Gulf Coast - Cat Rally at CAT island interested?

I would like to get the cat owners on the MS. LA. coast together for a shrimp/crawfish boil out on CAT island. This would be a centralized area for all. If your interested post.... If your a mono owner your welcome too,

when are you wanting to do this ... i am always looking for an excuse to bring my boat to ms . let me know when

During a May full moon, the sow trout bite would be on BIG time.

may is good, I'm looking for input from all interested so that we can make it a yearly thing, also it is legal to camp on the south side of CAT island we have spent a number of weekends out there lot's of fun and a quick run to the chandeliers or the deep holes up in the rigoulette's

You'll need to check with the National Park Service about camping on Cat Island. As far as I know it is legal. I don't know if the activity requires a pass or permit of any sort.

Sounds like something fun to do to me. Count me in :thumbsup:

May would be a good time, maybe it will warm up by then.

Cat is only a short distance from the eastern edge of the LA marsh. Potential hot speck and red action in that area in May. You will need a LA license though.

the smugglers cove area u can camp without a permit but no barn fire's, it's on the SW. side
and your upwind of the trees and marsh, keep's the bigs down.
I will call about permitting tomorrow just to be sure
If your interested put this thread on your notification list and i will check out and post all details

SW side, smugglers cove area would be perfect. Nice sand beach, plus a straight shot to LA marsh from there.

We camp on smugglers quite a bit in may and june. I don't have a cat, but i'll be there anyway. :)

We always start camp fires in that area and have never had a problem. The last time we camped, the bugs were so bad the fire saved our butts.

you hope for a 10 knot breeze to keep them off ya

May is a good time for Cat Island, you can fish close to cat great wading, short run to marsh or Ship Island Bouys.

Passman

I was out there yesterday, first time this year and I can't believe the spit coves sand peninsula is almost gone....... We are going to have to make this event early may before the cove is the beach

I was out there yesterday, first time this year and I can't believe the spit coves sand peninsula is almost gone....... We are going to have to make this event early may before the cove is the beach

It fascinates me how those islands are in a constant state of evolution.

i'd like to join you guys!
anytime in May sounds good

How is may 15th and 16th for everyone? weekend after mothers day
I have a thread http://forums.worldcat.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5936
on the World Cat site and have had interest in such an event.
I will Supply BBQ Fry, and Boil equipment along with a few sacks of crawfish.
I am planning on bringing my portable drive in movie system and we can watch a film on the big screen under the stars.
I'm sure we can get a biggest fish pool together and eat our catch that night
If you are not the camping sort a few casino's have slips and the hard rock is next to the small craft harbor and launch ramps in Biloxi.
All interested please post so I can get an idea of a head count

Providing the rope don't break and the chain don't fail..............we're in.
We're not a Cat. Still just a mono hull... I know but someday when I grow up we'll be in a cat. But for now we're just a po ole mono hull....but we's like's to parrty.

Not a problem from the amount of interest i have received it should be a hell of a party
I have been looking for an excuse to set up the big screen on the beach and watch JAWS with the surf crashing in the background.

Sounds like a good time for sure. Let me know how I can help.

KennyB
Fishing The Mississippi Gulf Coast
www.fishingmgc.net (http://www.fishingmgc.net/)

I'm thinkin JAWS would be a good movie on the big screen,
Once again if you think you may attend please post so i have an idea of what attendance may be in order to make better arraignments
John

We are going to try and make it too!?! I have to see if I can get out of a prior comittment.

I have a Glacier Bay 2670 Isle Runner that I have been wanting to camp on and this sounds like a great way to do that.

I would be launching from Orange Beach AL. Any idea on how far of a run from there?

Would anyone have some coordinates for cat island. Never been there and don't know the wtater over there. Anything to look out for? Bars, flats, sunken Katrina riprap? Can you make an approach from the gulf side being deeper?

Thanks for putting this together.

JB

If you are launching at Orange Beach, it's inter coastal all the way except across Mobile Bay. Go under Dauphin Island bridge and you are back in the waterway. Pull a chart out. It's a great trip.

Yeah, from the intercoastal, once you pass ship island, veer south near the cat island light, this will take you between ship and cat. Water is plenty deep there with no obstructions. Just take care when getting close to the islands, at cat island, the water gets shallow a good ways out. Best thing to do is make a wideeeee swing around south tip and pull into smugglers, anchor there for the night. You can get pretty close to shore there, depending on the tide.

Hey....Twin Trim, is this still on ???
Hope so cause we're ready..

gona try to be there...fishing cat island does not require a la.lic this is in mississippi waters!!!

depending on the date, we'll run over from Ponchatrain easy!!!

Charlie...we plan on leaving from the Bonnable launch area. @ 25 mph should be a few hour trip. Will prob stop in the marsh and get some meat for the grill along the way....

With the oil spill i hope we can still have this rally, i was out at cat 4/29 and they have the wetlands and coves boomed off. I will keep everyone updated as the situation unfolds

How good do you think those booms work in the 8' - 12' seas predicted this weekend?

With the water conditions i have seen this week, those booms are as usefull as trying to stop a runaway train with a piece of gauze stretched across the tracks

I do not know if i should roll dice and try to make this rally happen or not.
With the slow but steady encroachment of the oil slick (by middle may it will either be all over cat, or florida is in trouble) and the boom closure's of many of the good fishing spots
Should I stick with this date may 15 - 16 or cancel and try in a month or two.
If the oil is not here by next weekend how many of you will still want to attend??????
Please post so that we all can get an idea of who is willing to come. I do not want to cancel, but I also do not want to haul all the gear out there and be the only one to show, (this has happened before) trying to eat 100lbs of crawfish by myself before it goes bad is not fun.
Please let me know your intentions. If the oil is not here yet then it may be the last time for a long time we can enjoy an unspoiled barrier island and we will do this.

Really won't know for a few more days, maybe a week, whether the oil will reach cat, and whether it will be bad enough to keep people from going, though I suspect it will. I say wait til about wed or thur to make the call. I may try and ride out there tomorrow or sunday, i'll let you know what I see.

I used to go to Cat Island with my family, sad to see that the oil may stop you guys. It's a great place to boat, I hope you all make it. Former Picayune MS - Hide a Way Lake owner.

Chandy is officially closed to the public. My suspicions are that cat/ship will be next, and soon.

I regret to inform everyone that the encroaching slick and booming activities around the barrier islands will require us to cancel the rally.........
I have consulted with DMR and the coast guard before making this decision.
I ask everyone to pray that they get this well capped or we are all in for more trouble than anyone can imagine

John Fraleigh
Twin Trim USA

Probably a good decision. Just curious, what did the DMR and CG tell you.

Weekend weather is looking decent, and based on the NOAA stuff i'm reading, I don't think the oil will be on the islands this weekend, though there is a chance it will.

I sure hope you plan another gathering after all this evaporates. These types of activity go a long way in making sure my equipment is in great service.

Going to try for Memorial day weekend with Grandsons if still allowed based on this oil mess. I draw 4' and am wondering if we can anchor off of the pier a ways and ease back towards the beach a little. Is there enough depth or is there somewhere else I should consider.Charts are on the boat not at the house so I am just asking and THANKS!!!!

Going to try for Memorial day weekend with Grandsons if still allowed based on this oil mess. I draw 4' and am wondering if we can anchor off of the pier a ways and ease back towards the beach a little. Is there enough depth or is there somewhere else I should consider.Charts are on the boat not at the house so I am just asking and THANKS!!!!

Are you talking about Cat Island or Ship Island?

There are no piers at Cat Island, but you can get your boat into smugglers cove and anchor up, just watch your depth around the tips.

Water is very deep off the pier at Ship Island, but rises sharply a few hundred yards off the beach.

Thank you Jason. I was talking SHIP but will breakout the chart tomorrow and look at Cat to find the cove you speak about............

I was thinking about anchoring parallel and east of the pier st Ship.

Thank you Jason. I was talking SHIP but will breakout the chart tomorrow and look at Cat to find the cove you speak about............

I was thinking about anchoring parallel and east of the pier st Ship.

No problem. At Ship Island, on the pier side, you've got 20-plus ft depths out to about the end of the pier, then less and less as you approach land. But with 4', you should be able to get half way between the end of the pier and the beach.

Lots of big boats anchor up in smugglers cove at Cat Island. You have to make a wide swing around south spit to avoid the shallow sand bar, but if you enter smugglers right down the center, you've got 6-7 ft depths a pretty good ways into the cove. Good fishing in there too. :)

I would like to get the cat owners on the MS. LA. coast together for a shrimp/crawfish boil out on CAT island. This would be a centralized area for all. If your interested post.... If your a mono owner your welcome too,
I'm interested. When?
By White Cat
Slidell

was a great trip,we just got home.Thanks everyone for the info

Booms are gone and we can tip toe around the tar balls Who wants to go to a rally at cat island
Have to do shrimp instead of crawfish......
Shall we all finish off the season with a bang?

i would be interested if we can get it together sooner than later

how far is the first can bouy of off cat island.. heading towards ship island?

We were ready for the spring trip....that was B4 BP.
You planning it again?????

We're ready to go. Date?

Checking in here?

Any possibility that this event could/would be attempted to go on after it was so rudely halted (Thanks BP!?).

Lord knows we all need some fun after this last year!

i am in whenever ya'll decide to do this
march, april, may whatever
lets do it

I was looking at the calendar the other day thinking the same thing.
If we have a bunch of people interested then ABSOLUTELY
I will spend some time on it this week and put up a new page on my site with a sign up sheet so that i can get a rough idea of a head count.
Crawfish should be getting to a reasonable price here in a couple of weeks, big too =)

MY FAMILY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CRAWFISH WHOLESALERS IN THE STATE. LET ME NOW IF YALL NEED ANY HELP WITH THE CRAWFISH END OF THE PARTY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER PRICE THAN ANYONE. JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT . :Q:thumbsup::Q WISH I COULD GO BUT THAT WILL BE IN THE HEART OF CRAWFISH SEASON 7 DAYS A WEEK 16-18 HOUR DAYS.. PS WAIT TILL AFTER EASTER THE PRICE WILL DROP MORE THAN LIKLY THEY WENT DOWN TO 2.75 YESTERDAY..

i'm in on this idea. we need a good start to the 2011 spring/summer after the miserable one we had last year, thanks to BP.....

hell yea I will be there.....and know of at least a dozen other boats who will join in....all but 1 are monos....dont have many cats in our fleet.

How far of a run is Cat from Dauphin Island?

How far of a run is Cat from Dauphin Island?

About 55 nautical miles from Billy Goat Hole to the north cove of Cat Island.

Thanks.

Hey twin Trim.... Looks like the nest has been stirred up again..Let us know when..

Count me and the Admiral in as long as our mono hull is welcomed.:grin:

We're still interested

sorry for remaining so quiet about this rally but I have been patiently waiting for a response from the gccf.
I finally got an answer. 10% of what i lost but enough to have a small budget for this event.
My plan is to bring out the boilers, grill, and of course the blender for an afternoon/evening of food and fun.
To make this truly different after sunset i will have a portable drive in movie system set up so we can watch a movie under the stars from the beach or your boat, the screen is 15'/20'
I am thinking JAWS would be a cool movie anyone have a good suggestion as to another film I'm listening.
So how about April 16, this is a Saturday, if the weather is going to be bad we will make the 17 the rain date.
If all that are interested and this date works for you please post so we all know who is coming, and also send me an email to john@twintrimusa.com so i can get a head count and make an email list in case we need to go to the rain date if bad weather rolls in
Thanks
John Fraleigh
Twin Trim USA

We'll be there and will have a back up generator for the blender...

I have had a few response's if you think you may attend please let me know
john@twintrimusa.com
and put up a post so we can keep the thread current
Thanks
John

Weather permitting, I am in!

About what time and what specific location are we meet at?

Event will be at smugglers cove on the south west side itwill have the largest beaches and best area for protected anchorage, it is also the public section of island.
We will have a popup blue canopy and a very large brown and tan tent tent set up. I will have a few of the Yellow Twin Trim banners out so it will be easy to find.
also planning on having a mooring line rigged with the large orange floats marking it so feel free to tie to it and throw out an aft anchor.
I will be there all day on Sat. Plan on starting the boil early afternoon.
If anyone is interested check in at the island early and we will have a biggest fish contest
$20 a boat to get into the pool winner takes all.
I plan on rolling the movie as soon as it's dark enough
I will also have a large grill ready to go if your not a craw fish eater bring something with you and we will grill it up for you
I hope to see a good number of hull truthers out there in the hopes of making this an annual event
thanks
John

This is what I'll arrive in weather permitting. For those that are going please show us what you are riding in on.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/PaulBarnard/ShipIsland4-11016.jpg

Looks like we should have a good crowd, I have had a number of boats rsvp in the last week
If you think you can make it let us know

BP just bought the beach on the east side of cat island. i'm not sure if this will affect smugglers or not. you might want to check with gulf islands national seashore.

4/16 is the date?
if so i am in

i can bring my little honda gennie if more juice is needed
also tables, chairs, whatever

this is what i'll be sledding

i have one honda 2000 eu and one kabota gennie a little larger than the honda so i should be good on those for the blenders and movie system.
If anyone has the ability to bring extra fresh water with them in case we need it for the boil pots that would be great. I am planning on filling the pot and a couple of my large coolers with fresh water at the harbor and purging the crawfish right before we head over to the island with them but if someone has a bladder for potable water let me know it would be handy

The Bp purchase is the eastern facing part of the T shape, we will we at the western end on the south side were the long sand bar extends out south west out towards the la. marsh and grand pass so we are ok.

I wouldn't worry about the BP purchase, all of that area is "open" for use, meaning, no one will hassle you for hanging out anywhere on that island, from my experience.

Looks like a front may be moving in this weekend.

I have been watching the weather and it looks like this weekend may be unpredictable at best,
Also i did not realize this is the weekend of the crawfish festival in biloxi, and a few large events in new oreleans and the north shore.
I am polling all those who are intent on coming and those who would like to but have made plans for one of these other events
Should we delay this for a week or 2????????
The decision will be based on your input from this thread.
I would like too see the largest crowd possible and the threat of bad weather or rough conditions would make the movie screen difficult and night boating a lot less fun
Please post your thoughts if you are thinking about attending..........

i would like to go but have made plans for this weekend . i am for moving it to another weekend .

I'll check the thread every night. Weather may be rough. You call it.... We're always game for when ever.

Sorry...I have Cub Scout obligations this trip that keep us from attending.

If the weather goes bad and it is rescheduled for the event we plan to be there.

I am really dissapointed. Thanks for setting it up, though.

Pour a beer out for "da homies whos cants beezzz wiff'us!" as they say in LA. Compton that is - not Lower Alabama.

This weekend is going to be a knock out for us as well. If in fact the meet is rescheduled we will try and make it a point to attend..

if we ever make it out this is what we'll be in
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m283/lizabrooke/boat-1.jpg

Anytime is good for me and my 3 boys! It's a short run from diamond head and cat island is our favorite place to be. I'll just keep checking for a final date and count us in. We will be in a 266lc world cat with a blue bimini top.;cool;

I hate to do this but i have had 14 emails not counting the thread post's of people who CAN NOT make it this weekend due to all the other events going on. I had also not realized Saturday is the Hancock high school prom and not only is my son attending (oops) but everyone i know that was going to come out to the islands have kids his age and cannot make it..........
Wind conditions will prohibit the movie screen as they are calling for 15 to 20 and that is pushing the limit of the system.
Sat. MAY 7, 2011
I have looked at every calendar of events that i can find and do not see any large events that fall on that date. I have wanted to do this rally for 15 months and hate the fact I am writing this post to reschedule again but I do want it to be a success and a good time for all.
So.........does May 7 work for everyone?

Thank You for your patience.

that sunday is mothers day, not sure if that matters or not

I would think with mothers day on the 8th this would give us all a good excuse to take the boat out for her..... on Saturday the 7th
We can call it the Mothers Day Run? has a nice ring to it
Please post your thoughts if this date does not work for you

May 7th is fine with us....tomorrow will be blowing for sure.
I'll be checking as time gets closer...

Don't forget Cat island This Saturday

Weather should be excellent. If the rope don't break, the chain don't fail and if the truck is out of the shop we'll be there...

Wind will be Calm, Water will Be flat, Skies will be clear, the Sun Will Be Out, and the
CRAWFISH WILL BE HOT =)
I am packing everything onto the boat today and tomorrow making a list and checking it twice =)
in preparation for Saturday and have 5 sacks of crawfish on hold. If you are intending on coming out please post so i have an idea of a head count and how many sacks to pick up saturday morning.
I will have boiler, grill, and other setups for cooking if you choose to bring out something special.
We will have a substantial group camping out on the island Saturday night as the movie under the stars seems to be very popular with everyone i have told and a cat island first,
If there are some gamers planning on attending bring your system and game and we will hook it up to the big screen after the movie (component or s-vhs input it does not have hdmi). 12'/16' screen makes for a wild game.
I know there will be at least 6 to 7 boats that are in our circle of friends i would love to see 20 or 30 more Hull Truthers show but PLEASE let me know if you are going to come
I will be arriving at smugglers cove about 9 am. If you would like to have a biggest fish contest for the day stop by and sign up before you head out.
We are planning on starting the boil around noonish and should be hard at it till at least 4 or 5 depending on the crowd.
I will have the blenders plugged in if you have a special drink bring the fixins and maybe we can turn that into a contest of it's own.
I do hope to see you all there and make this at least an annual event.
Don't forget the flounder gear action on the coast has been hot and cat is a great place to find those doormats.
See You There
John Fraleigh
Twin Trim USA

Looks like we are going to have a good crowd and the weather is going to be great

If you need information i can be reached by cell 228-363-0805 all day Saturday
See You There

cannot make this gathering but we do have three boats running over Thurs for the race weekend and are watching the winds and seas closely. What is the best site you coasties use for marine forecasts??

That was a blast thank you for coming, The movie was interrupted due to the relocation of a 7'1" gator
Talk about an interesting moment when he threw the duct tape jaw restraint as we were loading him into the boat..
I heard stories about sharks chasing people around the inside of a boat but when they have legs boy can they move fast.........
Never a dull moment.
A good time was had by all and I know no one will forget that evening