Bullish stocks near support

[mrfly]

WOW 30 inch Specks? If it's the same weakfish we get in Texas, that is huge. Three types of weakfish I know, Speckled trout, sand trout and gulf trout. They have two fangs and a yellow mouth from their shrimp diet. All are excellent table fair. Problem is, only the specks will keep in a freezer, the other two get mushy when thawed, so you just have to have a big fish fry or let em go. The specks we get put up a pretty good fight and are awesome jumpers. Of coarse I'm hooking them in less than two feet of water most of the time. Even when I lived in Texas and ran my boat in 8 inches of water at 55 MPH, I couldn't wait to anchor and jump out to start wading and do the Texas two step. There mouths are very weak hence weakfish and have to be played as such. Also a very spooky fish in shallow water and have to be stalked carefully. Where as Redfish you can spot them 25 feet a way, do a roll cast hook em and horse em. I was really hoping for the surf to get flat and be wide open, but this spill may change that for a long long time. Only silver lining is I might be able to get my son to move from Texas to Washington state. He was almost inconsolable when I talked to him today. He will spend his last nickle to go offshore on overnight trips. Now that might change. I would chance messing with his girl before messing with his fish.
I need to make the time to hit those stripers one of these springs. I have so many places I like to go it's very difficult to do it all but I'm trying my best
Good luck in the morning

[skiracer]

Those really were the good ol dayz. I'm so lucky I'm not dead or in a Matamores jail looking at my buddies with a 5 foot beard. Cheap liquor, free women, all the dope a 20 yr old could handle and then I would catch 8 # specks behind louise backyard. Now they don't want to rob you, they want to kill you. I was OK with the bribe thing. On the Island-- Jet skis tearing up what was once pristine trophy speck fishing. I couldn't believe it, I'd have the worst hangover and be the only one fishing while looking at thousands of rooms with spring breakers presumably passed out. World class fishing hole surrounded by thousands of teenagers and 20 somethings and I'm solo catching trophy specks!!! Hangover cured .
Bonefish are in Texas, it's just that they are so rare and are not known to reside there. Only the odd lost one or two that migrate from Mexico. Snook are becoming more common but are still considered rare. The highest concentrations of snook are going to be South bay next to Port Isabel and the South Padre Jetties. With this Global warming, who knows', you might hear of bonefish spawning in Texas.
This spill really sucks. It could hit the gulf stream and creep all the way to you guys. Scary stuff. I also vacation in Destin Florida, for those who have been there know how devastating this will be to the panhandle when it hits.
I hope it doesn't affect your stripper fishing, I've never been there for that but am aware that it competes as one of the best fishing places in the world. A little kept secret, kind of like Texas. People say Oregon, Washington, ID, MT or better yet Alaska. I live in Washington State. Tell you what, I have fished almost everywhere and I would take take Texas over anywhere from my personal experience and then I would take the upper east coast for exploring the Coastal strippers next. For exotics I would hit the Cano Negro in Costa Rica and get those 200 lb freshwater Tarpon, 50 # snook and 15 # rainbow bass that make bucket mouths look like wimps.
Thanks alot for the $$ advice. I'm a late bloomer in this game and know enough to lose my a$$ if I'm not careful. Going back to my honey do list on this dreary weekend in the PNW. Gearing up for South Texas, then I'll do a 5 day float/camp trip down the Deschutes River in Oregon either that or Montana for the Salmon fly hatch. I'll figure that out on the fly.

the barnegat bay backbay area by barnegat lighthouse provides some of the best early spring striper fishing on the east coast. surpassed only by the chesapeake bay and the barrier islands off the carolinas. theres a large area of shallows off of what they call sedge island where you can use a kayak or shallow draft boat like a carolina skiff or just use your waders and walk out on to them. then in the summer the weakfish come in and the fishing is great. alot of guys using fly fishing setups out on those flats for weakfish. the weakies are the best eating of them all in my opinion. they call them seatrout. yellow and green and speckled sides and underbodies like frest water trout except much larger. ive caught them 30 in. and 8-10 lbs. soft mouths and not real big fighters but good eating.

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Those really were the good ol dayz. I'm so lucky I'm not dead or in a Matamores jail looking at my buddies with a 5 foot beard. Cheap liquor, free women, all the dope a 20 yr old could handle and then I would catch 8 # specks behind louise backyard. Now they don't want to rob you, they want to kill you. I was OK with the bribe thing. On the Island-- Jet skis tearing up what was once pristine trophy speck fishing. I couldn't believe it, I'd have the worst hangover and be the only one fishing while looking at thousands of rooms with spring breakers presumably passed out. World class fishing hole surrounded by thousands of teenagers and 20 somethings and I'm solo catching trophy specks!!! Hangover cured .
Bonefish are in Texas, it's just that they are so rare and are not known to reside there. Only the odd lost one or two that migrate from Mexico. Snook are becoming more common but are still considered rare. The highest concentrations of snook are going to be South bay next to Port Isabel and the South Padre Jetties. With this Global warming, who knows', you might hear of bonefish spawning in Texas.
This spill really sucks. It could hit the gulf stream and creep all the way to you guys. Scary stuff. I also vacation in Destin Florida, for those who have been there know how devastating this will be to the panhandle when it hits.
I hope it doesn't affect your stripper fishing, I've never been there for that but am aware that it competes as one of the best fishing places in the world. A little kept secret, kind of like Texas. People say Oregon, Washington, ID, MT or better yet Alaska. I live in Washington State. Tell you what, I have fished almost everywhere and I would take take Texas over anywhere from my personal experience and then I would take the upper east coast for exploring the Coastal strippers next. For exotics I would hit the Cano Negro in Costa Rica and get those 200 lb freshwater Tarpon, 50 # snook and 15 # rainbow bass that make bucket mouths look like wimps.
Thanks alot for the $$ advice. I'm a late bloomer in this game and know enough to lose my a$$ if I'm not careful. Going back to my honey do list on this dreary weekend in the PNW. Gearing up for South Texas, then I'll do a 5 day float/camp trip down the Deschutes River in Oregon either that or Montana for the Salmon fly hatch. I'll figure that out on the fly.

[skiracer]

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[b]Im familiar with that part of the texas coastline from Corpus Christi down to brownsville/matomoros and ive fished that area numerous times. i thought we used to catch bonefish there but snook are kind of similiar in shape and fight arent they.

I grew up bass fishing in southern Colorado. The only thing I know about that area of Texas is South Padre Island. We went down there for Spring Break a few years back. We stayed in Brownsville and hit Matamoros a few nights as well. I was doing a little different kind of fishing back then. I know we always caught our daily limit

Matamores was wide open when i was going down there. a sleepy little mexican city. the American dollar could take you a long way down there in those days.

[steelman]

[QUOTE=skiracer;104797][B]Im familiar with that part of the texas coastline from Corpus Christi down to brownsville/matomoros and ive fished that area numerous times. i thought we used to catch bonefish there but snook are kind of similiar in shape and fight arent they.

I grew up bass fishing in southern Colorado. The only thing I know about that area of Texas is South Padre Island. We went down there for Spring Break a few years back. We stayed in Brownsville and hit Matamoros a few nights as well. I was doing a little different kind of fishing back then. I know we always caught our daily limit

[skiracer]

you'll be just in time for the oil slick. the whole louisiana and north texas coastline is going to take the brunt of it. what will you be fishing for. bonefish in the shallows?

Im familiar with that part of the texas coastline from Corpus Christi down to brownsville/matomoros and ive fished that area numerous times. i thought we used to catch bonefish there but snook are kind of similiar in shape and fight arent they. i spent alot of time along the eastern mexican coastline back in the late 60's thru the mid 70's and i have caught spanish mackerel and tarpon along the mexican coastline between matamoros and tampico. we always flew into corpus christi and drove down to brownsville/matamoros and crossed the border there and then continued down the coast. i have plenty of fond memories of corpus christi. nice city. some of the very best big brown buds come from that area of mexico.
im an avid surf fisherman here at the jersey coast. bring your gear. some real good fly fishing in our barnegat bay for stripers, weakfish, and bluefish right in our backyard. im fishing 3-4 times a week now during the spring striper run.
i couldnt see making any kind of a play other that shorting or buying puts on BP right now. this situation in the gulf is only going to get worse and they dont seem to have any control over it yet. BP is responsible for the cost factor and it looks like it could rukn into the billions.

[steelman]

Oil and Gas Integrated is not the best sector right now. BP is somewhat overvalued. I would wait for the correction. There was a huge sell off the last couple of days. The last 3 months, it had a nice climb and probably would still be climbing if not for the spill. My entry would have been early March at $55. We will just have to keep an eye on it.

I was looking through some stocks and here are a few that meet the criteria as of tonight.

CISG Insureace-misc.
ALXN Biotech Investools has a projected price of $579 a share
HANS Beverage-non alcoholic, a little overvalued but may bounce off of support.

I will be buying some calls for ALXN on Mon or Tuesday. I want to see what the market futures are for Monday morning.

[mrfly]

No bonefish in Texas, I wish. You can find the Odd snook or two starting from Corpus Christi down to the the boarder. I'm going to be mid Texas coast, she might get spared. The last longest undeveloped shoreline in the US, 60 miles of 4 wheel only accessible federal land. We will go down with 2 trucks and a trailer with kayaks, camp for 4 - 5 days. No trees, lots of heat, bugs, snakes and grass flats as far as the eye can see with tailing redfish and speckled trout on the Baffin bay side. Known for the biggest specks in the world. On the front side of this beautiful barrier island is the Gulf where on a flat day you can catch anything from a 2 lb spanish mack to a monster tiger shark. This time of year you can drive up and down the beach and watch for birds crashing bait, Cardiac city. Just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get. I've got a 12 wt fly rod ready for 150 # Tarpon if they decide they want to play. I'm an addicted to the life of flyfishing and have gear for any style or fish. Love hitting the Cano Negro in Costa Rica. That Contra war was good for something. Last major spill to hit the Texas coast was over 20 yrs ago and that was nothing like this one. Took along time to recover.
It will be interesting to see how this BP mess turns out. Any thoughts of playing BP at all after there expected plunge ?? Or do you think that it is just too unpredictable to risk anything ?

[skiracer]

Any thoughts on BP after it bottoms out and support is established?

Sucks what's happening to the Gulf coast. I'm flying down to Texas for a serious kayak flyfishing camping trip to the Laguna Madre in 2 weeks, I hope it's not the last time I see those pristine white dunes. I was hoping to fish the surf but might have to stay in the bay. We'll have to see where the wind and tide takes this massive spill? The Chandelier Island Chain is getting a direct hit right now, so sad.

you'll be just in time for the oil slick. the whole louisiana and north texas coastline is going to take the brunt of it. what will you be fishing for. bonefish in the shallows?

[mrfly]

Bp

Any thoughts on BP after it bottoms out and support is established?

Sucks what's happening to the Gulf coast. I'm flying down to Texas for a serious kayak flyfishing camping trip to the Laguna Madre in 2 weeks, I hope it's not the last time I see those pristine white dunes. I was hoping to fish the surf but might have to stay in the bay. We'll have to see where the wind and tide takes this massive spill? The Chandelier Island Chain is getting a direct hit right now, so sad.

[steelman]

I read about this one on motley fool stock advisor. I checked Mr M's scale and it scored 104. I didn't read any disclaimers saying they had been paid to promote this stock. First ---does anyone know this site and am I wasting my time reading anything from there or what? The way they make it sound YUM is supposed to be the next Mc D's in China !!! Umm I've heard that so many times before. Also, what do you think of ITMN. I read somewhere, not sure now--- my mind is melting with all this research. The FDA is supposed to decide by this coming Tuesday on a treatment for lung disease, which would be the ONLY ONE to treat this certain type of lung disease. If approved... this certainly would shoot the stock up. Any thoughts. If this stuff is old news, my apologies, I'm new at this game and haven't read all the earlier posts.

Regards

I did see YUM on Motlley' SA. The buy/entry was in early March at $34 ish and most of us don't like to chase. Motley's SA is nice. I subscribed to it last year. I would look at their 2 picks every month and see if they met the criteria I was looking for. If it did, I bought, if it didn't I wouldn't.

[steelman]

i know you did well with two that i brought to the forum, VSH and HOV

Oh Yeah Ski. That's a fact. VSH was nice and HOV has been my biggest gain of them all!! .35 to 2.65!!! Thank you for those.

[mrfly]

Re: ITMN Here is part of the article I read on PR newswire.

Though the Advisory Committee's recommendations are not binding, they will be considered as the FDA completes its review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for Esbriet. Esbriet received Orphan Drug, Fast Track and Priority Review designations by the FDA. Priority Review designation may be granted by the FDA to an NDA for drugs that have the potential to offer major advances in treatment, or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists. A target date of May 4, 2010 has been set under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).

Does anyone know anything about this trial? Do you think this might be too risky for entry at this time? My gut tell's me that there is more potential for this stock to drop with any hint of bad to neutral news and increase slightly with expected good news. IMO

[mrfly]

Yum

I read about this one on motley fool stock advisor. I checked Mr M's scale and it scored 104. I didn't read any disclaimers saying they had been paid to promote this stock. First ---does anyone know this site and am I wasting my time reading anything from there or what? The way they make it sound YUM is supposed to be the next Mc D's in China !!! Umm I've heard that so many times before. Also, what do you think of ITMN. I read somewhere, not sure now--- my mind is melting with all this research. The FDA is supposed to decide by this coming Tuesday on a treatment for lung disease, which would be the ONLY ONE to treat this certain type of lung disease. If approved... this certainly would shoot the stock up. Any thoughts. If this stuff is old news, my apologies, I'm new at this game and haven't read all the earlier posts.

Regards

[skiracer]

I recetnly bought call options in FLIR, HOV, QCOR, CTSH ($$$MM$$$pick), F, DELL and GFI during the past few days to a few weeks back and still holding.

I had some real nice winners in the past 8 weeks with HA, BYI, SRCL, CXW, EGO, VSH, C, BUCY ($$$MM$$$), RDWR, KLIC.

My losers were HEAT and EBIX using this criteria. The overall return from the above closed trades was 41%. Again, these were all options.

I still wish I would have found $$$Mr. Market$$$ about a year earlier than I did. Anyway, I look forward to still learning from everyone here and I want to make a ton of money together!

i know you did well with two that i brought to the forum, VSH and HOV