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.

PERSONAL BEST REDFISH AND FLOUNDER

9-30-2013--Today's fishermen limited early on reds and chose to look for black drum. They caught and released several more mid-slot size reds at the places I normally go for black drum. They caught lots of 13 3/4" black drum but only 4 keepers and a bonus of 2 flounder. One of the reds was caught on cut skip jack but everything else came on shrimp both live and dead. One of the fishermen told me his first redfish was the biggest he had ever caught. Right away he caught a much larger one that measured 27 inches. He also said he had not caught a keeper flounder before. Today he caught two.

FIRST BOAT FISHING EXPERIENCE

8-11-2014--Quite often folks ask me what is the right age to start taking youngsters on fishing boats. Today's group of 3,4 and 5 year old sisters did very well on a half day trip. I'm sure a full day trip would have been way too much but the half day was just right. When I left them, at eleven; mother, dad and the three girls were on their way to have fish cooked for lunch. In addition to trout they caught large sand trout, gafftop

sail catfish, some kind of small jack fish and undersized redfish. We had to help hold the rods but the girls did all the reeling in.