Sargassum is back. (1 Viewer)

[Gators27606]

Just figured I would let everyone know it is back. We went Friday and Saturday night collecting and found some cool stuff.

 

[mwilliams62]

Sweet we are going tomorrow hope it is still coming in.

 

[Gators27606]

Sweet we are going tomorrow hope it is still coming in.

It will be. We just came back from down there and it is thick. Be careful lots of jellyfish. I receive 3 stings .
Happy hunting.

 

[mwilliams62]

Thanks for the warning on the jelly fish. Will keep an eye out for them.

 

[kyletc]

Any seahorses

 

[Gators27606]

Any seahorses

One...

 

[mwilliams62]

One...

Any particular place were you found the seahorse?
Were where you at when you got stung by the jelly fish?

 

[Gators27606]

Any particular place were you found the seahorse?
Were where you at when you got stung by the jelly fish?

In the Gulf Of Mexico.

 

[mwilliams62]

In the Gulf Of Mexico.

Someone does not want to reveal their top secret location...

 

[rlpardue]

I stood on the jetty in front of Rainforest Cafe on Saturday after the Moody Gardens Tour but didn't catch anything cool

We were netting the sargassum with a net from the rocks. Maybe I should've waded out like a man and collected sargassum in the surf instead? All we saw were little shrimps and crabs

 

[mwilliams62]

We will be going to the rocks were the sargassum gets stuck at and go through it. That is were I found a really dark brown fish "angler" he still has not grown any since I got him about a month ago.

 

[SillySphynx24]

Just figured I would let everyone know it is back. We went Friday and Saturday night collecting and found some cool stuff.

About what time were you out?

 

[Gators27606]

About what time were you out?

Started somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 pm. Where you out collecting?

 

[Gators27606]

Someone does not want to reveal their top secret location...

There is not a secret spot, I go to different spot every time. The only secret I can tell you, Is to spend many hours going through sargassum waist to chest high in the water.

 

[mwilliams62]

I am so bummed. I caught a really nice size pipefish and my bucket tumped over and he was gone. Did see two jellyfish while in the water.

 

[mwilliams62]

Pretty sunset
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[rlpardue]

Let me see if I get the idea. I want to go again and catch something this time. So Im supposed to wade out to waist deep water with a net and a bucket and a flashlight strapped to my head. I take the net, scoop up some floating seaweed and put it in the bucket. Then I use my flashlight to look around for pipefish and anglers and seahorses? Or should I take the bucket to shore to look through it? Any tips on stuff to bring that makes it easier or more effective?

 

[Gators27606]

Let me see if I get the idea. I want to go again and catch something this time. So Im supposed to wade out to waist deep water with a net and a bucket and a flashlight strapped to my head. I take the net, scoop up some floating seaweed and put it in the bucket. Then I use my flashlight to look around for pipefish and anglers and seahorses? Or should I take the bucket to shore to look through it? Any tips on stuff to bring that makes it easier or more effective?

That is one way to do it, but that a lot of work. I have made a net out of pvc and thick solar screen. (It can be found in the garden center at Home Depot or Lowes.)
What I do is scoop up under the sargassum and then grab the sargassum shake it into the net. I also drag a bait bucket with me,

 

[mwilliams62]

I am not brave enough to go in the water at night collecting only in the day.

 

[JSimpson]

I am not brave enough to go in the water at night collecting only in the day.

I'm with you on that. Remember, when going into the surf at night you are entering the food chain!