tvc184

[quote name="rykerx144" post="1020724" timestamp="1309024167"] question is?  Was it a private pier or was that a nice way of saying none of your business, we aint saying?  LOL [/quote] Actually it was a private pier AND we ain't saying.  :D

With all the wind and then rain, I'll bet it still looks like crap.

Private pier.

We probably put about 50 on the dock with 20 keepers. We lost about another 20 (at least) that dropped off the hook as we were lifting them out of the water onto the dock as we were about 6 feet above the water and a 3 foot rail. About 12 of the keepers were at least 17" with no really big ones except the mega-speck that OTB let go. NEVER NEVER NEVER try to pick a speck out of the water with your hands......  ;D It would have gone 4 pounds minimum. We thought it was a redfish.

[quote name="indianforever" post="1020287" timestamp="1308782809"] i just bought a boat and planned on fishing around stewts island this weekend...does anyone have any advice for me...it will be my first time out there and i dont know where to fish around there or what is the best bait for that area or even if thats a good place to fish or not [/quote] Yeah, pick me up and let me show you.  ;D Lots of options on the north end. I don't know with as windy as it has been and with all the rain but specks have been schooling. You could go chase birds or bait on the water. You could also anchor or slow drift (as mentioned, the wind will probably prohibit that option) with cut bait or crabs for reds on the sand bars and channel south of the island. Also be very careful in the area as it can get very shallow in what looks like open water. Instead of running about a mile east of the big bridges to the islands you could run the same distance west and fish around and in the east Bessie Heights canal. The "best" bait is generally shrimp if you can get some but I rarely use them. I hate buying them but love it when I can get some in a cast net. Mud minnows, soft plastics, finger mullet are good options. What is it that you are looking to catch?

[quote name="Old Three Balls" post="1018912" timestamp="1308271228"] [quote author=mat link=topic=82035.msg1018841#msg1018841 date=1308252559] [quote author=Old Three Balls link=topic=82035.msg1018836#msg1018836 date=1308250408] 3 of us kept 18 trout, 2 reds, and 1 flounder last night.  not too bad :) [/quote] Keith Lake? [/quote] partially.  then some night fishing. [/quote] I might be on the way to check out some night action in a bit.

[quote name="Big Ford" post="1017915" timestamp="1307831984"] 13 boats...$650 paid out...winning 5 fish weight was 10 lbs 14 oz, big bass was 3 lbs 5 oz. [/quote] Pretty good haul for the river.

[quote name="thetragichippy" post="1017490" timestamp="1307658123"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=84849.msg1017488#msg1017488 date=1307657703] I don't mind the give and take but the calling people the KKK and other names gets old, not to mention the rules. It doesn't seem that hard to just address the issue and not the person. [/quote] I give new posters some slack on learning how to post. I recall my first post being very argumentative.....as a matter of fact I remember going a few rounds with you!  ;D  But one thing we never did was never call each other names.....we argued the facts (or at least I did  :D) [/quote] Yeah, I called you a hippy.

I don't mind the give and take but the calling people the KKK and other names gets old, not to mention the rules. It doesn't seem that hard to just address the issue and not the person.

Usually live shrimp is good no matter what else is happening if you can get them but certainly not a necessity. I catch a lot of fish every year and rarely use any live shrimp unless I just get lucky and catch a few in a cast net while going for shad. What are you fishing for though?

But I made it today. I only fished about 2.5 hours and had to leave. We had 5 in the boat by then but Trece and his buddy are still out there. We had four specks (20, 18, 18, 15.5) and one redfish (27.5). Trece had two specks and the red and I got two specks.

[quote name="Buccaneer#3" post="1015869" timestamp="1307022675"] Can you duck hunt on Lake Conroe?? [/quote] I thought that it was legal but you have to comply with all other laws like your shot can't cross a property line without prior written consent, etc.

I know the correct way to pronounce Atchafalaya, that's about it.

[quote name="trece balas" post="1015615" timestamp="1306901764"] two of us limited out on nice specks in an hour and 20 minutes this evening on keith lake :) [/quote] I was available.  ???

I think that people probably want to know: 1. Acres? 2. Number of members? 3. Family lease? 4. Past history? 5. Lease rules such as deer per membership? 6. Full access for the year or just during hunting season? 7. Family plot being leased out or a lease like from a lumber company? 8. Anyone else have access to the property? 9. Bottoms, creeks, trees?

[quote name="The-NHS" post="1015163" timestamp="1306767867"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=77929.msg940182#msg940182 date=1293796013] [quote author=beechnut link=topic=77929.msg940147#msg940147 date=1293772844] Been looking for a good working Gatlin Gun. TVC got one? [/quote] Not yet. I used to have a Galil machine gun that I carried for a few years and that was fun but alas, it is gone also. [/quote] What all is needed to have a an automatic gun? Isn't their some extra hooplah you have to do in order to legally own one? Just curious. I've wanted to get one for awhile. [/quote] Machine guns are lawful to own. The deal is that you have to pay for a federal tax stamp. The stamp is only $200 and a one time deal. You apply for it and clear a background check and if everything checks out okay, you get the stamp.... if you can get a police chief in your city or the sheriff in your county to sign off on it. If not, you can incorporate and get the stamp by forming a corporation and going around the signature requirement. Forming a corporation though might run a person $2,000 or so. I haven't checked into it lately. Once you get the stamp, you can go buy a machine gun from another person that lawfully has one with a stamp. The problem there is that privately owned machine guns had to be manufactured before May 1986 (I think). After that, all machine guns have to go to law enforcement or the military. With the 1986 cut off date, there is a finite number of machine guns for sale. That means big bucks. It is like any other rare item like a rare coin. So you might get lucky and pass the background check and pay the $200 stamp and go out and buy that machine gun. The problem is that the machine gun will likely go for $3,000 or more simply because they haven't been made for public ownership in almost 20 years. So if you have to incorporate then the entire cost might be $5,000 or more. It is not hard therefore to get a machine gun and there is nothing illegal about it. Most people simply don't want to spend the money that it will cost. At $3,000 for a best case scenario and $5,000 or more for the worst case scenario, it just isn't that appealing. By the way, you can also have a short barrel rifle or shotgun (lawful sawed off shotgun or short barrel rifle like an AR-15 with an 11 inch barrel) or silencer by the same means. Those items are still being manufactured though so it isn't nearly so expensive as the $3,000 machine gun. All you have to do is get the stamp at $200 (plus more if needed to incorporate). A short barrel for an AR-15 might run about $200 so if you can get a law enforcement signature, for a total cost of $400 you can have a shorty AR-15 and a dreaded "assault rifle".

[quote name="rykerx144" post="1014809" timestamp="1306581299"] alright? liltex  jvc??  any good fishing going on around the PA area? [/quote] There must be if he is catching them in Keith Lake. About time too.........

[quote name="trece balas" post="1014379" timestamp="1306440897"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=61867.msg1014349#msg1014349 date=1306437056] [quote author=trece balas link=topic=61867.msg1014300#msg1014300 date=1306432295] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=61867.msg1014195#msg1014195 date=1306394021] [quote author=SuzieJones link=topic=61867.msg1014193#msg1014193 date=1306393657] I have been bow hunting for more than 4 years. My first weapon set was PSE Nova set at 65lbs with 30 inch draw. I too own a competition target shooting bow. That’s awesome! [/quote] I think about half of the bowhunters active today used a PSE Nova (in one of its versions) as a first bow. It is reasonably cheap compared to high end bows and has a smooth draw. It is still a killer. [/quote] you're conversing with a spammer, tvc :).  at least you can tell this one actually speaks english as a first language. [/quote] Spamming for a PSE Nova? Usually spammers say something like, "Hey, I do that also. By the way try one of my pharmacy links listed below." [/quote] they've gotten smart.  they make a comment that sometimes makes sense to the thread, and then post links in their signature bars. [/quote] I figured that out after you posted. That seems like a long way to go to hide something. Having to log on and make an intelligent conversation about the actual topic at hand.

[quote name="3apantherfan" post="1014382" timestamp="1306441143"] Pretty Much, we were hunting the Reservoirs down 563, and a bunch of ducks were going down in that area. We were trying to figure out where it was and the best explination was Mac. Then my friend said he didn't think you could hunt it because something to do with lake Charlotte but i dont think he realized that it was on completely different sides of the "split" in the river. And i also had a question about navigable waterway but you cleared that up, so thanks! [/quote] This article from the Texas Parks and Wildlife website explains some of the navigable waterway rules/laws in Texas. It is really about the stream bottoms (recreational vehicle use on dry stream beds) but talks about the laws on navigable waterways under Texas law. The second paragraph down talks about public access. One of the main keys is that the water has to be accessed from a public location like a bayou, river, etc. If you have to cross private land to get to it, then it is not public. From the maps, Mac Lake has direct access to the bayou and then Trinity Bay. The federal law also deals with navigable waterways but theirs has to do with any waterway that is effected by the tide. I think the bayou leading up to Mac Lake from Trinity Bay is in the tidal basin and is also under federal laws for navigable waterways. [Hidden Content] I would still make a call to Parks and Wildlife and they are glad to help with the laws.

[quote name="trece balas" post="1014300" timestamp="1306432295"] [quote author=tvc184 link=topic=61867.msg1014195#msg1014195 date=1306394021] [quote author=SuzieJones link=topic=61867.msg1014193#msg1014193 date=1306393657] I have been bow hunting for more than 4 years. My first weapon set was PSE Nova set at 65lbs with 30 inch draw. I too own a competition target shooting bow. That’s awesome! [/quote] I think about half of the bowhunters active today used a PSE Nova (in one of its versions) as a first bow. It is reasonably cheap compared to high end bows and has a smooth draw. It is still a killer. [/quote] you're conversing with a spammer, tvc :).  at least you can tell this one actually speaks english as a first language. [/quote] Spamming for a PSE Nova? Usually spammers say something like, "Hey, I do that also. By the way try one of my pharmacy links listed below."

[quote name="SuzieJones" post="1014193" timestamp="1306393657"] I have been bow hunting for more than 4 years. My first weapon set was PSE Nova set at 65lbs with 30 inch draw. I too own a competition target shooting bow. That’s awesome! [/quote] I think about half of the bowhunters active today used a PSE Nova (in one of its versions) as a first bow. It is reasonably cheap compared to high end bows and has a smooth draw. It is still a killer.

I've never been there but it looks like a navigable waterway. Looking at it on the map, it is likely a navigable waterway. If so, you can likely hunt there. If it a question like pops up from time to time that someone owns the bank and doesn't want people hunting in "their lake"? I big case came up in Texas a few years back in the Big Hill Bayou and Keith Lake area. A long time hunting club claimed sole use of a lot of the water as they owned the bank and all land surrounding a lot of the waterways. The ruling then is should be the same as now and that is that the water is open to the public. The land may not be but a person cannot stop access to a navigable waterway and it is a crime to do so. I haven't duck hunted in a long time but if it is still legal to hunt from a boat not under power, then you should be able to legally hunt Mac Lake. For clarification I would call a game warden with the TPWD and get a final judgment on it. I made such a call last year over a piece of water that had a sign saying no entry allowed. I called TPWD from my cell phone while in the boat and the warden said that the sign was meaningless. The land was restricted but not the water. Is that what you had in mind or something else?

[quote name="3apantherfan" post="1014153" timestamp="1306369165"] I have been duck hunting my whole life, now im starting to venture out on my own, and was wondering if you can hunt Mac Lake? I have plenty of area's to hunt but me and a friend of mine got in an argument about Mac Lake! So any help will be appreciated! [/quote] Mac Lake near south of Moss Bluff?

[quote name="Big Ford" post="1013877" timestamp="1306270441"] There is one in PA on highway 69.  I called about it a while back and think it is $250 for the whole year for your family. [/quote] I was on that one for a couple of years. It was a great place to fish but I haven't been back in about 4 years. I used it for a flyfishing location since I could walk around the bank without the need for a boat. I almost always brought in fish to eat for dinner.

[quote name="trece balas" post="1011241" timestamp="1305478536"] just confirmed i can't make it.  sorry to bake out, but better now than the day before the tourney. [/quote] ..and before you get your money in.  ;D