Torone
torone@houston.rr.com
02/24/05
20:07
Got tired of fighting with that script...Did this one myself!
opcon
wmorgan@classicnet.net
02/24/05
21:16
Like your page, Bro. Keep adding to it. Bill
Torone
torone@houston.rr.com
03/01/05
08:35
I'm hoping some other people will find this board and decide to share their stories, techniques, etc. with the world...
opcon
wmorgan@classicnet.net
03/02/05
22:54
Glad to see your back online. Hope the move didn't hurt your guys. bill
opcon
wmorgan@classicnet.net
03/02/05
22:58
Getting ready to spend some time at the lake. Bus is about loaded with groceries and bait. Hoping to do some light bar fishing off pier week after next. So wish us luck. All the fresh water should mean that the cats will be biting. Also, will be sending pix of the trip and thinking of you when that BBQ brisket is ready with all the fixin's. hmmmm! hmmmm! hmmmm!
Torone
torone@houston.rr.com
03/03/05
07:16
When I lived in Harlingen, I was the tarpon king! Now that I don't fish for them that much, anymore, I'll tell you the secret. I used to fish off the north jetties at the Brazos Santiago Pass (that's the south end of Padre Island. I'd put on a big popping cork, a 3' wire leader, and a 5/0 Eagle Claw gold hook, and hook a live mullet about 8" or so long just under the dorsal fin. I'd cast it upstream (there's almost always a current flowing along both sides of the jetties) on the side where I saw them breaking water. When the cork passed me, I'd just let it keep on driftin' until it was getting too close to the rocks, then reel in and re-cast. About every 3rd cast, I'd hook a tarpon. Some were as much as 6' long; and plenty of fun to fight. Because I wasn't eating them, I always released them; but I had a lot of fun with them!
Torone
torone@houston.rr.com
03/13/05
10:07
One of the most effective ways I have found to present a bait is 'freebaiting'. You don'tuse a sinker or floater; but rely on the weight of the bait for casting. I usually cast, then leave just a little slack in the line so that the currents (or whatever) can move the bait around randomly. In the many decades since I learned this method, it has consistently produced more and larger fish than either bottom or floater fishing.
opcon
wmorgan@classicnet.net
03/14/05
06:29
Sent some pix of the lake and our camping trip. See your Torone email. We will be going again soon. I tried my best to coax the mallard into my smoker but he just wouldn't go. See pix of Melissa an the local wildlife. :)
Torone
torone@houston.rr.com
03/24/05
08:53
One very effective way to go after redfish and large specks is cut mullet. Whether you freebait or use a bottom rig, cut mullet is almost irresistible. I usually use filets from larger mullet, or half of a smaller (finger) mullet. If the water is shallow and clear enough, I watch for light spots on the bottom that denote clear spots among the grass; and try to cast to them. For whatever reason, reds seem to like to hang out around such places.
Live bait, tackle box and some beer,
These are the things I hold dear,
My wife doesn't get it,
But much to her credit,
She seldom, if ever, sheds a tear!