools of drum with a few reds on the perimeter but no schools of reds where I normally find them...on a trip 10 days ago.