Thanks Skipjack for directing me to this site, it's like cool spring water in the swamp of the 'net. Here's a little about myself in fish terms. I started out keeping fish as a kid. Went through the livebearer phase, numerous cichlid kicks, some marine and brackish stuff, and now am in a Bichir kick, along with my relatively recent (past few years) plunge into the fine points of native Texas fishes. I'm an aquatic bio student at Texas State, and have been a sort of "permanent/temporary" intern at Parks and Wildlife for a while now. I work in Freshwater Resources-what I think of as fighting the good fight (you may call us minnow huggers).
I've also fished for as long as I can remember, and mostly wade the flats on the coast these days. Still, there's no kick like the treasure hunt of pulling a seine in crystal clear 70 degree water on a hot day.
Anyway, it's good to be here.

Welcome rjm. Very glad you signed up here. Minnow hugger I hope you don't mind if I use that in casual conversation.

Ha! figured this was more up your alley! Welcome!

Always nice to see another 'Minnow hugger'

That crystal clear water sounds like fun. Welcome.

Ah, the coastal flats. I used to drive a truck, and I'd wind up in Galveston every now and then. While waiting, and waiting, and waiting at the warehouse for my load of bananas or whatever to get loaded up, I used to get a huge kick out of walking down to the flats and stomping around in them to see what I could find. I found plenty, too!
I gotta get back down there someday.