Do you really want to have an expensive trip? Then take LR or any other species from a protected area in the state of Texas and you will get it. There are so many wildlife laws in the gulf coast states about removeing or posession of marinelife it will make your head spin. You never know who is watching you. Any law enforcement officer in Texas can inspect any containers or anything if you are suspected of engaging in the taking of protected wildlife. Taking of LR is against the law! As is the the taking of any marine species even sand unless permitted by the state. The law is as follows:
All wild animals, fur-bearing animals, wild birds, wild fowl, fish and other aquatic animal life contained in the freshwater rivers, creeks, and streams and in lakes or sloughs subject to overflow from rivers within state borders are the property of the people of the state. All the beds, bottoms, products thereof, of the public rivers, bayous, lagoons, creeks, lakes, bays and inlets in the state and in the Gulf of Mexico within the state's jurisdiction are state property. The state may permit the use of the waters and bottoms and the taking of products therefrom. The Parks and Wildlife Department shall regulate the taking and conservation of fish, oysters, shrimp, crabs, turtles, terrapins, mussels, lobsters, and all other kinds of marine life, or sand, gravel, mud shell or marl (1.1.011). The purpose of the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1983 is to provide a comprehensive method for the conservation of an ample supply of state wildlife resources to insure reasonable and equitable enjoyment of the privileges of ownership and pursuit of same, and to provide a flexible law to enable the Commission to deal effectively with changing conditions to prevent depletion and waste of wildlife resources (5.61.002).
Besides the law you need to go out further than a mile to get great quality sand. The water around Corpus has some serious pollution in it. Some experts say a mile is good but it does depend on the quality of the water and how many rivers flow into the area.