I live about 110 miles west of South Padre Island at
the southern tip of Texas. The windswept
barrier island looks out onto the Gulf of Mexico and, for some at least, is a
favorite vacation spot and fishing locale.
A couple of times per year I’ll grab a surf rod and reel and head to
South Padre for an afternoon and evening of bait casting. I prefer fishing the bay, Laguna Madre, but
surf fishing offers some interesting challenges. I’m always concerned about water quality and
over the years I’ve written a number of articles on the waters off South Padre
as well as the condition of the Laguna Madre that separates South Padre from the
mainland. I came across the following
website yesterday and thought I might pass it on to you. It contains data tables and other info on
beach water quality in the U.S.. For those of you
who enjoy coastal fishing or perhaps simply beach roaming then this might be of
interest.
http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/default.asp
