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CCA Conservation Alert: Make Your Voice Heard to Conserve Gulf Red Snapper

Posted by: Larry Bozka on October 23rd, 2006

This just in from the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA):
Red snapper stocks in the Gulf of Mexico have been decimated as a result of juveniles being killed as bycatch in shrimp trawls for decades. The red snapper population today is severely depleted and requires drastic management action to recover the stock.
 
NOAA Fisheries has issued a Draft […]

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Everything Kayak! Expo Slated for Aransas Pass Nov. 4-5

Posted by: Larry Bozka on October 23rd, 2006

ARANSAS PASS, Texas - Kayaks seem to be everywhere these days … sprouting from the roofs of SUVs and compact cars alike, dotting streams and lakes and bays across Texas. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, kayaking participation nationwide doubled between 1998 and 2004, with recreational and sit-on-top kayaking the fastest growing segment of the […]

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Capt. Wayne Vinton on Post-Rain and Cold Front Galveston-Area Hotspots

Posted by: Larry Bozka on October 20th, 2006

My old friend Capt. Wayne Vinton, host of the SportsRadio 610 Outdoor Show, called me this afternoon and shared his educated take on what is happening on the Galveston Bay System subsequent to the passage of this week’s rainfall and cold front.
 “The guides have been keeping a bit of a lid on it,” Vinton says, […]

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A Neat Trick For Storing Monofilament Spools Onboard

Posted by: Larry Bozka on October 18th, 2006

Tired of watching as your small bulk spool of monofilament leader material falls from the console and commences to unwind all over the boat? Use this simple trick (one that I have been using as well to cover appropriately-sized camera lenses in my camera cases for years).
Use an inexpensive soft foam “Koozie”-type insulated drink holder to […]

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Freshwater Inundation will Impact Upper Texas Coast Saltwater Fishing, But Benefit Lakes

Posted by: Larry Bozka on October 18th, 2006

Sunday and Monday of this week were strong concrete testimony to the old adage: “When it rains, it pours.”
And pour it did. Here around the home office confines of Seabrook, Texas, we got almost five inches of rain in that brief 48-hour period. That pales in comparison to Conroe, where the community north of Houston […]

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