VIDEO FROM FISHING TRIP WITH DAVID SIKES, CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES

REDFISH DAY

4-26-2013--Again today the redfish were more gullible than trout when it came to artificial lures.  We had to leave the only good trout bite because the a dolphin zeroed in on our activity and got every fish, including a three pound Spanish Mackerel, either off the hook or just a we released it.

   

AFTERNOON REDFISH

4-22-2013--Had two fishermen today using artificial lures.  I used Gulp jerk shad while they changed back and forth from soft plastics to top water lures several times. We spent about two hours in Copano bay without getting a single keeper. The first two places we went there was no bait evident.  The third wade we encountered lots of bait but no fish.  I decided it was time for a big change so we put the boat back on the trailer and moved south to Cove Harbor.  Two wades on an outside windward beach produced only one nice trout along with a few smaller ones.  We moved to the south end of Redfish Bay, missed a couple of fish and got into a school of skipjack.  The skipjack were large and fun to catch but that wasn't adding to our fish box so we took a long boat ride looking for bait and ended back at a bar we had rejected earlier due to a lack of bait. We decided to fish there out of desperation and not far from the boat started seeing some bait fish.  The man in the picture caught his redfish on top water lures while the jerk shad  worked for me.  It was a good ending to a tough day.     

DRUM DAY

  2-20-2013--Keeper Redfish were tough to come by today but thank goodness for black drum.  Picture is of the largest caught and released measuring a tiny bit over 30 inches.  The fishermen stayed busy most of the day catching redfish up to 19 1/2 inches, but none at 20 inches

EARLY MORNING REDFISH

4-19-2013--I met my two fishermen at 6 AM for breakfast at the Lighthouse Inn.  I think they were a little dubious about fishing considering the unfavorable weather.   There were no boat trailers in the parking lot when we launched in a strong north wind and misty rain.  In fact I didn't see another boat on the water until about 10 AM.  Rome and Roque caught 5 nice redfish and lost a couple right away on Gulp jerk shad. We

moved many times during the next 5 hours and caught several fish using all sorts of bait including cut shad and dead shrimp.  They finally caught the 6th red when we moved back
to the original spot late in the day.

FLOUNDER

4-10-2013--One of my guests caught a 23" flounder today.  The morning wind was too strong for us to fish for trout so we anchored up with mullet, perch, sea lice and fresh dead menhaden .  The  menhaden cut in half worked best for us with only one red coming to  bait, and that was live perch.  Even the 23" flounder was caught on cut menhaden.