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ditkarulz34 Finger Mullet
Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 12
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:01 am Post subject: Red Tide this weekend & kids |
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| Go figure, I had my first trip down to the coast in over a year (Divorce sucks!) and I am now reading about the red tide that has come in. Honestly the trip was out of my budget right now but I didn't get to take my kids down once this summer. I have been lucky enough to have never been down during one of these plagues so I really can't say I know much of what to expect or do. I'm reading some people say that the bays normally stay clear, just stay away from the surf. I'm looking for a little advice while I still can cancel reservations. My boy's are 8 & 9 and I don't want them to be miserable on a trip that I can barely afford. They don't we are going yet, I was picking them up from school with the truck packed and heading south until they asked if we were going the wrong way, so they won't get their hearts broken if we end up not going. The last couple trips down with them have been pretty big busts so I was really hoping to put them on some fish this time. Anyone got any advice on whether to plan another trip when this passes or if there will still be fishable areas good for kids? |
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topdog15 Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 4566 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:07 am Post subject: |
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As of now, the red tide is confined to Gulf waters. That doesn't mean it will not enter the bays. The high salinity in the laguna tends to keep the bloom out, but CC Bay and other lower salinity bays are often affected during prolonged events. _________________ "Ya'll must eat a lot of fish" |
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MJW Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 1150 Location: Cedar Park, Texas
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| topdog15 wrote: | | As of now, the red tide is confined to Gulf waters. That doesn't mean it will not enter the bays. The high salinity in the laguna tends to keep the bloom out, but CC Bay and other lower salinity bays are often affected during prolonged events. |
What part of the surf is effected? All of mustang(specifically Horace Caldwell sections), or more just the packery and pins areas? _________________ Work hard to play harder!!!
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Lovethemyorkies Horse Mullet

Joined: 02 May 2013 Posts: 131 Location: CC, Tx
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| MJW wrote: | | topdog15 wrote: | | As of now, the red tide is confined to Gulf waters. That doesn't mean it will not enter the bays. The high salinity in the laguna tends to keep the bloom out, but CC Bay and other lower salinity bays are often affected during prolonged events. |
What part of the surf is effected? All of mustang(specifically Horace Caldwell sections), or more just the packery and pins areas? |
http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/redtide/status.phtml
Samples collected on September 14 by TPWD and Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) staff identified high cell concentrations at Horace Caldwell Pier (Port Aransas), Packery Channel (Corpus Christi), Bob Hall Pier (Corpus Christi), and the northern border of PINS. Mild irritation was also reported at these sites. |
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MJW Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 1150 Location: Cedar Park, Texas
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:49 am Post subject: |
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http://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/redtide/status.phtml
Samples collected on September 14 by TPWD and Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) staff identified high cell concentrations at Horace Caldwell Pier (Port Aransas), Packery Channel (Corpus Christi), Bob Hall Pier (Corpus Christi), and the northern border of PINS. Mild irritation was also reported at these sites.[/quote]
I did see that posted on Monday. I was more hoping for someone who has actually been on the beach. Actual conditions, aresols bad or not and if anything is catching. The beach cams had shown the water looking great still and hadn't seen or heard of any fish kills in that area of beach. Some parts of our crew is arriving today. Hoping its not as bad there as packery and pins . _________________ Work hard to play harder!!!
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ditkarulz34 Finger Mullet
Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 12
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Just pulled the plug on our trip. My youngest has a history of asthma and its just not worth the risk. Hopefully it clears out and we can get down there another weekend soon. But if it magically clears up in the next couple of days and the fishing just blows up this weekend, just remember I was kind enough to cancel my trip to make all this happen for everyone else  |
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ROBDOG Member White Shrimper Boot Club

Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 790 Location: North Padre Island
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:51 am Post subject: |
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I live right across from Bob Hall and the aerosols are bad enough that I have not been able to hang out on the back porch. I helped my son replace a headlight bulb last night in the driveway and it sucked....  |
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