I always see boats around the stadium for games, but I got a good look at it the other day and couldn't see how boats get through there. Also, never see boats on the Brazos anywhere near I-35. What's up?
quote:They still do but I have shut them out the past two years. The don't do well when you are putting massive amounts of water down the river.
I have been to exactly one speed boat racing event in my life, and it was on the river below Cameron Park in the 1980's. We watched from the north bank, with that big cliff in the background
Those boats were crazy fast, and loud!
quote:Sorry but you are wrong about the Brazos being polluted. Doesn't even make the list. It is no more or less polluted than any other river in Texas. In regards to dirty brown water, anytime a river has a mud bottom it will be brown. The Brazos is actually very clear above Waco. and yes it is full of river fish.. Name one that isn't.
Although it's been a few years ago, I recall someone released a story it was the nation's 8th most polluted river due to the run off of cattle and pigs up river. The Brazos runs a long ways, but to see that dirty brown water, and having fished it decades ago,...it was full of alligator gar, carp, catfish scavengers and water moccasins.
IMO, that was the worst place in waco to put a facility for events.
And, it's McLane Stadium, after Drayton, who didn't really want the name on it as I read at one time.
I wouldn't set foot in that river, or a boat, but's that me.
quote:OK, if I am wrong, I can accept that...I know the river is good above, I worked with two developments at Lake Whitney, the other at Possum Kingdom.quote:Sorry but you are wrong about the Brazos being polluted. Doesn't even make the list. It is no more or less polluted than any other river in Texas. In regards to dirty brown water, anytime a river has a mud bottom it will be brown. The Brazos is actually very clear above Waco. and yes it is full of river fish.. Name one that isn't.
Although it's been a few years ago, I recall someone released a story it was the nation's 8th most polluted river due to the run off of cattle and pigs up river. The Brazos runs a long ways, but to see that dirty brown water, and having fished it decades ago,...it was full of alligator gar, carp, catfish scavengers and water moccasins.
IMO, that was the worst place in waco to put a facility for events.
And, it's McLane Stadium, after Drayton, who didn't really want the name on it as I read at one time.
I wouldn't set foot in that river, or a boat, but's that me.
The only reason it is bad location is that it could be "flushed" if we have to.
quote:Guess I like trout, stripers, sandies and crappie too much ?
Arent fish in rivers a good thing?
quote:quote:Guess I like trout, stripers, sandies and crappie too much ?
Arent fish in rivers a good thing?
quote:I like shrimp too, so can I say they aren't there either ?quote:quote:Guess I like trout, stripers, sandies and crappie too much ?
Arent fish in rivers a good thing?
Trout and sandies? Assuming you are talking about Speckled Trout anf Sand Trout, Those are saltwater fish
You wouldn't expect to find them in ANY freshwater river 300 miles inland, regardless of water clarity... I don't see how such a river can be judged on lack saltwater fish... there aren't any tarpon or red snapper in Lake Fork, so I guess it sucks too?
Crappie are in the Brazos, but yeah, if you want Stripers, better go somewhere else
quote:White Bass AKA Sand Bass..... Sandies.
Outside of a tiny spot in the Guadalupe mountains, rainbow trout are not in any Texas waterways except for winter TPW stocikngs
I have never heard white bass referred to as "sandies", but OK...
Yes, I know Whitney has stripers... didn't deny that
quote:quote:White Bass AKA Sand Bass..... Sandies.
Outside of a tiny spot in the Guadalupe mountains, rainbow trout are not in any Texas waterways except for winter TPW stocikngs
I have never heard white bass referred to as "sandies", but OK...
Yes, I know Whitney has stripers... didn't deny that
quote:
well, my first real fishing partner in 1978 called them that when we fished Cedar Creek Lake. Our company had a lake house there, so we were there almost every weekend. He was the Vice President of the business, I was a kid working in the warehouse part time, helluva bass fisherman. Also a very respected figure in the industry in DFW. President of the trade association, got cancer, died in 1984 at the age of 43.
The association formed a memorial college fund that started out with 7 scholarships. Last I looked, they still give out 8 scholarships in his name.
I've always called them sand bass.
quote:And you will still encounter them there. It is a very good place to ski.
I remember fishing it 10-12 years ago, and as we headed up the Brazos we encountered water skiers if you can believe that. It was nice and flat after all, unlike Lake Waco.