Lately our rainy weather has slowed everything down on the Texas coast. The numerous storms have kept most of us at the dock while those that were trying to get an early start on boatyard projects are struggling. Many of our members look forward to this time of year to get out to the dove fields down south but have been very disappointed so far. We all hope October will bring us some dryer fall weather that will get the birds back into their normal patterns and at least give us a few good weeks before the end of the first split season.

One of the downsides of tagging fish (even though a small one) is having to remember to fill out the tag card and send it in.  I always thought that was just part of the deal, but check out the online tag entry data system The Billfish Foundation has. It's the same information the tag card contains, it just seems much easier to me to fill it out online and hit submit rather than fill out the card and mail it in.