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April 01
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Here’s a good example of what redfish predate on during spring in the Laguna Madre. This one in particular had 30+ mud crabs and one lug worm in its stomach.

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March 24

Boating.

I just picked a 21' Freedom Commander with a 175 SHO. I like the boat, runs well but cavitates when I go to get on plane. The prop it came with is a Rubex Solais 143/17. I can get it up to 6000rpm after tilting the motor and picking up the jack plate. Just thought I'd ask for some advice on whether I should look into a cavitation plate, trim tabs or just jump right in to getting a different prop. TIA

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March 26
00:10

Here’s a video I took in the river last night to illustrate the small fin fish I kept talking about during the webinar. I’ll post the webinar in the videos section this evening when I’m off the water and back home.

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March 30

Any recommendations on glasses and lenses for sight fishing?

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March 30

What’s the water quality looking like in the lower Laguna after this big rain? My dad and I are planning on fishing in Port Mansfield in a couple weeks and we’re wanting to make sure that everything isn’t all messed up with all this runoff.

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March 27
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So after doing the live stream Tuesday I had to take my own advice. I got to thinking about plastic size and girth more than length when big vs small. It reminded of a day in Baffin and I caught three 25” trout in about 5 casts all over 5 lbs. We were grinding that day and the fish were sitting on bottom and we couldn’t get our corkies down to them. They weren’t hitting plastics at all though and I dug through the boat bag and tried to find something the shape of a Corky that would go down 4’. I came across these that my son had won in a grab bag and put them on a 1/8 oz jig head. I proceeded to put on a seminar the rest of the day with them. All of that said I went on a quest to find some more of them after our discussions on Tuesday. Big profile, thick body, slow descent. Sometimes I think profile matters more in the size discussion than length. You aren’t necessarily going bigger by just going longer. Now I need K Wigglers to make a 7” ball tail this thick!

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March 29

Here’s a video on stopping bleeding after the terrible accident, recently. Everyone should always be prepared!

https://youtu.be/qhOyXTm9XwY

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March 28
00:56

I changed my mind on a couple webinar answers.

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March 17

What type of coolers do you have on your boat? I have an older 120 quart igloo that I use for drinks and snacks. What are you using and thoughts?

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March 27

I know a number of you heard the Bite Me podcast on Tuesday talking about the unfortunate accident that happened down in POC.  I received a list of items for a trauma kit from a member of the Border Patrol about a year ago and passing it along.

In addition to a regular first aid kit here are the minimal  recommended items:

Chest seal x2, Tourniquet x3 CAT-T x1 RATs, Compressed Gauze x2, Trauma Sheer x1, Elastic Bandage Roll, Gloves

Other items:

nasopharyngeal airway, Emergency Blanket, Blood clotting powder, Clotting gauze, Emergency laceration closures