UNPREDICTABLE WIND

6-29-2013--Although winds were predicted to be low today, they were high from 6-9 am.  So we weren't able to go to where we caught them yesterday.  But we did get into the fish and the 7 year old was able to reel in several.

EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT

 

 6-28-2013--Great fishing today.  Had a couple using croaker today.  They had 17 nice trout at 8:00 AM on the first anchor before the bite quit.  We moved a short distance to get the other three during the next hour and a half.  This was a real contrast with yesterday when I had five good fishermen but couldn't seem to find  keeper fish for them.

KIDS FISHING

 6-25-2013--Had a man and three Grandchildren, ages, 7, 9, and 12 fishing yesterday afternoon and this morning.  We had a great time until one got sick about 9:30 this morning and we had to come in.  Along with some keepers they caught lots of hardhead catfish, perch, croaker, gaftop sail catfish, small redfish, etc.

Banter went something like this:  Why do we have to fish so early?  What do we have to eat?  Where are we going? Whats that?  Why can't I use that pole?  No, I don't want to touch it.  Well, how long do they have to be?  Why do they have to be a certain length?  Is there anything else to eat?

WADING WITH CROAKER

 6-21-2013--Left the boat ramp just after daylight with three of the four originally scheduled wade fishermen.     I had planned to wade a special spot that gets lots of traffic so I was disappointed that the group got held up at breakfast and were late arriving.  I decided to rush out to our spot and then rig their rods out in the water.      We made it to the spot in time to claim it but it turned out not to be as good as I expected.  We caught one red and four or five trout on that first wade in an inside lake.  There were many bites but the fish just picked the croaker up and moved it.  We moved back to the boat on an outside windward beach and found trout more willing to bite.  There one angler also caught a 28" red.  This day was practice fishing for a tournament on Saturday.  The tournament weigh in stringer called for 5 trout, 2 reds up to 28 inches and one black drum.  We ended the day with 13 trout, two reds and one black drum about 7 pounds.

TOURNAMENT DAY

               6-22-2013--Had yesterday's group again today with one face change and one additional for a total of four for the tournament.  This time we were all on time and left the Port Aransas Harbor in the dark. On the first wade, facing the wind, on an outside beach they caught two 27 inch reds and several trout but half the fishermen were struggling trying to fish deep in the high waves so we made a move to easier fishing.  It seemed that there were twice as many boats on the water as yesterday.  It was difficult to find a place to wade as all the real estate was already taken.  When the trout fishing slowed I took them to a location for black drum.  I changed the hooks to a smaller size and used shrimp for bait.  The drum were there but smaller than normal.  They ended the day with about 20 trout, two reds and two black drum.
           Monday it's back to boat fishing with a grandfather and three young grandsons.

26 INCH SPECKLED TROUT - 5 1/2 POUNDS

TWO HALF DAYS

 6-13-2013--Had one fisherman yesterday afternoon and today.  He was new to coastal fishing and had lots of good questions.  He turned out to be a fast learner at using croaker and perch for bait.  Wednesday, we started at 2 PM and got right into nice size trout.  Later we went for redfish but couldn't get any to take a bait.  I wanted him to get the full experience of coastal fishing by catching redfish so today we concentrated on catching redfish.  We used most of the morning up moving from spot to spot with only one undersized red to show for it.  Our last move about one hour before quitting time yielded all the reds and the large trout He got a limit of three reds one of which came on live perch and the others took cut perch. The largest red was 27 1/2 inches in length.  He also  caught two trout with the largest being 5 pounds and measuring 24 1/2 inches.

YOUNG FISHERMAN

 6-10-2013-- Had a twelve year old today along with his grandparents.  He caught the largest redfish and largest trout,  Not only that but the oversized redfish was caught using cut up skip jack that he also caught.

TOURNAMENT REDFISH

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 6-8-2013--Had two gentlemen who were in a tournament today and from what they told me there were no rules about using only slot size fish.  They caught  39 and  42 inch reds in addition to trout, slot reds and one snapper.  Both said the oversized reds were the biggest fish they had ever caught.  I still don't know how they came out in the tournament.  I talked to one other guide for the same tournament who also had a 42 inch red on his boat

WADING WITH CROAKER

6-7-2013--Had a two boat trip today.  Bite was slow beginning but picked up toward noon.  Finished with 45 better than average trout, one red and one flounder.

NEW FISHERMEN

 6-3-2013--The fishermen I had today were new to fishing.  We didn't go out until 3:00 but they caught 3 reds and 1 trout.