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Old 08-22-2007, 05:28 PM   #1
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San Marcos

I would like to freedive the san marcos river but I am not familier with the area. Does anyone know where to get in and if its legal to hunt down there?
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Old 08-22-2007, 09:07 PM   #2
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It's legal to hunt nongame fish - stay away from the bass and catfish. JLittle has written a lot on the subject. Search his postings and you will learn a lot. Earlier this year several guys did a float/hunt. You could probably do a search for San Marcos and find the threads on entry and exit. Most popular is by the university. Rodney did the float several times and will probably post an answer. During summer time, you will get a lot of attention with the tubers if you carry a speargun. I believe it is illegal to hunt in the city limits. This was also discussed in one of the aforementioned threads. Good luck. scott
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Old 08-22-2007, 09:27 PM   #3
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jumped in just south of 35 at some public park. We got out 6 hours down stream. There was a damn you needed to be careful for as if you were resting on a tube you could easily go over. It wasn't too bad of a portage, but still needed to be mentioned. I wouldn't hop in after 12pm as we did and it was getting dark by the time we were at the car. We could have shot litterally a hundread pounds of Carp or BAG (big ass goldfish) you can check TexasSpearfishing.com (check the pictures section)for the name of the park and locations on Google maps or something. We just found the first road to cross the stream after the park and got out there. It was interesting for sure. Take a SHORT 20' max float line with you, those carp can pull pretty well if you shoot some big ones, and more line just get's tangled in trees and such.
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:07 AM   #4
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Did you float with tubes and hop off when you saw fish?
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Old 08-25-2007, 09:43 AM   #5
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nope kicked the whole way. Tubes would have been in the way as there were fallen trees we had to swim under. I don't know if this is a common tube route that is cleared regularly, but there were 2 or 3 downed trees in the water and a damn we had to clear around. Plenty of fish though. I'm sure you could bring a tube, I wish we had something, maybe a boogie board or something because we were quite tired afterward.
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:20 PM   #6
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thanks bug,

if you can find the place on mapquest please send it to me at trevorwilliams1@sbcglobal.net

when you get out of the water how do you get back to your car?
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Old 08-25-2007, 03:23 PM   #7
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Meet up with a buddy at the exit spot load all gear into one car and drive to the spot you will get in at. If you don't have 2 cars its gonna be a long walk back.
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Old 08-25-2007, 04:22 PM   #8
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Stokes Park off of Cape Road....we got out in Martindale I think it was about 4 miles. Here's a website with some more info http://www.pecanparkretreat.com/sanmarcos.html

Here's a link to where we got in at. San Marcos Parks don't allow spearing so I'd get into the water quickly while your there.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...6778&z=15&om=1
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Here's a page with links from where you get in at, and where we got out at.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...&t=k&z=15&om=1

you can't park right at the bridge, you have to park about 400yards or so away up river.
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:18 PM   #10
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Nice, thanks a lot for all the info, I am probably going to hit it this week or next weekend. I will let ya'll know how it goes.
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Old 08-27-2007, 11:21 AM   #11
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Hey guys does anyone know how the water is.
Is it clear or what I have been wanting to go try it out.
tw1012 pm me if you want to make a trip.
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Old 08-27-2007, 03:39 PM   #12
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Ya'll might want to read this:

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...ght=san+marcos

And I put up some aerials here:

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...ght=san+marcos
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Old 08-27-2007, 04:28 PM   #13
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Re: San Marcos

rain will make it dirty, so you might want to wait a week or so after some rains, but it was pretty clear, but not crystal clear most of the way. Dropped to 6-10' in some places. I think a 75cm gun or 90cm gun would be perfect.
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Old 08-27-2007, 05:13 PM   #14
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Sounds like there might be some potential interest in getting a group together. How about the First Annual Great San Marcos Trash Fish and Incoming Texas State Freshman Women Round Up.


It is the first week of school. Lets set it up for next weekend. September 8th. Either Camp out the night before or the night after.
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Sounds like fun count me in.
Keep an eye on the clearty of the water and keep use posted.
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