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Goliath Grouper, JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 023 This week we learn more about the awesome Goliath Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico. Still protected from any harvesting to allow the species to repopulate in the region... these huge fish are a great catch and release sport for an experience of a lifetime. Our 1st guest is Captain Tom McLaughlin from Cape Haze Florida say's on catching a Goliath grouper, "I tell people it's like taking the heaviest tackle you've ever seen and attaching it to the bumper of a large pickup truck... it's a 5 min tug of war and many people have a tough time making it." www.anotherkeeper.com (Photos By McLaughlin w/permission) Our Next guest is Captain Jeff Shelar from Marathon Florida (Florida Keys) says, "You've got to lock the drag up and stop them because they'll go down to the bottom and break you off... They'll rip your arms off if you don't watch it... with their big broom tale movin, they can use it well." www.catch-em-all.com (Photos By Shelar w/permission) // Todays episode of JGF looks and sounds like some great offshore adventures in catching and releasing Goliath grouper. Goliath are also found in the Texas coastal waters for a great recreational sport fishing day. Checkout our JustGoFishin Offshore Directory. Texas State Record for Goliath Grouper is 551 lbs and caught by Gus Pangarakis on June 29th 1937. This record has certainly held on for a long time and likely to continue with the federal protection currently in place on these Goliath. Facebook Fishin Facts & Fables This week we asked the following questions and received some great answers from anglers from around the world. ____________ is a poor mans Tarpon. Which is preferred; J-hook or a Circle Hook? Responses the these questions can be found on this weeks JGF podcast & our JustGoFishin Fan Page. We would appreciate any feedback, comments or questions you may have about our podcast or about fishin. Also, Enroll your fishing website to our online fishing directory. Y’all have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander

Gargantuan Alligator Gar, JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 022 One of the largest freshwater fish in the Unites States is the Alligator Gar and can be found right here in Texas. This prehistoric like fish is found in the Gulf coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas).  Angling for this unique freshwater predator has become more popular in the sport fishing industry. Captain Bubba Bedre talks about what it's like catching one of these Gargantuan Gars of the river. He say's, "there's two kinds of Alligator Gar, Lazy or Active. A lazy gar will feel like you're pulling in a log and an active gar will fight like a marlin." (Photos By Bedre w/permission) www.garfishingguide.com Host of Animal Planets "River Monsters" Jeremy Wade shows off a Giant Alligator Gar with Bubba Bedre. Picture below: Bubba Bedre is in the middle and Jeremy Wade on the right. Captain Mark Malfa from Houston Texas shares his enthusiasm for going after these monsters. He also was featured in Animal Planets "River Monsters" with Jeremy Wade. (Photos By Malfa w/permission) www.bigfishbowfishingtexas.com Captain Malfa from Houston say's, "the Alligator Gar is the poor mans Tarpon". There extremely hard to hook like a Tarpon." One of the reasons for the popularity of this fish is due to "bow fishing". This seems to be out of the mainstream of fishing but has become more popular. This gargantuan alligator gar is definitely one to put on your angling list of fish to go after. Looks and sounds like it would be a real kick in the pants to hook on to one of these monsters. // Facebook Fishin Facts & Fables This week we asked the following questions and received some great answers from anglers from around the world. Have you ever been stung by a stingray? What is you favorite bottom feeding fish to go after? What fish is like reeling in a big log? 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. Also, Enroll your fishing website to our online fishing directory. Y’all have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander

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. Also, Enroll your fishing website to our online fishing directory. Y’all have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander

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. Also, Enroll your fishing website to our online fishing directory. Y’all have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander

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. Thank you for stopping by our podcast and Blog. Leave us a comment, feedback or email. We'd love to hear from you. Also, Enroll your fishing website to our online fishing directory. Y'all have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander

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. We'd love to hear from you your feedback, comments or suggestions to JustGoFishin. There are 3 ways you can do this: Send me an email: dave@justgofishin.com Leave a comment at the end of this blog. Find us at Facebook JustGoFishin.com T-shirts are available to purchase online. Click the appropriate banner on the right of this page for more information. If you have a fishing website or blog you can submit it at our JustGoFishin Directory. JustGoFishin gets on average about 6-7,000 visitors a day. We use this as our primary resource for our weekly Tales & Reports Podcast. We certainly hope you have a great day of fishin. Dave Alexander www.JustGoFishin.com

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. 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. "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"

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 016 {Special} This week is a Preview of the Corpus Christi Law Enforcement Fishing Tournament (CCLEFT). August 13th & 14th, 2010 Pre-Register online and save $15 till July 30th On this weeks podcast you get a sneak peek of the CCLEFT event by some anglers that have pre-registered & a few of the tournament Directors Andy Garrett & John Little. Hope to see y'all there! Tragic Accident near Goose Island Very unfortunate boating accident happened last Saturday the 17 of July. I asked Lee Tallas of the Corpus Christi Law Enforcement Fishing Tournament to share some thoughts on boat safety. My wife and I were up at Goose Island when a couple of helo's landed to airlift a man & woman to the hospital. The man lost his arm while the woman had several cuts on leg. Fortunately they both will be ok after tremendous help from others and professionals. Be Safe.

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 015 {Special} Texas Game Warden Fishing Tournament 167 anglers participated in a terrific weekend of fishing at the Texas Game Warden Fishing Tournament. Live entertainment, food and beverage, Silent Auction and some great catches. JGF enjoyed meeting several people and chatting about fishin and taking several pictures. We hope you enjoy. TGWA Fishing Tournament Directors TGWA Chefs provided some Real Good Eats! Setting-up and Tuning-up Meet & Greet Entertainment by Brandon Key and Paul Batchelder Impromptu Live Auction Tournament Day Prep Game Warden "Jim", Weigh Master Heaviest Speckled Trout 1st Place: Patrick McGary, 5.16 lbs. 2nd Place: Steven Tietez, 5.14 lbs 3rd Place: Tim Lockman, 4.62 lbs. Heaviest Redfish 1st Place: Pinky Gonzales, 8.00 Lbs. 2nd Place: Jim Ingle 3rd Place: Austin Leach, 7.58 lbs What a great weekend of fun, food, entertainment and best of all... FISHIN! Visit the Texas Game Warden Association Fishing Tournament website for more details. Big Thanks to the Texas Game Warden Association for inviting JustGoFishin.com to participate!  

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 014 {Special} This week is a special episode featuring Chuck Ford, Jimmie Lindsey, and Captain John Little of the Texas Game Warden Fishing Tournament. This Fathers Day weekend should be a great event to bring your family and friends out to enjoy a lot of fun, food, entertainment and some great fishin. TGWA Fishing Tournament Next week we'll have Pictures and the Pre and Post Interviews of the tournament. See you this weekend!

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 013 This is our last Episode of JGF 1st Season. We'll start the 2nd season August 4th, 2010. Please see our episode schedule link at top of page. I had the opportunity to visit the CCA/AEP Marine Development Center in Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff) Texas and enjoyed a tour of the facility. I was greeted by Robert Vega, Rodney Gamez and Ruben Chavez where I received a terrific tour of their facility. (Middle) Dr. Robert Vega, Enhancement Director Coastal Fisheries (Right) Rodney Gamez, Facility Manager (Left) Ruben Chavez, Natural Resource Specialist CCA/AEP Marine Development Kid Fish Ponds Broodfish Life Support Redfish Speckled Sea Trout Flounder Studies show that approx. 15-17% of fish raised in the hatchery survive to adulthood in the local Texas Bays.  The Marine Development Center's research team have been able to determine a more true value of the impact our local hatcheries provide by using genetics. These paddle wheels above are used to prevent a pond from crashing by aerating, donated by SEA.  CCA and SEA and others have contributed to improving this facility over the years and have been greatly appreciated in continuing and improving conservation of our local fisheries. CCA/AEP Marine Development Center Staff Texas Game Warden Association Fishing Tournament Coming the 18th and 19 of June is the TGWA Fishing Tournament. We hope y'all will come out to support the Game Wardens and enjoy a day of fishing at the Roberts Point Park in Port Aransas. Left to Right: Jimmy Lindsey, John Little, Chuck Ford These guys give a sneak preview of the TGWA fishing tournament coming this June 18th & 19th. See website for details. This is the last show of season 1. The second season of 2010 will begin August 4th with a lot of new great fishin adventures. Dave Alexander www.JustGoFishin.com www.JustGoFishin.net  

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 012 This week we have another great show featuring the Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament. Friday night's captain's meeting featured a Crawfish Feast and Raffle.   James Lodge and Tommy get things started at the Captain's meeting with a raffle and instruction for the anglers. Finger Licken Good! Weigh Masters 2010 Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament Winners Elisabeth Bryson, Jacob Bryson, Anthony Munoz, Andrew Munoz Heaviest Stringer Geronimo Leal, Mike Jalifi, Aurther Meru 2nd Place Heaviest Stringer Jerome & Jenny Karasek, Barbie & Rusty Wymore 3rd Place Stringer Lottie Crofton Heaviest Redfish   Chris Dziuk Heaviest Speckled Trout All Tournament Pictures Captains Meeting and Crawfish Feast Catches of the Day Post Tournament Pictures Great weekend for fishing. There area few more fishing tournaments coming up that would be terrific to participate in. Texas Game Warden Fishing Tournament June 18th and 19th, 2010 Great opportunity to show your support for the Texas Game Warden's for the great work they do to help preserve our wildlife for future generations. Also coming in August the Corpus Christi Law Enforcement Fishing Tournament or known as CCLEFT. Again, on behalf of the Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament we'd like to thank all those who participated in this years event. We sure hope to see y'all out there. Have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander www.JustGoFishin.com

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 011 This weeks episode covers the Saltwater-fisheries Enhancement Association Founders 10 year Reunion. But first I'd like to share with you a video made by Scott McCune, The Saltwater Cowboy. Scott was out fishing the Gulf recently and ran into a school of Killer Whales. It was awesome to view... Check it out: That was so cool I was inspired to take the family out for our own Killer Whale Sighting. Ok, enough of my nonsense. Scott McCune did a nice job of capturing the Killer Whales 80 nautical miles East of Port A. Very Cool. JGF has published a series of  articles called Bay Fishing with Bait 101, by Captain Scott McCune. Five Major Types of Fishing Windy - Popping Cork and Shrimp Calm Summer Mornings to Windy Afternoons – Croaker & Piggy Perch Calm Fall Mornings to Windy Afternoons – In The Flats: Sand Pockets SEA 10 Year Reunion This year is the Saltwater-fisheries Enhancement Association's 10th anniversary and we had a chance to join their celebration. We hope you enjoy our conversations with them as we give you a sneak peak of this event. May 20th is the SEA Banquet you don't want to miss. Be sure to visit our JGF Fishin Reports for updates on fishing conditions. Reports from Captain John Little & George Garza. Papa Johns Pizza Fishin Tales for some of the latest catches. Ya'll have a great day of fishin, Dave Alexander dave@justgofishin.com  

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 010 This week we profile a long time Texas fisherman Dave Wyble here in Swinney Switch on the Nueces River.  Dave has been fishing this area for years with a lot of success catching several Monster Catfish. Some of these cathfish are so big he couldn't get into the boat, he had to drag them to shore. The photo above shows his backyard where he enjoys fishing almost daily. While I was visiting Dave at his ranch he shared with me some of his catches the last few years. He catches so many that he doesn't take very many pictures these days but he's got some good stories. We hope you enjoy some of his pictures he shared with us to publish here at justgofishin.net. Dave says that catfish really go for Zote Soap. That's primarily all he uses. He likes to use the Trot-line rig, Limb-Lines and Jug-Lines for going after Catfish, Monsters of the Nueces River. Be sure to check Texas Parks and Wildlife for current regulations. Check out some GREAT Pics given to us by Dave Wyble: Galaway Fishing Tournament James Lodge, of the Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament shares some insights on how this fishing tournament got started 5 years ago. He also gives us a preview of this years exciting tournament at Bluffs Landing. James Lodge 2009 Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament Check-out last years Galaway Memorial Fishing Tournament Champions and all the pictures. NEW... Register online for this tournament! Come Join in the Fun! May 14th & 15th, 2010 Check-out the latest on Papa John's Fishin Tales; Charlie Hill at Copano Pier and Raymond French at the Packery Channel. Send us your fishin pictures of your great catches and we'll share them online with everyone.  

Welcome to JGF Tales and Reports Podcast Episode 009 9 Years the SEA San Antonio chapter has been providing fishing tournaments twice a year. This is their 2010  spring tournament with possibly combining both San Antonio & Corpus Christi chapters next year for the 2011 fishing tournament. This year started off with a fish fry Friday night in Rockport for a meet & greet mixer. SEA-SA President, Chuck Kirchhof, fry's up some Blacken Sand Trout for all the anglers and guest for a great evening of this meet & greet mixer. Captain Scott McCune stopped by the tournament and I had a chance to visit with him about Rockport Fishing.  Captain Scott McCune offer JustGoFishin Reports for the Redfish Bay areas to Aransas Bay and spots in between. Where were the fish caught today? We had several reports from the SEA-SA anglers catching their fish at the following fishing spots Mud Island, Estes Flats, Dagger Island, Hog Island, Aransas Bay Reefs, and Port A Jetty. SEA-SA Fishing Tournament Winners Weigh Master Noah, SEA-SA Kids Division Ryan, SEA-SA Kids Division Jennifer Boyd, Lady's Heaviest Redfish Mark Tiner, Men Heaviest Redfish Bobby Dishong, Men Heaviest Speckled Trout Tim Farris, Men Heaviest Black Drum Tough luck story to the team with the worst luck. Great fishin tales shared in the Tales & Reports Podcast. What a great fishing tournament! Congratulations to all the winners & anglers for making this years SEA-SA fishing tournament a great success! Very well organized by Mark Sellards and his team in working diligently in making this a fun event for kids and adult anglers! Friday Night Fish Fry Catches of the Day Raffle & Winner Announcements SEA-SA Fishing Tournament