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wishiwasinspi Finger Mullet
Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 40 Location: Kingsville
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:19 pm Post subject: Finally Made it to SPI! |
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I finally made my way down to South Padre to try to find some big trout. I love fishing down there because it's the only place I can catch big trout ha. Well the morning wade got messed up. My reel decided to quit and I had not brought a spare(purchased one the next day). Also my buddies didn't have wade boots and were cutting up their feet. Saw one monster trout wading around though. Went and got them boots and borrowed a reel from my buddy and went again that afternoon. 20 minutes in I caught a 25 inch trout. My buddies reel messed up after that so I let him us the one I borrowed and went back n hung with the ladies on the beach. No more fish were caught. It was a blast though. A 25 incher was my goal for the year and I got it!
The guys
The reason I was willing to let my friend use the extra reel and wade back! _________________ If there is a picture of a fish above I'm a happy man |
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4theReels Member White Shrimper Boot Club

Joined: 30 Jun 2011 Posts: 663 Location: Beach Bum, Flour Bluff-USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Great catches.....and contrats on your PB.... _________________ (( Living the life I was born to live.....
Givin' it all I got to give....)) |
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shallowsport Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 3260 Location: Flour Bluff/Kingsville
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks like all of you hadn't great time at the beach. |
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Bigrock Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 1380 Location: Sherwood Tx
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice trout! But Dude...you gotta COMMIT... you gotta FOCUS...and not let yourself become DISTRACTED from the fishing at hand.
I woulda done the same.  |
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J.McDonald Knives Flour Bluffian in training

Joined: 19 Aug 2010 Posts: 461 Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Great job!! Beautiful looking spec. With how colorful that one is as well as how vibrant the spots are, I would have had that one mounted or had a replica made of it. _________________ Jacob McDonald
210-445-9402
www.jmcdonaldknives.com |
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wishiwasinspi Finger Mullet
Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 40 Location: Kingsville
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ya it was a gorgeous trout. A mount was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw him. I'm a little poor for that though ha my bank account quickly reminded me of that. I'll graduate college in a couple of months and maybe then I can think about mounts. _________________ If there is a picture of a fish above I'm a happy man |
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J.McDonald Knives Flour Bluffian in training

Joined: 19 Aug 2010 Posts: 461 Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| wishiwasinspi wrote: | | Ya it was a gorgeous trout. A mount was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw him. I'm a little poor for that though ha my bank account quickly reminded me of that. I'll graduate college in a couple of months and maybe then I can think about mounts. |
You can always take very good pics together with a tape measure and get all the measurements and then take that to a taxidermist and they can make the replica from that. Or put it in the deep freezer whole and with pics to show its true color so they can touch it up. _________________ Jacob McDonald
210-445-9402
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gulftrout Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1629
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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NICE!!!  |
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deputydawg Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 1991 Location: Humble
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Nice fish and nice friends!!  |
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workinbird Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 524 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| Solid fish! Gotta love it! <*/)))>< |
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ironmanstan Exalted Ruler of Flour Bluff

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 12256
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:13 am Post subject: |
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| wishiwasinspi wrote: | | Ya it was a gorgeous trout. A mount was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw him. I'm a little poor for that though ha my bank account quickly reminded me of that. I'll graduate college in a couple of months and maybe then I can think about mounts. |
Good things come to those who wait. I'll mount when I finally get one over 32.....over 32 and fat not a pencil trout.  _________________ I LIKE MINE FRIED. |
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justletmein Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 909 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:13 am Post subject: |
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That's a nice trout, but yeah I wouldn't be fishing much either.  _________________ JJ |
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