michael_t Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Anyone need anything? I've never collect off the shore before so any advice will be welcomed. I understand that a marine fishing license is required. I hope to at least bring back some peppermint shrimps so if anyone wants to trade for those or anything else, just let me know. I will try and update this when I get back so you guys and girls will know what I found. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoburns Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Michael, sounds like a great idea. I'm curious to see how your trip goes. If you could post anything you learn about your trip that might be useful as well. What kind of things you found/saw and best places you found to look. The TPWD (Texas Parks and Wildlife) might be a good place to look for information before you go. This is one of their links with general rules. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/a.../general_rules/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Make sure you take a battery powered air pump for the ride back. I have heard the shrimp are hard to keep alive without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate1 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Good Luck and happy hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I have not had luck catching peppermints during the winter. Still haven't figured out why some times they are there and sometimes they are not. Of course check the tide schedule. You want low tide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_t Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Even though the water was 60 degrees, Sunday nite ended up being fantastic! The beach side of the jetties was nice and calm. The wind had died down and the temp was bearable. I didn’t find any thing really colorful, I did find some cool stuff. I also had a great time hanging with (from Maast.org) David (SoLiD), Jason (FossilReef), and Jarob (Jarob). David really knew where to go and was happy to drive 45 minutes to hour away on a Sunday nite to show me around. He also picked up the other two guys on the way! Thanks David!!! We started on the jetties and surprisingly there were a bunch of peppermint shrimps to be had. We explored nearly every square inch of that jettie. Jason found about two dozen mangrove seeds, we all caught a Molly Miller or two. There was also a ton of rock anemones. I grabbed one, just for fun. We’ll see what kind of mistake that is later. http://www.maast.org/forums/picture.php?al...p;pictureid=428 After the jetties we headed over to David’s secret spot to look for pipefish but found none. We did find some little goby’s, about an inch long. http://www.maast.org/forums/picture.php?al...p;pictureid=429 Minh, on Monday I drove several miles down the beach looking for large clumps of Sargagium. There wasn’t much and none of them had anything in them of interest. http://www.maast.org/forums/picture.php?al...p;pictureid=430 I did find a washed up bamboo pole about three inches in diameter, it had several of these filter feeding clams on it. I broke off a couple of pieces and I might add them to my tank, once I get some feed back from the other members. So if anyone knows what theses are, and if they will not overrun the tank, I’m gonna add them. They look like good filter feeders. Let me know. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_t Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 AustinAquaMan, We used red led lights to spy the little peps. White light scares them into hiding, but the red lights reflect their eyes back to you. You also need a small net, like an 8” diameter on a long pole to stick down between the rocks. You don’t even need to get wet with this technique. You will also need an air pump like GKarshens says to keep them alive on the way back. The tide was up when we started and was almost all the way out by the time we left. I don’t know if it’s correlated, but the higher tide is when we did best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Breeze Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 If you have any extra mangroves i'll take a couple off your hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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