June San Marcos Trip - Page 3 - Dallas Ft Worth Aquatic Plant Club

Tex Gal · 04-16-2012, 07:31 PM

CHANGE IN PLANS!!! There seems to be some event in that area that has many of the hotel rooms booked. Since we don't want anything to stand in our way we need to stick with the JUNE 9/10 weekend. The actual meeting will be on Saturday, June 9th. For those that will make a weekend of it maybe you can stay over for the night. Hopefully this is not a problem since it is still 2 months away.

We are going on a FIELD TRIP!!! We have a field trip planned to the San Marcos River. We are meeting WITH the Houston Area Aquatic Plant Society. We will all meet at the San Marcos Aquarena Center at 11:00 am. That should give you time to get down there. If you are a late sleeper we will all be catching lunch 1:00pm at the local Saltgrass Restaurant at 221 E SESSOMS DR. It's less than a mile from the aquarena and is on the river. We can even do some collecting there without even leaving the parking lot! Lunch is NOT provided by the club. You will have to pay for your own lunch. Make sure you bring your water gear. There are loads of plants if you'd like to do some natural wild collecting. That give everyone 2 chances to meet up with the group.

FINAL DECISION:
WHEN: Saturday, June 9th, 11 a.m at San Marcos Aquarena Center http://www.aquarena.txstate.edu/
WHO: Members and their families of DFWAPC & HAAPS
WHERE: San Marcos River.
WHAT: River exploration and wild collecting
HOW: Get yourself there!

You could make it a family camping get together for the weekend.

Tex Guy · 04-20-2012, 01:25 PM

http://yakona.org/

Are you guys aware of this developing documentary on the San Marcos?

fishyjoe24 · 04-21-2012, 09:25 PM

I've heard a little bit about it but dont' know much...

guess we could start planing on who is close to who and if they have enough seats in the cars.

stmarshall · 04-22-2012, 04:07 PM

It would also be nice for us beginners know more about the trip like, do we spend Saturday night and collect more Sunday, What type of water gear do we need, rubber boots, etc. Are we allowed to collect the green sail-fin mollies while we are there?

Tex Guy · 04-22-2012, 05:17 PM

I'll take a stab at your questions with some unofficial answers...

Because individuals in the group have different needs, how much time you spend there outside of the group activity is up to you. So last year some people came down for just the day. We were on the last leg of a motorhome trip. So we got there a day early and left a day late. Some guys rented a canoe the next day and did an extended private trek down the river. But you are basically on your own outside of the actual tour that is being planned.

Gear can range from cutoffs and tenny's on up. I'd say that the preponderance of folks were in the cutoffs and tenny's outfit. The river is wadeable. It runs right through the college campus and is a favorite hangout of college kids in the summer. So if you are not buff, you might want to consider your options. I know with a body like mine, everyone will want to get as much as possible.

Catching fish by net is a fishing license requiring activity. I've only seen the mollies in the protected area of the springs themselves. (along with gar, sunfish, tilapia and turtles) When we were there last we ran into a local professor and some students collecting gambusia in the lower area of the river right by the restaurant.

Here are some pics of our last trip. Sorry, this is really not a very good representation of the whole visit. Maybe someone else has more pics to share.

fishyjoe24 · 04-22-2012, 10:22 PM

shorts, t-shirt, rubber boots like rain boots... I got a question, any one know if theres rest places where I cool pull over and sleep for the night saturday along the way and back home...

Tex Gal · 04-22-2012, 10:28 PM

There is lots of info in the thread for last years trip. Here it is if you want to read more about it.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...p-haaps-2.html

Tex Guy · 04-23-2012, 06:34 AM

What ever you bring back, be sure to quarantine it for a good long while. We made the fatal mistake of not doing that and paid a heavy price.

stmarshall · 04-23-2012, 05:18 PM

Thanks for all the good info. I guess we will nail down more details next meeting and get rides together and stuff like that. Again, tanks for a all the info

fishyjoe24 · 04-28-2012, 01:16 AM

I got a question, I think it was bill who found the driftwood stump with branches on the river. any way, are we aloud to pull driftwood out of the river or a long the river and take it home.. I'd love to find some interesting driftwood well on the trip..