06-25-2009, 01:37 AM
Peter, don't have any pictures less than 8 years old, but similar to the bonefish flats of Fl but with slightly green to darker tinged water mixed with marshy in others. Only halfway hospitable time (IMHO) is 4hr RT, 3 week window for me in the Spring or Fall, so I quit going there and haven't missed it yet.
[quote flygoddess]Yeah, I am still waiting for pictures also[
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A light did go on Pontoonman. I was at Port Aransas a few years back. First off, why would you want to float the shallows? Don't use waders (BTW, my sandaled feet are dry and out of water 99% of the time!), don't care to carry/wade with lots cumbersome gear (need TD's type setup + something for live bait sometimes), can't get to better flats without crossing sections of long, narrow, deep water channels on public property, don't want to wear kevlar leggings for sting ray protection, cover more area in sit down comfort and possible shade, float over hazards like a few quicksand like areas and occasional deep holes, explore underfished areas where the powerboats can't go.... The Fall flounder etc. runs are about the only time you can do well wade gigging or from piers/shore without some kind of boat.
You can walk out quite a ways. Just hope you don't forget or drop/leave behind anything you're
dled down with, the RT is not much fun. See above hazards for walking. Would get lots of questions on where to get my rig every time I was out.
That bay was full of jelly fish and other stingers, but I understood it to be the time of year. Yep, jellies are mostly surf which is powerboat/pier territory anyway and stay above stingers in a pontoon.
Maybe it is all the time, I don't know. Minor part of the time. But, I certainly couldn't vision a pontoon in those waters.
On the way back we did go over the Bridge to Corpus and stop a few places on the way back to San Antonio.
Gotta say, love those "SHEEP HEAD" Yea, SH about as ugly as they come, I liked the flounder for ugly and speckled for beauty the best..[/quote]
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[quote flygoddess]Yeah, I am still waiting for pictures also[
] A light did go on Pontoonman. I was at Port Aransas a few years back. First off, why would you want to float the shallows? Don't use waders (BTW, my sandaled feet are dry and out of water 99% of the time!), don't care to carry/wade with lots cumbersome gear (need TD's type setup + something for live bait sometimes), can't get to better flats without crossing sections of long, narrow, deep water channels on public property, don't want to wear kevlar leggings for sting ray protection, cover more area in sit down comfort and possible shade, float over hazards like a few quicksand like areas and occasional deep holes, explore underfished areas where the powerboats can't go.... The Fall flounder etc. runs are about the only time you can do well wade gigging or from piers/shore without some kind of boat.
You can walk out quite a ways. Just hope you don't forget or drop/leave behind anything you're
dled down with, the RT is not much fun. See above hazards for walking. Would get lots of questions on where to get my rig every time I was out.That bay was full of jelly fish and other stingers, but I understood it to be the time of year. Yep, jellies are mostly surf which is powerboat/pier territory anyway and stay above stingers in a pontoon.
Maybe it is all the time, I don't know. Minor part of the time. But, I certainly couldn't vision a pontoon in those waters.
On the way back we did go over the Bridge to Corpus and stop a few places on the way back to San Antonio.
Gotta say, love those "SHEEP HEAD" Yea, SH about as ugly as they come, I liked the flounder for ugly and speckled for beauty the best..[/quote]
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