Windy And Water Getting Lower

[lurefisher]

I got to fry me some tonight after reading your post Coach ! Thanks

[coachlaw]

Back when you could get oysters from Bastrop, that's what I did. I used my great grandfather's oyster tongs to harvest them. Talk about HARD WORK! I got 2 sacks one day and I was sore for 2 weeks. Bastrop has been closed for over 3 years now. I suppose it doesn't matter since I'm not eating them, but I don't want to run afoul of TPWD. I found out a couple years ago that what I did was actually illegal. I need to get a Sport Boat Oyster license to pick them using tongs. The bad news is I need to go to a TPWD office to get that. Since Bastrop has been closed for so long, I've just been getting sacks from oystermen, eating a bunch and seeding with the leftovers. This is the first year I've started using kulch for substrate, after picking the brains of oystermen in the know.

[plugger]

That's a neat thing you're doing Sandy . Do you think the bottom may be too muddy where they keep being covered by tidal mud ? Maybe a rock base and rock break water on each side of the bed would help . Elevate the bed . Have you tried harvesting oysters else where and dumping them in your area ? Get some out of Bastrop Bay .

[Curmudgeon]

They're seriously my pet oysters. I haven't eaten one of them. I've been trying to grow oysters there for 7 years. This time I put a bunch of kulch inside the dock, 24 buckets of dried shell that one of the oystermen I know was happy to supply me with. I put that down and spread 2 sacks of seed all over it. I don't know if this will work, but if it doesn't, I'll have to give up claiming my Croatian ancestry. If you can't grow oysters, you ain't Croatian. I'm sure if they don't take, I'll keep trying. Oysters grow upstream and downstream from me, but I can't seem to get them to take at the dock. It's actually illegal to harvest them in the bayous, so once I put them in, I don't harvest them. More oysters equals more fish, better water quality, etc. So they really are my pets.

That is really cool, Sandy. You are truly a steward of the environment.

[Ibtsoom]

I'd say Sandy never sleeps but I've heard him snore so I know it happens occasionally.

[dbarham]

Man you and Deano are night owls

[coachlaw]

They're seriously my pet oysters. I haven't eaten one of them. I've been trying to grow oysters there for 7 years. This time I put a bunch of kulch inside the dock, 24 buckets of dried shell that one of the oystermen I know was happy to supply me with. I put that down and spread 2 sacks of seed all over it. I don't know if this will work, but if it doesn't, I'll have to give up claiming my Croatian ancestry. If you can't grow oysters, you ain't Croatian. I'm sure if they don't take, I'll keep trying. Oysters grow upstream and downstream from me, but I can't seem to get them to take at the dock. It's actually illegal to harvest them in the bayous, so once I put them in, I don't harvest them. More oysters equals more fish, better water quality, etc. So they really are my pets.

[plugger]

Sandy , did you create an oyster reef at the camp or have a natural bed on the bayou ?

[westbaytroutassasin]

Im having serious debate with myself about maybe going out in it tomorrow. Other than the wind, rain, cold, and misery, it should be a good day. Haha.

[Robalo]

Wish I could get out before the rain comes. It's very cool to see everything with a super low tide. I just hope all my pet oysters don't die.

"Pets"-your mean your crop you're raising!! Yummy.

[coachlaw]

Wish I could get out before the rain comes. It's very cool to see everything with a super low tide. I just hope all my pet oysters don't die.

[Ibtsoom]

That's a good time to go see structure that isn't normally visible . It would be cool to have a drone to do that ..... As long as it's not blowing 32 mph . I'd like to see the SLP guts and upper west bay .

Nothing to see in upper west.. Move along... Move along...

[kenny]

It was dang sure cold this morning on my beach walk, and the tide was O.U.T.

[plugger]

That's a good time to go see structure that isn't normally visible . It would be cool to have a drone to do that ..... As long as it's not blowing 32 mph . I'd like to see the SLP guts and upper west bay .

[planohog]

32F in kema this morning. wind last night highest gust 23mph about 8pm ( measured under the house )