REDFISH ON MENHADEN

4-18-2011--Had four great people today. Even though the wind was strong we enjoyed a great outing. Fishing was not easy or fast but we persevered where I knew the fish were and it payed off. The reds were good fish ranging between 24 and 27 inches but we had to wait about 30 minutes between each fish. The four fishermen ended the day with 10 reds and 1 trout. Caught one red on perch and the rest on menhaden. The last three days the reds seem to prefer menhaden over anything else we offer them. There have been large schools of menhaden coming in from the gulf the past few days and the predator fish seem to have zeroed in on them.

REDFISH DAYS

4-16-2011--Wind was gusting well over 30 this morning. The reds didn't want live mullet or mud minnows. They have zeroed in on menhaden. Luckily I caught menhaden yesterday when the wind was down. In the past I had been able to keep small quantities alive over night but for some reason last night was an exception. Anyway the reds didn't seem to care whether the bait was dead or alive as long as it was menhaden. My two fishermen easily caught their limits of redfish and got back to Port Aransas well before noon. High winds are forecast for the next three days so looks like I'll be fishing for redfish Sunday and Monday. I'll look for trout again on Wednesday if the winds calm as expected.

ANKLE DEEP FISH

4-12-2011--A friend and I fished with artificial lures today. Picture is of my personal stringer from one wade. We had made three wades to no avail when we moved to the edge of a flat. Water was just starting to come back up on the flat after being low due to the strong North winds yesterday and last night. Caught the redfish on gold spoons in ankle deep water. You could see their tails sticking out of the water and in most cases you could make out the entire fish in the clear water. Caught the trout on red shiner bass assassins in pot holes on the edge of the flat.

ARTIFICAL LURES PAY OFF

4-1-2011--Been too busy fishing to write, but will include pictures. Tomorrow I have a group of 4 or 5 waders. Today, I took a friend wade fishing in order to locate fish for tomorrow. Fish were scattered but we still managed a couple of nice stringers of better than average size fish. Best baits for us were sand eels both Norton Juniors in pumpkin seed and Bass Assassins in red shiner.