Weekend Cooking & Drinking Thread: Hall Pass Edition

[BeastMan]

This weekend the misses has given me a hall pass so I'm heading to the coast here shortly and I'll try to find some windows to get out on the boat. I brought my rain gear.

[SpeckleDawg]

Burgers & woodford tonight.

Beast, it's looking like glass for the morning. I loaded up the kayak and plan to hit the water early for a quick trip.

[BeastMan]

Just rolled in to town. Probably gonna have some storms to dodge but we’re going. Good luck in the morning speck

[BeastMan]

Pics coming later but we caught a nice mess of fish. Great day on the water. It’s a burger night at the sports bar in town and we’ll be back at it tomorrow

[BeastMan]

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[IMissJack]

Went wade fishing for the first time in Galveston bay side last night. It was slow, but we caught about 12 (reds and gafftops) Did not keep anything. My friend I was with has gotten into Kayaks. Any suggestions for a novice Kayak guy?

[Uncle Ruckus]

Caught some small mangroves this morning but left my phone on the porch. Had a bird take a fish and my lure. Had to cut the line or reel the fish in. Only had one real good meal. Disappointed in the hogfish I had which is the fish I was looking most forward to having.

[Howboutdemdogs]

Love those flounders! We caught some last week down on the Coast. We are still eating leftovers from the 4th.

[SpeckleDawg]

Nice haul Beast. I caught a few trout early morning. Water was oddly clean around GPT - green and 6+ feet of visibility.

Made fish tacos last night.

[SpeckleDawg]

Any suggestions for a novice Kayak guy?

What kind of budget and what type of fishing primarily?

[BeastMan]

Nice haul Beast. I caught a few trout early morning. Water was oddly clean around GPT - green and 6+ feet of visibility.

Made fish tacos last night.

I’m pretty confident we limit on reds pretty easily if we’re in the marsh at 6 instead of 8:30. We had about an hour of tide and caught a few trout and reds. We spent the next 4 hours really grinding it out on no tide. It turned back out at 2 and we caught the flounder and a cpl trout and we see storms brewing right over Waveland-PC and that’s where we had to come in. Got sporty on the way in. Would have loved to have another hour on that falling tide. I fished all day and only had tide for like an hour and a half.

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[IMissJack]

What kind of budget and what type of fishing primarily?

Probably mostly reds and trout fishing inshore. $1500 budget.

[Uncle Ruckus]

Jackson Cuda. It’s what I have and it’s my first. Great first kayak for that budget.

[BeastMan]

Jackson Cuda. It’s what I have and it’s my first. Great first kayak for that budget.

Jackson and Native are 2 brands I’d definitely look at. $1500-$2k is also prime used Hobie Outback territory. If you’re interested in the pedal yaks that would be a good place to start.

[BrunswickDawg]

Just got some right off the boat shrimp. About to light a burner and start a boil.

[SpeckleDawg]

Jackson Cuda.

I have a Cuda as well. I love it, especially the storage pod in the middle. My tackle stays loaded in mine ready to go all the time.

A 12' kayak is also probably the best size for what you want to do. Tracks better than a 10' and isn't as hard to move around as a 14'.

[Uncle Ruckus]

I have a Cuda as well. I love it, especially the storage pod in the middle. My tackle stays loaded in mine ready to go all the time.

A 12' kayak is also probably the best size for what you want to do. Tracks better than a 10' and isn't as hard to move around as a 14'.

The storage is awesome. I put small things, wallet, phone, etc in it and slide my tackle under my seat. Awesome kayak