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 South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/01/23 02:00 PM
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texasflycaster
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South Padre Island does get the weather changes my home in North Texas gets, just without all the tornadoes and hail and ... This past week the Lower Laguna Madre seems to have shifted from the full chill to wet wading the bay, in a space of only a few days. There are still more mysteries to unravel here, but my extended time here is almost up! Then it's back to the boiling water of DFW for this little frog. And back to those easy to find, hard to catch, carp! ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-27890-178144-speckledtrout_042923a.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-27890-178145-llmrredfish033123_1b.jpg)
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
[Re: texasflycaster]
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04/01/23 05:06 PM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Nice post and fish. Good job. 
![[Linked Image]](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/ycku.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/560/ukw3.jpg) IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
[Re: texasflycaster]
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04/02/23 02:03 AM
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Osbornfishing
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Great pictures. You need to find a snook before you head back north. That would be really fun on a fly.
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
[Re: texasflycaster]
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04/02/23 05:50 PM
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texasflycaster
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Brownsville Ship Channel is always a place that can surprise a fly fisher. How about a mangrove snapper on fly? ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-27890-178293-mangrovesnapperbsca.jpg)
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
[Re: texasflycaster]
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04/02/23 09:31 PM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Brownsville Ship Channel is always a place that can surprise a fly fisher. How about a mangrove snapper on fly? That would be a surprise. Nice catch.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/03/23 09:55 AM
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swellcat
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Mangrove snappers are some scrappers. Nice catch.
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/03/23 09:24 PM
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Osbornfishing
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Great picture. Congratulations. 
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/04/23 11:53 AM
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Nice work sir. It is encouraging to see the fish coming onboard. I will be down there in 2 weeks. Looking forward to this trip.
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/04/23 01:44 PM
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texasflycaster
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Well Curt0407! Let's fish! Weather is closing out today, and looks like the rest of the week ... what else is new!
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/08/23 01:28 PM
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Four "X"s in a row on the calendar as of today. Four bad weather days for fly fishing, but there's always tomorrow! First family visitor arrives today, after almost 7 months down here ... just need a little sun to show sometime soon.
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/08/23 01:45 PM
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banker-always fishing
Pumpkin Head
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Well Curt0407! Let's fish! Weather is closing out today, and looks like the rest of the week ... what else is new! Neat video!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/14/23 02:00 AM
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texasflycaster
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![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-27890-179636-arroyocoloradotrout.jpg) Nothing quite like a speckled trout so big you don't know what it is tugging on your 8wt! And don't forget the slot changed this year! It is now 17-23, and this one came in at 25-inches and fat! Released and now safe for a long time ... we hope.
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/14/23 02:38 AM
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Jim Ford
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Shannon, that was a six weight. 
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/15/23 09:09 PM
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texasflycaster
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Not the 2 weight! Had a request for snook? Here you go! ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2023/04/full-27890-179852-brownsvillescsnook2023c.jpg)
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Re: South Padre Island Fish Camp - Things Change
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04/15/23 11:06 PM
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IslandJim
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Cool, Shannon! Snook on a fly rod? At night? I'm jealous.
Been reading your FLYCASTER posts. Do you know if the Space-X launch will be televised other than locally in the RGV? I'd get up early to watch that. It wouldn't surprise me if they had a delay or postponement. I assume you'll be watching and, hopefully, recording.
Wanted to get down there in April, but things are conflicting, as usual. Please keep up the LLM/SPI posts and info. I'm interested in your Arroyo treatise. I always do at least one stop in AC. Wish there were cheap "fisherman's cabins" there, not just AIR/BnB, and VRBO places at tourist rates.
Catch em up! IslandJim
I'm an Eighth Day Adventist. On the Eighth Day, God went fishing!
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