New Member saying Hi

[Texas River Pirate]

Hi everyone. Just surfed in. I live in Gonzales, Texas. Have been fishing the beautiful Gaudalupe and San Marcos Rivers now for 28 years now. I love to catfish. I use trotlines, droplines, sticklines, jugs, rod and reel. You name it. I have caught them all, but I think I really like catching channel cats the most. I think they have a better taste.
Have been using cut shad mostly, but you can't beat fresh earth worms from the golf course. Soap is good in the summer. I have been hearing chicken livers are tearing them up right now. I need to get out there and catch me some.
Well anyway, I just wanted to say hi to all.
Texas River Pirate

[Thomas P. Conley]

Hey to you there Texas River Pirate. Yep, sure can't beat that cut bait and them old worms. I make my own soap which tears the up. Welcome to this great cat fishing site, which is loaded with useful info. Go the the library for this site and find just about anything you need to learn about catfish.

[T-Bone]

Howdy Brother ! Welcome to the BOC. Glad ya came. Before long the members map is gonna be full of Texans:thumbsup: ........ Have ya found the map yet ? Put yourself up there if not. Enjoy and let us know how the water is down there. Here it's lookin' bad, very low at most lakes around Dallas.

[james]

Welcome to the BOC. Nice to see more texans joining soon we will be takeing over the board.:evil-big:

[rpcathunter]

Hey Pirate, I too am new.But not new to catfishing, ya got to love it. I do have slightly disagree with ya in that if you cook a blue a little longer it's tha best.

[LilRyjoe04]

Welcome to the Brotherhood Jay!! Good to see new members joining! Take it easy buddy!

Ryan

[elphaba7]

Welcome to both of you! Happy Valentines Day!:wub:

[jstall]

Welcome aboard! I spend many days in Gonzales fishing and hunting there. We had family friends there that I spent summers with. Loved every minute.

[SilverCross]

Welcome to the BOC TRP.

[RIP]

Welcome to the BOC.

[the_nis]

Jay, welcome to the BOC!

[bud1110]

Jay,

Welcome aboard the best Web site on the net...I sure like to see another Texan sign up..

[Darrell]

Welcome to the best bunch of guys around. You will love it here!

Darrell

[teaysvalleyguy]

Jay, welcome to the BOC. It is always nice to have another new member. Welcome to the family.

[strider]

What a great site this is...all things catfishing! I'm happy to be a new member and and look forward to learning more about the pursuit of the Greatest Sportfish in Texas freshwaters. I fish from a kayak or access areas with a kayak and bank or wade fish mainly for channel cat in the warmer months. My chief haunt is the Brazos River in the Marlin area. Hopefully we'll get some rain here in Central Texas this spring so we can all look forward to another successful season of catfishing.

Thanks to all who have already extended your welcomes, I am proud to be a new brother.

[elphaba7]

Welcome, Strider! Nice to meet you!

[marco88]

Welcome to the BOC! This site is great. There is so much great info on so many topics that I spend most of my time reading and not enough time posting.

[Mr. Catfish]

Welcome to the BOC !!!

[marco88]

Howdy TRP! Welcome to the BOC!

[stickthrower]

Welcome aboard buddy! Sit back and read through a lot of the library articles as there are some awsome entries!:)

Frank

[Fatkat]

Welcome Strider, this is a great site I'm sure you will enjoy.

[TIM HAGAN]

Welcome to the brotherhood come join as in the chat room sometime.

[Itch2Scratch]

Welcome aboard Strider and thanks for already having completed your profile and putting up an Avatar...makes people more comfortable to talk to ya and helps us answer questions in more detail..;) Stick your pin in the member map and jump right in. Again, welcome to BOC, the best outdoors forum on the net!:)

[sharpshooter]

welcome to tha site.

[sharpshooter]

Welcome pull up a cooler or bucket and drop a line

[edward361]

[SIZE="4"]Welcome Jay to BOC I live just down the road from you in Shiner /SIZE]

[TerryD]

I'm new also, live in Old River TX (North of Baytown Tx) next to the gulf coast. Fish Trinity and East Bays also Trinty River, Old River and Lost River. I have a lake place on Lake Livingston which is a great catfish lake. Also like to chase the white bass on the lake using ultalite tackle. Belong to another web site called FishingTX.com you folks need to try it. It's not world wide like this one but has a lot of information on Tx, fishing

Tight Lines to everyone and don't forget FISH ON GET THE NET

[SilverCross]

Welcome to the BOC, strider.

[Lngbo]

Howdy Strider, I new here too and lovin it.

[T-Bone]

Look out boys ! Another Texas boy is joined up with us.:grin-big: ......
Welcome aboard Sir. Enjoy and share....

[Crispy Critter]

Yes, welcome aboard Strider.There is alot of good people on here and I think you'll like it.Like someone else said there is so much to read it's hard to find time to post.

[Crispy Critter]

Welcome aboard TRP.A big Howdy from Missouri

[Crispy Critter]

Welcome to the BOC Terry

[Texas River Pirate]

Wow,

Thanks to all that welcomed me to the site. Barely know that many people where I live.
To the member who asked about the worms at the golf course. We have this black gumbo dirt along the river, and the worms in it, are huge. Like 1 ft. long, and big as a pencil.
We go to the golf course, where the grass is cut real short, early in the morning when the dew is still out, and pour a chemical mixed with water on each worm casting. I use a gallon pump sprayer. The worms crawl out of the ground, and you just pick them up. The chemical dosen't kill them. I can get up to 20 doz. worms in an hour. Sometimes less, but it works like a charm. It's almost as fun as fishin. Gotta have a good back.
I catch channels, blues, and yellos with them on r and r, or on lines. It's a real fish catcher.
Thanks again.
Texas River Pirate

[james]

Wow,

Thanks to all that welcomed me to the site. Barely know that many people where I live.
To the member who asked about the worms at the golf course. We have this black gumbo dirt along the river, and the worms in it, are huge. Like 1 ft. long, and big as a pencil.
We go to the golf course, where the grass is cut real short, early in the morning when the dew is still out, and pour a chemical mixed with water on each worm casting. I use a gallon pump sprayer. The worms crawl out of the ground, and you just pick them up. The chemical dosen't kill them. I can get up to 20 doz. worms in an hour. Sometimes less, but it works like a charm. It's almost as fun as fishin. Gotta have a good back.
I catch channels, blues, and yellos with them on r and r, or on lines. It's a real fish catcher.
Thanks again.
Texas River Pirate

When I lived in Farmersville Tx we had the same huge worms since Ive moved I havent seen them guess it has alot to do with the dirt where they live. What type of chemical do u pour on them ive heard of soap and water??

[Texas River Pirate]

We use to use diazinon, 1 tlbs./ gal. of water, but I think the gov. outlawed it, can't find it anymore. We now use a lime/sulfur fungicide made by Ortho, I think that's who makes it. It does not kill the grass. Ground need to be wet, for any of it to work great. Like a day or so after a rain.
TRP

[strider]

Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome. I put my pin in the map (boy, it's getting full!). Look forward to swapping pics & stories in the coming months. Good luck and good fishing to all of you!

[hobocatfisher]

Just stopping by to see what condition your condition is in. And to say Hey.

[dirtyyellow]

welcome always nice to see new texans

[MAXSMOM62]

welcome to the Boc

[james]

We use to use diazinon, 1 tlbs./ gal. of water, but I think the gov. outlawed it, can't find it anymore. We now use a lime/sulfur fungicide made by Ortho, I think that's who makes it. It does not kill the grass. Ground need to be wet, for any of it to work great. Like a day or so after a rain.
TRP

Diazinon isnt that a chemical that farmers spray on there feilds???? think u have to have some type of license for it

[catrat]

Just joined myself not more than a couple of weeks. :0a25:

[andi1950]

Welcome to you. This is a great site. I have been here just a short time myself. I fish Lake Belton and the Leon River.

jerry

[T-Bone]

Wayne and Jerry, Welcome to your new family of the BOC. As y'all may already know, this is the best dog gone site on the net for fishing know how and just plain ol' talk about every thing under the sun.
Hope y'all will consider making the Gathering next month.......

[bigfish]

welcome to the boc.