October Muster

[saundecw]

I propose we have a muster the weekend of October 6-7 at the Cagle Campground on Lake Conroe. This will be the weekend before the conclusion of the Catfish Contest organized by FishingTx.Com. The Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival is the following weekend of October 13-15. Anyone interested?

[medulla762]

If I'm not duck hunting I'm there!

[Rockyfox2]

sounds good to me

[john]

I'm in.I want to ck out the area anywho.

[Gentleben]

ok wayne I'l ltry to be there!!

[BW3D]

Shouldnt be Duck Hunting that ealy in October so that sounds like fun. Can anyone give me any info on that Catfish Contest. I'd like to get into that also.

[fishing fireman]

Probably be stalking the Houston County white tail with the bow and arrow...but we will see!!!

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

I'm interested Wayne. Sounds good to me!!

[Mouth]

Whens this catfishish contest and how do I get in on that!

[medic1292]

turned in my request today! this time no school till Jan 02! Just gota get the Warden to sign my weelend furlo>:ball-chain:

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

I wish you luck with your warden, Rick... LOL!!! Plz, let this man go fishing and go with him!!!

[River Rat]

Ill try and make this one with my girlfreind she loves to fish, But Ill have to leave the kayak at home .

[bearwhiz]

I'd like to get involved with it.

Bearwhiz

[saundecw]

I have site 34 at Cagle reserved for the 5th - 8th of October. I had already reserved site 35 for the 9th - 16th for vacation and to attend the Festival.

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

Wayne, do you know if the surrounding sites are still available? Are your sites with water and sewer? I am gonna look into renting a travel trailer. Does anyone have one to rent out?

[saundecw]

NCFL, all the sites at Cagle have full hookups. The restrooms have hot water and showers also. There are two areas or loops of campsites, the Sycamore Loop is closest to the lake and that is where I have my reservations. The only sites reserved are 34 and 35 right now for the weekend of the 6th - 8th. You can go to the the Reserve America website and do a search for Cagle, they have a map of the campground and you can find the dates available for each site. They charge nine dollars to reserve a site regardless of the number of days plus the daily fee at the campround. A membership with Reserve America is free and you have access to campsites all over the USA.

[fishing4food]

sounds good to me i will try & be there

[T-111-5]

count me in but,don't know yeat about camping out?
have to look into it like ncfl .if i can find a camper to rent i'll be there. will make it if i can't campout anyway.:)

[hobo247]

Is an outing like this open to any member?

[saundecw]

Most assuredly. Everyone is invited to participate, members and non-members alike.

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

Absolutely, the more the merrier. We had more fish at the last muster than there were eaters. Everyone is welcome to join in!!!

[DStreet]

I told my wife about this last night and she said it sounds like a lot of fun. We have a new tent that we have only tried out in the backyard when we had a lot of company at the house so this would be a great excuse to use it. My wife was even more thrilled when she asked what the wives would do while the men went fishing and I told her that they would go fishing too. Maybe some of the women on here can get her over not liking to take her own fish off the line.:icon_surprised:

[nickc775152002]

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE...I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR AWHILE NOW AND SHE STILL WON'T GET CLOSE TO IT:icon_frown: ...WHEN IT COMES OUT OF THE WATER SHE HOLDS THE POLE AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE!!! ITS TOO FUNNY!!:114:

[reedlv]

Mrs.Reedlv maybe able to help out with that. I told my wife a long time ago. She can fish with me evertime I go, but she will have to take her own fish off. So now she has a pair of gloves in the boat.

[DStreet]

My wife said that if I gave her a pair of gloves and the little metal grippers to grab the catfish with she would take them off so some progress is being made.:p

[reedlv]

You have to teach her to crawl before she can walk. LOL

All kidding aside. If she wears some thin leather gloves to hold them. The gloves will save some fairly painful fin wounds and a good pair of needle nose will remove the hook. Bring her to the Muster. The team can and will give you both all of the adive you could ever want.

[reedlv]

I believe I can make it up that way for the entire muster. I need to try and invest in or borrow a camper for the trip. I will bring the boat and the Reedlv BBQ pit. Hope to see everyone there. I guess I need to make a coupe of trip between know and then. I will need to have a couple of honey holes. I need a big cat for the contest.

When does the contest begin on Conroe?

[jwevansv]

I need to start putting together some more camping gear. I may have to rent a small camper since my wife isn't too thrilled about "roughing-it" in a tent. I just asked her if she wanted to go and she said it sounds like fun. She will be very impresses with the big cats some of you are bound to catch. If I pull a camper how do I pull a boat? I suppose if I get a small John boat it can sit atop the camper?

[DStreet]

I cut my pvc pipe for my jugs today, picked up some rebar at a garage sale for my counter weights, and bought a couple of water noodles to make my jugs for the muster. All I need to get now is the white Duct-tape, the end caps, the eyehooks, the line and the hooks and I'll be ready to assemble some jugs. With the PVC I cut I'll have enough for 24 jugs. I'll post a picture of one when I get the rest of my supplies. The wife and I our looking forward to having a good time and meeting everyone in October. That way you can teach us how to use our jugs properly.

[Gentleben]

It's gonna bea gas i will be doing my Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley imitations!!:lighting:

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

Hey, I look forward to that Ben!!

[dwaynez]

I look forward to seeing everyone at this Muster, looks like we will have some new members coming out for this one.

Doug, look forward to seeing you there

[jwevansv]

I was checking for a trailer with shower to rent for the Muster. I found one for over $300. Is that too much? Does anyone have one to rent out cheaper for my wife and I? Can't hurt to ask.

[DStreet]

My Grandparents will be on Lake Conroe at Piney shores this weekend and going out on a boat and watching and maybe participating in some jug fishing would be a real treat for them. My grandmother has a bad leg though and can't step up into anything or down into anything so hopefully she would still be able to go out. Even if not I know they would enjoy being around everyone at the campground and partaking in some of the delicious food ya'll cook up so as long as its ok with everybody I would love to bring them.

[Gentleben]

The campgrounds have graet clean showers with hot/cold water !!

[dwaynez]

Barbie has requested those days off so both she and I will be in attendance for this one.

[Steve]

I never can go to these events, but at least I can advertise for you.

[Gentleben]

Tthat is some kind of advertisement!!:surrender:
Thanks a million:winner:

[stubblefieldcrappie]

well it looks like once again i will be working unless i get the ok before too long from the main office to hire a helper. if i can get them to go for it then i will be able to attend the muster as well as do more fishing all around. i will just have to see what happens. hopefully i will be able to pull it off somehow because i would like to be able to put faces to the names i see on here all the time.

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

I sure hope you get it pulled off. I look forward to meeting you and others, as well.

[Mudcat]

just wondering, where did you say this was being held? and on what dates? still the 6th and 7th oct.

[DStreet]

So the muster is on Friday and Saturday? Will anything be going on Sunday? I will not be able to make it down until Friday night after work. Also if its only going to be on Friday and Saturday what time will everyone be packing up on Saturday? Just wanting to make sure I'll get some time to meet all of you and maybe get my grandparents and my wife and I out for our first jugging experience.

[dpiper]

Everybody is welcome. I imagine some will stay through Sunday. The big FishingTx fish fry will be Saturday afternoon. The fish caught between Friday and Saturday morning will be cleaned. We will fry up enough for everybody.

Friday afternoon a community BBQ pit will be fired up for anyone and everybody to use. So bring what you want to toss on the pit. Typical pit fare is venison, pork, sausages, chicken etc.

Come on October.

[dpiper]

Hey Steve great avatar.

[saundecw]

I will be there the 5th till the morning of the 17th.

[dpiper]

Hey Wayne is the misses going to be with you?

[saundecw]

She says she is going but I don't know if she will last 12 days. Today is our 32nd anniversary and it's still like reading a book with some pages missing. Haha!!

[Pawpop]

I'm hoping to be there sounds like great fellowship. How would Cagle be listed in the phone book Cagle campgrounds or what?

[saundecw]

Pawpop, the number I found on their website is 1-877-444-6777. You can make reservations on line through Reserve America. Do a search and type in Cagle Campground and there is a lot of information. Hope this helps.

[dwaynez]

Congrats on the anniversary Wayne

[dwaynez]

I will be heading down Friday after work on the 6th

[Pawpop]

I got my reservation made for 5th-8th site no.37. I hope to see and meet alot of yall.whuuu-boyyy!

[Gentleben]

Ok pawpop I gonna be lookin fer ya!!!!

[reedlv]

Wayne. I have only been married 13 year, but from your post I am assuming it is not going to change. I guess I can quite all of the wishful thinking. I think that is one prayer that will not come true. LOL

[Gentleben]

If the world don't come to an end I will be there Thursday with my Whaler !!:surrender:
Sgt Tracker and i will get an early start to insure the fish for the fry!!!!!!!!!!:winner:
get on board , and git er done!! :p

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

Hey, I can help with that too if anyone wants me on their boat! :thinking:

[DStreet]

Will people be going out fishing Friday night and Saturday morning? My wife and I won't be able to make it down until Friday evening and my grandparents won't be in Conroe until then either. I would really like to get them out on a boat to experience this as I bet they would have a blast.

[dpiper]

Just a reminder that this will be the last full weekend to enter a catfish into the contest. Contest ends the following Friday at 8am. So come on out and hook up with somebody and get a catfish into the contest.

http://www.fishingtx.com/forum/showthread.php?p=46699

[tylerdan]

This thread has already grown to 7 pages and its just the middle of August. It looks like everybody is ready for some cooler weather and a fishing weekend!

[Gentleben]

Dan you need to come an meet and fish with us !!:question:

[saundecw]

I'll be there Thursday afternoon the 5th at site 34. Yes DStreet there will be people fishing Friday night and Saturday morning. Some will be fishing Saturday night and Sunday also.

[DStreet]

I will be there and will bring the jugs I am making to have ya'll teach me how to rig and use so I can use them in the future. I know for sure my wife and grandparents will get a kick out of fishing and meeting with ya'll and I will too. Looking forward to meeting everyone from here in October.

[dwaynez]

I am going to be driving down Friday evening as soon as I get off work,

[saundecw]

Who has camping sites reserved for the muster? I have site 34 and Pawpop has site 37.

[medic1292]

Reservations??? OOPPS!, anyone wanna go half on a site? me and the warden have a small tent. oh yeah, how do you get there???

[saundecw]

Cagle Recreation area is located approximately 5.5 miles west of IH-45 on FM 1375 in New Waverly, on the north end of Lake Conroe. Each campsite has full hook ups, lantern post, tent pad, picnic table and fire ring. There are two camping areas here, Sweetgum Loop and Sycamore Loop. Sycamore Loop is close to the lake and boat ramp and is the preferred area by many. They have a total of 47 sites in both camping areas. Twenty eight of these can be reserved in advance and the others are first come first serve. My reason for asking who had reservations was to see where we stand as far as accommadations were concerned.

[medic1292]

is there a web site for this?

[saundecw]

Yes.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/texas/recreation/sam_houston/cagle.shtml

[medic1292]

saundew, trien that link, but i couldent find resv. link:bang: . would you, could you resv a spot for me?? also, how many boats will be there?? just wondering if i need to take mine. or is there any room on someone elses' boat for (2) people? Me and the Warden. :captain:

[dpiper]

Medic, here is the resevation page

http://ra2.reserveamerica.com/tx/Cagle_Recreation_Area/Campground/r/campgroundDetails.do?subTabIndex=0&agency=NRRS&parkId=3966

[dpiper]

Medic there are still 5 spots availible for that weekend.

[medic1292]

piper, any recommendations on which spot to get?

[dpiper]

Wayne and Pawpop have sites 34 and 37, respectively. Thus 27 is the closest. This is fine because we will al congregate at one site for the muster.

[Gentleben]

We need someone who will be making the muster and will not be pullin a boat to help us pull a BBQ pit to Cagle and somone else to maybe pull a boat!!

[dpiper]

I'll pull one of 'em. No problem.

[Gentleben]

Awe, Piper; you are one sweet guy, anybody else??

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

I can pull one.

[reedlv]

Does anyone know of a place near Cagle that a cabin can be rented on the water or near the water? Either a short ride by vehicle or boat?

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

Luke, I searched and searched on the internet, could not find any cabins nearby.

I booked a room at the Best Western Willis for 2 nights. It is 8 miles south of the exit for Cagle.

[reedlv]

NCFL. Thanks for the information. I will probably do the same.

[Gentleben]

Luke if ya can get the pit here I'll get someone to tow it to Cagle or better still i can get BGBluecat's is just up the road !!We got Piper and su and we should be able to expedite the situation......
Wayne get your boat to me and i'll get it towed up there save you two trips.

[reedlv]

Ben. Do not worry yourself the pit will get there one way or the other. The wife may come up for the muster. If she does I will get her to pull it. If not I will make a second trip, but it will get there for all of the FishingTx members.

[croxt]

i would volunteer to take something but i do not have a hitch for my trailblazer. plus i am going up on saturday morning.

[Gentleben]

Luke there is no need for anyone to make a second trip I will get BgBluecats pit on the 30th and have Su or Piper pull it........
i am lookin at the price of gas and letting everyone and anyone ge tinvolved who wants to.just talked to mike and he saisd no problem!!

[reedlv]

Okay Ben. It is no Big Deal to me. We can make it happen. Thanks for thinking of all of us.