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Thanks Joe for moving this here...I should have posted it here in the first place:( I am new using BB but I am determined to learn!

Binkie, I have lived here in Texas since 1982, moved here after college to work in the chemical industry here on the Gulf Coast south of Houston at Freeport TX. I was born in ALABAMA, raised in TENNESSEE, and I can assure you, I AM NOT A YANKEE! LOL :)
" I been to Georgia on a fast train honey, I wasn't born no yesterday, got a good christian raisin' and a eighth grade education, aint no reason for 'em to be treatin' me this way!" LOL
Oh, the lake levels here are down, true, but rumours of their demise have been GREATLY exaggerated I assure you:) As far as the Gulf, I have seen absolutely NO OIL OR RESIDUE on the Texas gulf coast...I think mebbe Rick Perry has been causing enough strong winds from his speaking engagements of late to prevent it from being able to approach the state! I guess there are benefits to living in a state chock full of political blowhards after all! :) My daughter and son-in-law, as well as my grandaughter, all live and play around Palacios TX (on the Gulf) and they have also not seen ANY evidence of the oil spill. My son lives, works, and plays HARD around Freeport where he was raised, and he also has seen NO evidence of oil spill problems. By playing hard I mean he is AVID saltwater bay fishing, of course, and I mean EVERY day IN THE BAY! Catches more Reds, Specks, and Flounder than I have in a lifetime!

I appreciate all the sympathetic comments here, but I have all titles and registrations complete now, I think I am going to just let the whole incident go. I will get the ID plate re-attached somehow, but did I mention that the TX hull ID Mylar sticker had the EXACT same HID number as I had originally submitted? I just wanted others here to know what had happened to me in Texas after purchasing my boat in Florida in order to maybe help someone to avoid trouble here.

I am thinkin' mebbe that officer will give me a break someday, as I intend to make a trip soon, mebbe even today or tomorrow, down to Lake Braunig near San Antonio. I understand the boat ramp there is still above water:) The TPWD actually stocks this and a couple of other lakes in TX with Redfish! In freshwater, there is no maximum length limit, so I am looking forward to studying them a bit down there. I am about 1.5 hrs from that lake from here I think...it may be a regular haunt of mine soon!

Thanks all for the support, and tightlines and bloody decks all!

Jerry Mooney
Dripping Springs TX