021 JGF, Texas Giant Stingray Tales
JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 021
Texas giant stingrays are plentiful along the Texas Coastal Bend and Captain John Little shows us how to catch one. Also, today we share the dangers that go along with wade fishing and what can happen if you encounter a stingray. A couple anglers share their stories on getting barbed by one of these nemesis creatures that lurk on the bottom.
Hal Hargis, Houston Texas
It took Hal six weeks to recover from his stingray barb. The pain was so excruciating while he traveled to the hospital that he wanted to marry the nurse after she made the pain go away. The next day he stayed in the boat for some drift fishing.
Hal Hargis, Houston Texas
Showing off the results of a successful “Anglers Shuffle”
Troy Malish, San Antonio Texas
Troy while fishing the shoreline took what he thought precautions in getting barbed by a stingray. Wearing boots that he thought would provide him protection and turns out to be a run to the emergency room.
Troy still wade fishes on Team OSO for trout and redfish or whatever he can catch but is more aware of the pain associated with stingrays.
Troy Malish, San Antonio Texas
Texas Giant Stingray
Captain John Little with his family went out fishing for shark and ended up with a trophy sized Texas Giant Stingray. This stingray took about an 1:45 minutes to land on the boat at Port O’ Conner Jetty area.
He thought it might be a State record but the Texas Parks and Wildlife doesn’t keep track of catch & release stingray.
Captain John Little & Kids
Facebook Fishin Feedback
This week on our FaceBook fan page we recieved some great answers to question we posted from anglers around the world.
- What is the best color of fishing line to use?
- Which is more effective; fishing from a boat or wade fishing?
Answers in our podcast and/or JustGoFishin Fan Page
We would appreciate any feedback, comments or questions you may have about our podcast or about fishin.
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Y’all have a great day of fishin,
Dave Alexander
020 JGF, Giant Catfish
JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 020
This week we talk with anglers around the world on angling for giant catfish. We are excited to have Gary Sheridan from River Edro Spain, Chad Ferguson from Eagle Mountain Texas, and Harry Little from the Guadalupe River in Texas.
Gary Sheridan takes clients on guided trips to catch & release giant catfish. These bad boys are sure something to catch that brings anglers to their knees trying to land one of these giants. www.CarpDreamFishing.com
Nev Clifford with Gary Sheridan
Tony Holland with Gary Sheridan
Chad Ferguson takes his clients to to Eagle Mountain Lake which is Northwest of Fort Worth. His passion is now giant catfish because of the size and quantity of the species. Catch’em big here in Texas. Best time to go after giant catfish is during the colder month’s of year. www.TXCatfishGuide.com
Chad Ferguson
Catfishing the Guadalupe River with Larry Little. Some nice Blue Cats and Flatheads can be caught on the river using limb lines. Saltwater fishing license is all that’s required to fish this area because of the proximity to the saltwater. Larry Little is the father of Captain John Little that fishes the coastal bay areas of Texas.
Friend of the Little family Gary Billings
This week we share some answers to questions we made on our facebook page. We got some great responses and hope you enjoy this segment. The first question we asked was:
- What is your favorite brand of Fishing Pole? We had 12 fans respond to this.
- What does “Bowing to the Silver King” mean? we had about 6 anglers respond to this question. We were referring to a previous podcast on Giant Tarpon.
We would appreciate any feedback, comments or questions you may have about our podcast or about fishin.
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Y’all have a great day of fishin,
Dave Alexander
019 JGF, CCLEFT Weekend Event 2010
JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 019
Another great year at the Corpus Christi Law Enforcement Fishing Tournament for 2010. Congratulations to all the anglers that participated!
Friday Night was an action packed afternoon and evening with a lot of prizes from their raffle and silent auction.
David Browne provided Live Music entertainment.
Weigh Master Jim from the Texas Parks & Wildlife looks for cheaters that might effect the final results. Turns out that it’s all good!
Kountry Boy Katering provided some great eats.
2010 Champions
Chevy Hernandez, 6.04 lbs
Joy Hendrix, 8.44 lbs
Adrian Garcia, 7.00 lbs
Jack Grummelt, 8.20 lbs
Tommy Nichols, 8 Spots
Be sure to checkout all the pictures we shot this tournament weekend at our FaceBook site. Leave us your comments and tag the photo’s.
Congratulations to all and a thank you to all the sponsors who participated.
Check-out all the winners at CCLEFT.JustgoFishin.com
Texas Game Warden Watch with Chuck Ford
Redfish are concentrated in the south bay, Mud Island and trailer island have been producing reds.
Kingfish and Ling are still hot for this time of year.
Ya’ll be safe.
Little Fishing Tips with Captain John Little
This weeks fishin tip is how to take care of your fishing poles and prevent scoring. Whenever you travell with your fishing poles be sure to take off your weights so that they don’t swing around your poles and score them. I’ve seen lots of poles broken from not taking weights off. Also, when your securing your hook on the eye of the rod, be sure to use the medal part of the eye and avoid the plastic parts. this will help keep your poles in great working order. Captain John Little.
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Y’all have a great day of fishin,
Dave Alexander
018 JGF, Catch Giant Tarpon
Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 018
This week we investigate how to catch Giant Tarpon. Captain Clay Eavenson near Tampa Bay Florida and Captain Jamie Pinter share their experience as they go after these “Silver Kings”.
Captain Clay Eavenson
Clay Eavenson calls this “hours of boredom interrupted by moments of chaos”. His techniques of patient fishing prepares anglers to manage massive resistance of a 200 lb tarpon.
Giant Tarpon with Captain Clay Eavenson
Great video of the action and power of a Giant Tarpon
with Captain Clay Eavenson
Captain Jamie Pinter
Jamie Pinter out of Galveston Texas talks about Giant Tarpon Fishing Texas Style.
Tarpon Fishing with Captain Jamie Pinter
If your lookin to go after Giant Tarpon Fishin, we hope that this episode was helpful to you to giving you a better understanding of this type of fishing. We recommend either of the Tarpon Fishing Guides we’ve spoken to in our podcast.
Texas Game Warden Watch with Chuck Ford
Fishing reports from Port A look real good offshore this past week with catches of Ling, King fish, Wahoo, Amberjack and shark.
The PINS area are catching Trout and Redfish on a low tide. Shark are also being caught with some large Amberjack.
Most of the shark caught are black tips with a few hammerheads and bonnetheads. Keep safe out there.
Little Fishing Tips with Captain John Little
This weeks tip is keeping your hands out of the bait live wells. Hands can have sun block on them and/or whatever you ate for breakfast. This can actually kill your bait.
Best to use water from the marina’s bait tanks when getting started. Right now you can get Croaker, Piggy Perch, Mullet and shrimp. Mullet will be very hearty and last longer.
Recap
We certainly would like to thank our quests this week for there contribution to the “Catch Giant Tarpon” episode and hope we can have them back on a future show.
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We certainly hope you have a great day of fishin.
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017 JGF, Gulf of Mexico Fishing
Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 017
This week we are excited to share some interviews from fishing captains around the Gulf of Mexico. This summer with the worst oil spill in US history has added a lot of pressure to the fishing economy and anxiety to many people’s livelihood. Now that the oil well is capped and work continues on the clean-up the fishing has been getting back to normal.
- Captain Trey Landry from the Florida Pan Handle shares his thoughts on the impact of the oil in his area.
- Captain Dave Fontenot, Lafayette LA, gives us insights on the area he fishes.
- Mike Segal, Galveston TX, and the offshore fishing on the North coast of Texas.
- Mary Ann Hiemann, Aransas Pass TX, talks about the red snapper summer.
- Captain Tom Farley, Port Aransas TX, shares his thoughts on fishing offshore.
Calixto Gonzales, Texas Fish & Game Mag
Great fishin tale of a “Run Away Elephant” caught by Calixto Gonzales in the Port Mansfield area.
Catching Bill Fish in the Gulf of Mexico, Captain Scott McCune
Out on a training charter Captain Scott McCune catches several bill fish in the Gulf. The picture below is a nice sail fish caught and released. Scott fishes offshore and in the bay areas and launches out of Rockport TX.
Vary nice sail fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico by the Saltwater Cowboy, Captain Scott McCune.
TX Game Warden Chuck Ford
Texas Game Warden Watch with Chuck Ford
Shrimping Season is getting underway.
Shark regulations are updated and can be very confusing. Pick up a guide at the Texas Parks & Wildlife.
Texas Parks & Wildlife are looking to hire about 25 more Game Wardens for the border area.
Captain John Little
“Little Fishin Tips” with Captain John Little
This weeks tip is polarized sun glasses. When you fish be sure to get polarized sun glasses which will allow you to see the grass lines and sand pockets. They’ll take the glare of the water surface and allow you to see into the water. Schools of redfish are very difficult to see with-out polarized sun glasses. With-out polarized sun glasses you have a great big headache at the end of the day. Captain John Little
New JGF Tales & Reports Studio
We are excited for our second season of JGF Tales & Reports Podcast. During the last few month’s we’ve been upgrading our equipment and moved our studio to bring to you more great fishin Tales & Reports.
Thanks to Cliff Ravenscraft of the Podcast Answerman and his consulting services we’ve added a JK Audio Broadcast Host and Compressor Limitor Gate which makes it possible to bring in telephone calls and cutout all the low frequency static in the background. The phone calls we take are “the best they can be” based on the device (Phone Line) they are using. In any rate, we are now able to expand our reach in talking with people all over the country. Soon we’ll have Skype feed into our studio which will again improve our capabilities within our studio.
We are certainly grateful to our sponsors at JustGoFishin which has made it possible for us to expand our operation and improve our product with quality information and fishin resources.
The resources we used for this podcast are from JustGoFishin.com subscribers, Facebook, and the Internet.
- Visit JustGoFishin “Gulf Fishin” category and you’ll find some great captains to charter your next trip offshore. We hope you enjoy using JustGoFishin as a great fishin resource to plan your next trip.
- FaceBook is another source we use to interact with other anglers and we would love to here from you. If you have a fishin tale or feedback we’d love to get your comments.
We encourage you to check-out our affiliates that can offer some great ways to improve your fishin skills in the Texas Coastal Bend and Beyond. Yes, we do make a couple bucks when you purchase these products which helps us bring to you these shows.
Next week we’ll bring you episode #18, “Giant Tarpon Fishing”
