The Coastal Bend Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will be hosting local surfboard shaper, Mike Doyle, at our next meeting. Mike has been making custom boards since the 70′s and will speak about the latest trends and materials in surfboard design and construction. Here’s your chance to pick an expert’s mind on what makes surfboards work and where shaping and glassing is headed in the future.
This meeting is open to everyone and will be in Room 1003 of the Carlos Truan NRC Building at Texas A&M Corpus Christi at 7 pm on Monday, August 28 (building #18 on the attached map). Take the first right into campus from Shoreline and the Carlos Truan NRC Building is the second building on your right. Refreshments will be provided.
We will also provide an update on the beach access issue south of Packery Channel and have our new chapter t-shirts for sale featuring Wade Koniakowsky’s art – only $15!
I have mixed feelings about this one. The summer has been so dang flat that the prospect of surf is very exciting. Yet, this tropical storm’s path is not looking good for LA or TX.
Ernesto remains a week tropical storm but it is almost certain that it will strengthen as it enters the gulf. I believe we will see Ernesto shape into a hurricane by late Monday or Tuesday. Keep an eye on this one.
For more information visit http://www.thestormtrack.com/
Tropical Storm # 5 “Ernesto”
For more information: http://www.weatherunderground.com/tropical/trackin…
After hearing humors that Packery Channel was producing some unusual fish I decided to take my two kids out for an evening of fishing. The first thing we needed was bait. After a few throws of the cast net we had more than enough finger mullet to fish late into the evening.
I pulled a thumb-sized mullet from our bait bucket and proceded to run a hook through its tail end. In the past, both of my kids had only fished using artificial or dead bait so the site of the “poor little mullet” bleeding on the hook raised some concern from my oldest daughter. I found her crying in the back seat angry at her Dad for killing the little fish. I explained that mullet are about one step above the shrimp in the food chain and that the big fish eat the little fish and we eat the big fish…it is all part of the “Cycle of Life” (quoting Disney movies often seems to helps in situations like this). She reluctently joined her little sister who had already been fishing for about fifteen minutes (she also wanted to bait her own hook and proceeded to make fun of her big sis for being a wimp).
The three of us had lots of bites and the little one hooked into a skipjack…and when you are 5 catching a skipjack is a BIG deal. It was nothing to write home about but we had a good time. I decided to make a “blind” throw with the cast net next to the barge…just to see what I would come up with. I made the throw and was pulling the net back into shore, when it became heavier than normal. At first I thought I had caught the net on a few of the many oysters growing under the Packery bridge…but the net was not caught and to my delight I pulled up a …snook! It was by no means the largest snook in the coastal waters, but it was a snook. I called my daughters over to show them my elusive 13 inch game fish and got a “kewl”, and a “neat”, and a “can we keep it”? I explained that the fish was much to small to keep and the right thing to do would be to return it to the gulf. The girls agreed and we gently returned the fish back to the channel.
Rumor has it that snook are not the only fish being pulled from Packery. I have heard of snapper, shark, and even tarpon being caught from the channel. Time to pack up the poles and head for Packery!
I received news this week that the great (and brilliant) people out at TAMUCC installed a new wave guage at Bob Hall pier. For up to date wave heights visit http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/overview/151
Thanks Kristie!
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