Pull an unattended trotline still fishing across a Copano Bay tidal creek, the public creek-bank access, Bayside, TX 78340 (Refugio County).

A trotline stretches bank to bank across a tidal creek feeding Copano Bay near this public access -- its tag is gone or long expired and the line shows no sign of a recent check, but the baited hooks strung along it are still catching and holding fish and turtles, because nobody is running the line on the required daily check.

Where

the public tidal-creek access, Bayside, TX 78340 (Refugio County); best-estimate location near the town center, exact address not confirmed · Open the map

Pay

$140 proposed

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Proof

before photo + TPWD coordination confirm + hand-over-hand/no-wading confirm + catch-release photo + after photo + GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-19

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. 1. From the bank at each end, never entering the water, confirm the trotline carries no current tag or an expired tag, and shows no sign of a recent run.
2. 2. Confirm coordination with a TPWD game warden or the regional inland fisheries office before removing a line that is not unmistakably abandoned.
3. 3. Working hand-over-hand from the bank, pull the mainline in, freeing and releasing any live catch as each hook comes clear; cut a hook free of a swallowed bait rather than force it.
4. 4. Continue hand-over-hand along the bank toward the line's far anchor point where reachable; if the far end anchors across open water beyond reach from either bank, cut the line at the nearest reachable point, coil what you can retrieve, and flag the remainder for agency-coordinated removal -- do not wade or swim out to it.
5. 5. Coil the retrieved line and hooks, stage for haul-out and disposal, and photograph the cleared bank.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the line strung across the water from each bank access point
• Confirmation of TPWD game warden or inland fisheries coordination
• Confirmation all retrieval happened hand-over-hand from the bank, with no wading or swimming
• Photo of any live catch released as it was freed
• After photo of the cleared bank with retrieved line/hooks staged, plus GPS; note if any remainder was cut and flagged rather than retrieved

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.