CALM SURF

8-17-2010--Started the day early in the surf. Fishing was good but a little slower due to the lack of moving water and a west wind that made it more difficult to anchor properly. My two fishermen, one of whom is a thirteen year old boy, limited on trout at about 11 AM. By then they had also caught a 28 inch red and 2 sharks. We stopped at two oil platforms on the way in to look for Ling but found none.
I had the same two fishermen yesterday but we started fishing in the bay because the waves in the surf were too high for us to venture beyond the jetties. We caught 5 trout very early but then all action stopped. The wind had decreased by then so after checking the off shore wave height on the internet we decided to make a run to the surf. We had an early lunch in town and ran out to the surf to find conditions near perfect. Calm water and a fairly strong falling tide. We picked up the extra 15 fish needed for their limits in little over an hour.

THIRTY SPECKLED TROUT

8-11-2010--Three fishermen caught thirty trout today in addition to 2 sharks and about 10 skip jack. Seas were calm so the surf was down with a good running tide and agressive fish. We limited out at 9:30 AM.

SURF IS HOT FOR TROUT

8-3-2010--Had two fishermen today who limited on good size trout in the surf in about 2 hours and then got easy limits of redfish back in the bay. The redfish were so agressive that twice they had two on at once. It doesn't get any better than this. The great thing is we didn't even have good tides for fishing. I'm really excited about the next few weeks.

LOTS OF TROUT

7-27-2010--Had a family of four today. We tried to go out at 7 AM but the rain and lightening kept us from launching. We finally got on the water just before noon. At 2:30 PM we had 34 speckled trout, 28 sand trout and one whiting when a rainstorm drove us back to the dock. The rains cleared in less than an hour and we went for redfish. The group was able to add 4 nice redfish to the bag before we ran out of tlme.

RAGS TO RICHES

7-24-2010--Saturday my group of three easily caught 30 nice speckled trout, 21 sand trout and one snapper in Corpus Christi bay. The day was a boon to my ego since we had only caught undersized fish the day before. That day, Friday, we had planned to fish Corpus Christi bay but I changed the plan due to high winds and we fished out of St. Charles. Earlier in the week we had 2 great days of catching speckled trout while running from the storms. We had to keep an eye on the clouds all the time we were out. When a rainstorm would get close we would run in to the dock for a half hour or so and then go back to fishing when the rain cleared and lightning stopped. We have more rain forecast for this week but it looks like we'll get to fish most of the time.

HIGH WATER FISHING

7-15-2010-Finally got a day off with time to catch up on things including fishing reports. Until yesterday the tides had remained very high since Alex. After Alex we had a tropical depression so the tides just stayed high. Yesterday they fell out with a vengenance and the winds laid. We are now back to normal fishing. With the high winds and high water fish have not been easy to find the last few days. It seemed they moved every day. If you found them one day the one thing you could be sure of the next day was that you should look somewhere else. We've been catching some mixed bags of trout, redfish and black drum. One day right after heavy rain the trout only wanted live shrimp but all other days they preferred croaker. Black drum only want shrimp while the redfish have been taken on croaker, cut bait and shrimp. Monday of this week the Coastal Bend Guides Association had it's annual kids fish day for children from Driscoll Childrens hospital undergoing chemotherpy. We take the children fishing each summer for free. It's always a good time for them and it makes us feel good to see how mujch we're appreciated.

GRAND SLAM

7-4-2010--Had a father and 2 sons today for 4 hours. They caught 6 redfish, 3 trout (including a 24 incher), 3 black drum and a 21 inch flounder. All the bites came on live shrimp and cut skip jack.