REDS AND DRUM FEED WITH A NORTH WIND

10-30-2014--What a difference a day makes.  Yesterday, I had four anglers for a half day and we could see large schools of black drum floating by but they wouldn't bite anything we could think of to offer them.  Today's full day trip was the opposite--we couldn't see the fish but they bit constantly.  We started in a back lake drain out of the north wind.  Right away one of the two anglers tied into an over-sized redfish.  After the battle and a picture the red was released.  Next the other angler immediately landed a good sized black drum. It was non stop after that.  It was good that they both were experienced fishermen who could bait their  own hooks etc, because I could barely keep up with netting fish and getting bait out of the live well.   They had their limits of black drum well before mid morning but we kept fishing the same area hoping for reds and trout.  In addition to about a dozen extra keeper drum which were released they got one mid slot sized red and two large sheepsheads.  A large flounder and a 17-18 inch trout were hooked but got off before getting to the net.  Additionally, many smaller fish were caught and released.  

BIG DRUM

10-27-2014

REDFISH

10-26-2014

MIXED BAG

Today's guests were a family of three, new to coastal fishing, scheduled for a half day.  The day started with a good trout bite that ended in about 20 minutes.  The trout were good fish up to 23" but after catching four, there were no bites, so we opted to go for black drum.  After moving six miles, they caught 6 good sized black drum and one red before quitting time.

ANOTHER BLACK DRUM DAY

10-23-2014--Had three fishermen today.  They caught 15 black drum and 2 large sheepshead on both live and dead shrimp.  There was just a little too much north wind to fish for trout.  Hopefully the wind will lay some tonight.  

CEDAR BAYOU

10-22-2014--The  two fishermen wanted to fish Cedar Bayou.  I told them with the north east wind we would not be able to fish the surf and that the cut itself would not likely produce fish today.  After we spent about 2-3 hours there

I was glad I had warned them in advance.  The total catch in Cedar Bayou was one keeper red, one keeper trout and several undersized flounder.  One of the gentlemen did hook a large flounder but it got off before he could get it to hand.

I was surprised to discover that the water running out through Cedar Bayou had two outlets--the gulf and Vincent slough.  I had always thought that with a falling tide the water ran out of Vincent slough, into Cedar Bayou and into the gulf.  The opposite is true.  Part of the falling tide water leaves Cedar Bayou and goes through Vincent slough into Aransas Bay and on towards Port Aransas.

After our time at Cedar Bayou they were ready for a more sure thing so I suggested going for black drum.  Before noon they had limited on good sized black drum.  Black drum saved the day once again.

BLACK DRUM

10-21-2014--Two fishermen limited on black drum and caught one keeper red on dead shrimp.

TROUT ARE BACK

10-18-2014--All three clients limited on trout using shrimp with a popping cork. We left them biting to pursue black drum. Species caught in addition to trout and black drum included undersized redfish, sting-ray, Jack Ceravalle, Pompano, and hardheads. The Pompano will be very good eating.