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Port O'Connor Fishing Report, October 17, 2006Fishing was strong all week with Trout being the primary focus. There have been some ups and downs with the weather being the primary factor. Call it right one day and wrong the next. The weather was tough on Tuesday and awesome on Wednesday. Fishing Charles E. and guests from Austin, we limited on Trout promptly. Thursday morning, as the cold

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Catching took a beating the last few days ahead of the cold front. Winds were sucking up to a sustained 38 knots at times. Thursday, 9/21/06 I broke from the Redfishing to take a look at the Trout situation. With winds pushing 20 knots we managed a pretty decent “Jail Break” with 14 Trout to 18”; 7 Redfish to 27”; 10 Drum to 20”; and 4 Goats to garbage can lid size (released). With a ton of

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Redfishing continues “smoking hot” as Capt. Dwayne Lowery and I figured out yesterday. We were sight casting to large schools of prowling Redfish with tails and topwaters. We focused on “fallout areas” along shorelines via trolling motor working schools of bait amid clearing water and consistent winds from the ENE @ 10-12. Tide was significantly low.While we’ve always got fish in the

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With the wind pop late last week, soft fishing took on a whole new meaning for many. Winds gusting into the middle 20’s have gutted most bay systems leaving even Redfishing a “dicey proposition”. The pattern and technique I’ve been on for a couple of weeks continues to produce both numbers and size of both Trout and Redfish in some “virtually unfishable conditions”. Interestingly, the Redfish

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Fishing continues spotty with narrow bands of success oriented structure and locations. Last week we ran into the first full day out going tide combination of the season. For months, we have been seeing incoming tide and/or tides early to mid-day and have patterned our catching accordingly. With things getting soft over a variety of structures and locations, the last thing anyone needed was to

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It would be easy to say fishing is horrible right now but, that would be taking the easy way out. Perhaps a better way to describe it would be “fishing success is separated from a waterhauling fishing disaster by a very wide margin at present”. I’m not impressed with the fishing of late despite limits of Trout heavily centered in the upper end of the slot and near limits of Redfish daily. The

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Despite constant rain over the last week, we managed to enjoy great success working shell in SAB and ESB. Unbelievably, I didn’t lose a single trip due to weather and the success on the water speaks for itself. Friday, July 7th was the first day I actually left the ramp in the rain and fished in the rain. Dale S. was fishing with Tom S. in from Russia and on a tight schedule. We had to push

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“Pick Your Window”The title of this report would sum up fishing around the weather of late. We’ve got another “sit and spin” low pressure system hugging the coast and that’s made for some aggressive fishing tactics. Fortunately, the windows have been open for the dawn patrol and we are making quick work of the fishing. We have been catching full limits to near limits before the weather catches

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Port O’Connor Fishing Report, June 27, 2006Hopefully, we are getting close to some stability in the weather. After the storms of last week, with the Low Pressure “sitting and spinning” over the Texas Gulf Coast, one thing I can say for certain is that “everyday is a new day” unfortunately. While San Antonio Bay picked up some fresh water, it is not “flood water” as the San Antonio area did not

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Bay water temperature is hovering around 82 degrees with winds primarily less than 15 knots and more of it early than mid-morning. We’ve settled into a classic June pattern with predictable results of limits to near limits every day. Over the last five days, I’m running a 9.33 Trout per man average. We are fishing Croaker over shell in SAB and ESB depending upon wind and water conditions. We

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Coming off the “near Tropical” storm that dumped excessive rain on us for 7 days, fishing is BLISTERING HOT! The bays are in excellent condition and there are a lot of fish “where there should be lots of fish”. I expect this to continue on a fever pitch through June as usual. Bowed-Up!Double K

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Water temperature is pushing up around 82 degrees and wind has definitely been a factor of late. Consistent catches continue to be hampered by strong southerly winds ahead of and near late frontal systems pushing into the panhandle. Limits have been coming in windows of reasonable weather with the fishing falling off in winds over 20 knots amidst shredded and gutted bay waters.We have picked up

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Water temperature is ranging between 74 and 80 degrees depending upon the weather in most areas of the bay system currently. We are just backing off the Full Moon and are experiencing a significant incoming tide that starts to wane around the noon hour. Conditions have been dicey approaching this latest cold front that came through Sunday evening. Friday 5/12 was the first day I’ve used

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Port O’Connor Fishing Report, May 8, 2006A lot of coastal fishing depends on timing. Timing is key right now whether it’s reading wind and weather or tides and water. We’ve been getting some day long incoming tides with a strong feed mid-tide. Being aggressive during these times has paid off over the last week. Fishing a four boat tournament Friday, we managed to win by adjusting timing and

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Fishing has been good in and around bumps in the weather. Saturday, 4/29/06 was a tough day with the Pacific front that hit early morning. Things re-bounded nicely Sunday with full limits of Trout to 20” from San Antonio Bay. We were throwing PCS (popping cork/shrimp) on shell reefs and scattered shell flats. The fish were schooling pretty well and feeding on the incoming tide. Shrimp are

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Fishing over the last week has been excellent with solid catches of Trout coming off of shell in San Antonio Bay. Airboat Redfishing has also been excellent in the back country of Matagorda Island. I welcomed Tim B. and buddy Mark in on Tuesday 4/18 for a two day trip. Coming off some tough weather during the past week we loaded up with PCS and managed to limit on Trout with an awesome bite.

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If the South wind at 30 didn’t get you last week, slick calm and a lack of wind did. Fishing took a nasty turn with the approaching front and it had more to do with a lack of conditions than the fish. Add this last cold front and already low water conditions, I pulled the plug on the weekend trips and opted to re-schedule for better weather. That was a good call with the raging North wind

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Disclaimer For Avid "Sportsmen":Grab a beverage and enjoy the show.Disclaimer For "Fruit Baskets":The video clips may contain footage that is potentially morally offensive to someone in the liberal media busy talking out of both sides of their mouth and living in a glass house. There is a strong warning to anyone previously engaged in the duck hunting business that "couldn't cut it" and sold

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Trout Fishing has been wide open over the last week with Trout limits to near limits everyday. We’ve been throwing PCS (popping cork shrimp) with excellent results. Drifting reefs and flats has been most productive while dropping anchor on areas where fish are schooled up. When the action stops, jerk the anchor and get on the move again. Fish have been ranging from 15 to 23” and have

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This is the first chance I’ve had to check in with everyone regarding fishing. We’ve been extremely busy here in March and a diversity of techniques and approaches have kept things interesting. We’ve been blessed with excellent fishing in and around bumps in the weather. Airboat Redfishing has been blistering hot in the back country. Slot Black Drum haven’t gotten thick back there yet and a lot

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Fishing ReportI can’t speak for the fishing the past few days but, I envision it to be running along the same lines as it did earlier last week. I fished Monday 2/6 with Rick Tanton and family in the hard driving North winds of a cold front. We bundled up his kids and headed for Upper San Antonio Bay to find the water falling out pretty quickly in the 20 plus knot wind. We had to move around a

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I have just posted the pictures from the 05/06 Waterfowl Season. I have found it beneficial for proprietarty reasons to post the pictures en mass at the end of the season rather than periodically throughout the season. That’s a great plan until you lose your camera. Regardless, I’m now running a 7.2 Mega Pixel Sony that is awesome. So, I captured many of the moments during the last three weeks or

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I had ice on the floor of my boat this morning! What’s up with that? I don’t recall a decent freeze until late in the Winter last year. Yesterday’s trip never made it away from the ramp. At 6:30am it was cold, wind gusting up over 30, and occasionally misting. Crawling back in bed looked way better than fishing and everyone agreed.Trout fishing in off color bands of water in SAB has produced

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October looks like “THE” month for a smorgasbord of approaches to successful angling here on the Middle Coast. It doesn’t seem to matter what the game is whether artificial or bait fishing, Trout or Redfishing, or both, It’s On! I’ve been Airboat Redfishing the last several days and the action has been steady on the upper side of the slot. Topwater action on recent artificial trips has been just

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From blistering hot to pretty damn chilly, I’ve been on it all here lately. Fished pre-front on Thursday drifting artificials in water pretty much reserved for airboats. The difference here was we were fishing in my bay boat. We’ve been stacked up with a bunch of water here the last few weeks. I can honestly say that I was in some country that I’ve never been in with a bay boat. The fish pulled

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Back on the fish after the "false alarm" with Hurricane Rita. Redfishing is as strong if not stronger now than it was a week ago before all the "blow-up" surrounding the storm. We’ve been "fish finding crab" in sand and mud pockets with excellent success. Water is way up and appears to be in excellent condition. Fall may have been slow in coming but it’s here. With some cooler temperatures on the

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It’s hard for me to write a fishing report with so many along the Gulf Coast suffering from the effects of Hurricane Rita. With the crosshairs on the Port O’Connor area for days, we are in the process of putting things back together and unpacking. While untouched by the storm as it veered toward Port Arthur, we are "smooth worn out" from all of the storm stress and preparations prior to the

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This may be the last fishing report for a little while. I’m already a day off schedule with all eyes focused on Rita’s track. I noticed the track has shifted off Galveston this morning and they are bringing it in at Palacious now. So, we are getting ready to shift into high gear around here. You might have noticed that we are in the middle of September without a single cold front at this point.

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It’s like clockwork, add some water and high wind in August and September and I typically run into the second opportunity at large female Trout full of eggs for the year. Releases the last few days have seen fish 26" and pushing 29". With the bays filling with "fresh rejuvenating gulf water" the fishing has responded greatly. The last few days have seen solid angling with regard to action and

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Thanks to all those selfless and tireless Katrina volunteers showing the nation and the world the true spirit and determination of people in The Lone Star State!Fishing the last few days has given a surreal sense of re-acquaintance with a bay system that has been so devoid of water this season. Everything looks different with more water in the bays and at times you have to do a double take

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Having been at ground zero for Claudette, a little Category 1 Hurricane two years ago, our thoughts and prayers are certainly with those dealing with Katrina at this time. One thing I learned then was what I’d always heard about a calamity like this and that is "the aftermath is worse than the storm itself". "True dat".Anything I say in a fishing report now is already dated. With a substantial

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We are in the process of recovering from low pressure coming out of the gulf and the full Moon and low water ills that have made Trout fishing a "white knuckle adventure". Last week, I pushed the envelope to limits with Harry Prewitt and son out of Houston throwing a combination of Croaks and Piggies over shell in about four feet of water tapering to two to three feet. We had very little wind

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High wind and low water ills have reared their ugly head the last few days. All it takes is a picture to sum up Trout fishing pretty quickly. Redfish and large slot Black Drum have been taking up the slack. With low pressure diving all around us and sucking up the wind amid this "low water year", the big Drum can make the difference between setting the hook or hauling water. The fish are on the

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The best way to start off August, "how about Trout limits at 9:00am". It’s been either a "smoker" or a "rock, paper, chisel" out there lately. Today I welcomed Billy Kubiak and his daughter Melanie for a day of fishing. As usual, women can’t help but dominate the freelining game. Tractability and soft hands seems to be a consistent theme. I’ll never forget last year, I had two couples fishing

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I’m running a little late with the fishing report this week. The schedule has been intense to say the least. Post Emily, fishing was slow pretty much universally on this end of the Coast. We picked up a huge tide of gulf water and that "cleared" our water and brought with it a bunch of sharks and skippies. Through it all, we managed more than respectable boxes fishing over shell with Piggies (not

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Smash and Grab Bait Tips And TacticsComing off a nice little break with the kids over the fourth, I stumbled right back into the hot grease. Limits the last few days have been quick and fortunately so. Storms and wind have been building in the afternoon which is a cycle we are pretty used to around here. I’ve been targeting deep shell tapers and outside edges of structure. With distant lightening

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Starting Tuesday of last week and fishing straight through to Sunday, our clients managed full limits to 24" everyday with the exception of Tuesday and Thursday which produced "near limits". We are freelining live finfish over a variety of structures but primarily shell at this time. Depth hasn’t been much of a key as of late as timing, wind coordination, and current. Timing is catching the water

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.Success for the week depended upon a number of factors with "tenacity" being on top of the list. Half, near, and full limits of Trout were experienced through the week for our clients with wind being key. Sunday, 06/17/05, was the most impressive "rebound" with Trout to 24" and a strong feed over shell and improving water conditions. What the wind does during the day is and is not relevant. If

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.Fishing is unpredictable right now like bobbing for apples with your teeth out. When you think you’ve got them pinned down and figured out, they slip out from under you. I started out Tuesday w/Adolph Pena and guests limiting out on Trout to 27" over shallow shell in 2 to 4’ of water in SAB freelining live Croaker. I was off Wednesday and Thursday with a reschedule. Unfortunately for Capt. James

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."Consistently Large" would be the headline coming off of shell over the past week. Trout pushing 26" have been common and expected. With "sour black skinny water" dominating the back lakes of (Pringle, Contee, 5th) and "shallow" upper bays (Shoalwater, Dewberry), it seems they have little choice than to frequent outside beaches and shell structure at this time. 5/31 through 6/2 saw a

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Trout size and numbers are up and down right now with variations in conditions. Limits and near limits have been common but extremely hard fought for during the Full Moon phase over the last week. I had 27 Trout for party of 4 first time Croaker fishermen on 5/25; Capt. James Cunningham had 20 Trout on 5/25 for a party of 2; Capt. Scott Hataway bailed me out big time on 5/25 with 30 Trout to 26"

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. Solid connections with serious shell Trout have settled us into a pretty good rhythm lately. There are still some sputts and sputters but the last four days have yielded limits or very near limits for those interested in taking fish home to eat. We are working shell in 2 to 4’ of water over shell with live Croaker, freelined. Some of the spotty action has been the product of big tide currents

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.Hal Moorman and sons putting the last hammer down on the Big Redsand solid Black Drum in the airboat this Spring.Let me apologize for the hanging board photos that adorn this article. I needed something to dress it up with and my photo creativity is lacking at present.Monday was about the last day on the airboat this Spring. It ended a good run with a strong finish for Hal Moorman and sons.

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.Travis w/Brett Riff Party 05/07/05Nice back country bruiserAirboar RedfishingLow pressure deepening over the western plains has found us dealing with strong and gusty ESE winds all week. Airboat Redfishing had been struggling amid low water and fish on a lackluster feed. This produced hard fought limits during that time. Things are re-bounding at this time on the Airboat with some blistering

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.Pictured are Jeffrey and Mikala Yule that flat put an ass whoopin on their Dad Chris Friday, 4/29/05. Nice job kiddos, he needed it!Did you get your Newsletter? Check it out HERE!We continue to fish among a “medium low water” environment here this Spring. It’s fitting that we were flooded all Winter with big tides and lots of water while most had their fishing rod in the closet opting for the

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.A Sight To BeholdYou expect to see things in an airboat that you just won’t see any other way. That’s one of the fascinating and exciting things about these trips. Yesterday was probably the pinnacle of “visual effects” on an airboat Redfishing trip. I was entertaining Matt Barker and his family from Houston. The water had fallen out slightly, about four inches with this latest cold front. I was

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Airboat Redfishing continues hot despite the battles fought in extremely low water. Had a big tide the other day but it's fallen out again. I hate dealing with Redfish super skinny and clear. Caught them in Back Post Lake in a draw. I sat down in 6" of water and put the clients in a little draw in the middle of the lower lake that was probably 14" deep. All the fish had fallen into it from

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Airboat Redfishing has been unparalleled this Spring with high tides all Winter. That has kept the fish “local” in the far back reaches of Matagorda Island in airboat country. The fishing has been strong but at times uncomfortable due to weather conditions. Lately, “Spring has Sprung” which has led to some heavy catches combined with the most enjoyable weather. That’s a welcome combination.

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Team Coastal welcomed Inland Truck Parts multi-boat trip yesterday from Scottsbluff, NE. With their corporate meetings behind them in San Antonio, it was a day to get “Bowed-Up”. I insisted that they not leave San Antonio before 6:00am which put their arrival here at roughly 9:30am. There is no point in starting early during the late Fall and Winter months. This was proved on the water with

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The schedule on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was as full as it could be. I welcomed Bob Lindsey's party in from the northwest for a half day fishing until 11:00am which was followed by the Applewhite/Byrd half day fishing party with an evening Dove shoot to wrap things up. The boys from Mariah Fuels joined us as well on the shoot. Saturday and Sunday, Applewhite/Byrd for a cast and blast and

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On last weeks report I called for wind stability coinciding with explosive fishing and a prediction for the surf near term. When I saw the pattern of high winds break last Sunday, I could feel the change in the air and it’s right on. I predicted that the surf action was going to be awesome this year but didn’t realize it would be in play so quickly. From Port O to Port A, surf reports are

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Capt. Mike Patterson in Rockport worked his Babes On The Bay magic again on Saturday. He was guiding “Team Croaker Soaker” which included Crystal Schone, Lory Mummy, Cary Patterson, and Kelly Nesloney. The weigh in consisted of three Trout and one Redfish. “We didn’t even need our Redfish to take the tournament” Mike said this morning. Mike said “We took first place by 4.5 pounds and that’s a

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Spring is an awesome time for fishing whether you are working potholes in flooded timber for spawning Bass or working the flats for trophy class Trout and Redfish. It’s just that time of the year that renews the spirit and imbeds the memories that last a life time. I can remember the days coming out of Winter when me and a couple of buddies would just be chomping at the bit to get in the water.

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You can’t say enough about the duck opener, second split that is. We hosted 17 shooters opening morning on 11/8/03 and managed to shoot 95 out of a possible 102 birds. Teal, Gadwall, Wigeon, and Mottled Ducks dominated out straps. Joe Byrd and sons limited around 7:00am while moving onto the flats early and limiting on Redfish to 26”. Gary Fields and his son Ross hosted a four man shoot that

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You can count the number of Trout on shell right now on one hand it seems. From Port O to Rockport if you are fishing shell chances are the target is Redfish. Water temperature is falling through the floor and the cooler climates that drew the fish to shell during the depths of summer appears to be driving them from it currently. Trout are patterning as they would in Spring with shorelines and

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This is my first report “post Hurricane Claudette” and I wanted to let everyone know that Wendi and I came through the hurricane with little more than extensive tree damage. I can’t say enough thanks to Wendi for preparing us for the storm while I was fishing. “Thanks baby for everything, you are a tough gal and a credit to Texas women. I love you!” I wanted to thank everyone for their

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I’ve heard it said that Trout fishing is a whole lot better when the water temperatures are over 60 degrees. We know what a warm up will do for a topwater bite. On Wednesday March 5th, I welcomed Steve Fowler in for a couple of days of fishing. We thrashed the water pretty hard early with little to show for the effort. Water temperature started out around the low to mid 50’s. Around 4:00, we

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I've got the pictures up and on the web page featuring a few of the highlights from the first split of duck season. Check them out at http://www.coastalwaterfowl.com I would like to take a second to thank each and everyone of our customers! The best customers make the best hunting and fishing guide service on the Texas Gulf Coast! (FISHING)Redfishing in the airboat has been absolutely awesome

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I am definitely living a charmed life for sure amidst the dog days of summer. No mistakes and a linear approach to solid boxes of both Trout and Redfish. As the tide has fallen out with the full moon, I have lost the Redfish which were dominating solid Trout numbers that put us in the bonus division. I’m still catching a couple with Trout limits but they are much less accessible in 8” less

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As High Pressure weather patterns have centered over the area for weeks on end, the dome has repelled inbound frontal systems which would bring a pleasing change in the barometer while allowing for some variance in wind direction and speed. As the fronts approach, they suck the wind off the gulf in force for days; then the front is repelled by high pressure leaving us with a brief window of

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SaturdayThis latest little cold front just won’t let up and it looks like Mother Nature is going to dump the bucket on us for the next couple of days. Despite the nagging cold and wind, fishing has been a lot of fun here lately. Saturday, I welcomed Mr. Bryan Lynn and guest for a return trip from Houston. With morning temperatures well into the low 40’s since Thursday afternoon, I made the

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There are no shortage of super “HIGH INTENSITY” fishing trips that come my way. A lot of guides probably find themselves in the same position. We get our share of “we don’t care if we catch a fish” trips as well. It’s the high intensity trips that you remember, however. Enter Marshall Crawford and family. Marshall wanted to entertain his children with some fishing and he even had us host a

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Fishing during the last couple of weeks has been off the chart. From Port O to Rockport, fishing for both Trout and Redfish has been outstanding. Capt. Mike Patterson and Capt. Brett Phillips out of Rockport are still taking some large fish boxes on Croaker and Live Piggy Perch which have been in supply. Mike mentioned that despite some heavy boxes returning on his, Brett’s, and other guide

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“STAGE LEFT”By Capt. Kris "Double K" KelleySaturdayIt’s that time again, time for the Redfish to stage up for the big move to the gulf. We welcomed Blue Bell Creameries in for two days and I started off Saturday with the unfortunate duty of scouting while the other boats ran to the fish. Saturday was such a change from trips the previous two days under milder winds and ever moving freshwater.

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I would like to say special thanks to Mr. Kevin Glasser, President of the Katy CCA Chapter for having us up to talk to their group on Wednesday the 15th. Also, special thanks to everyone for coming out to support the chapter. FISHING REPORTNow, let’s get down to fishing. It’s been a fight at times here lately and the pumping south-southwest wind has us taking a standing eight count before we

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The surf is on fire at present and August, with all of it’s strength, has sucked the life out of the wind and opened the surf with full limits of Trout “at will”. Soft plastics in pumpkin/chart, strawberry/white, what am I saying . . . “just throw it and they will come”. Fishing with live finfish has been predictable as well. Think like a Bass fisherman and when you hit the water you are going

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“FLATFISH TWO-STEP”By Capt. Kris "Double K" KelleyNever been floundering? Me either. While some are consumed with the flatfish, their allure has never attacked me. Since Capt. James Cunningham signed on as a “Team Coastal” guide, the bug started to get me. James is a commercial Flounderman, although inactive due to his day time fishing activities. Listening to him describe his love of

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"Friends In Low Places"About The FishWe’ve got concentrated Redfish as there isn’t a lick of water in the bays and Hog Trout over grass in the sand pockets of the back lakes. I had a 7 and ¾ lb. log off the sand and grass yesterday morning. The water in the back lakes was shredded by the wind and fishing the structure came only from experience of it’s wherabouts. Carmel would best describe the

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About The FishI can’t get a steady bead on the weather for the upcoming weekend and second opener of the South Zone duck season. There is a cold front that looks to be slipping off to the east of us. I can tell you that, as of this writing 10:45am on 12/8, the weather does not appear to be indicative of pre-front conditions. We have absolutely zero wind and from all appearances, high pressure

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Calm before the storm best describes the Seadrift beat today. With upper Texas getting their teeth kicked in by the approaching cold front, it is only a matter of time before we’ll be seeing its effects. The forecast is for 20’s along the Texas coast by as early as Friday. Well, I’m rolling out the red carpet for this blast and I’ve got the fisherman and hunters lined up to do the “hand

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About The FishWe’ve got concentrated Redfish as there isn’t a lick of water in the bays and Hog Trout over grass in the sand pockets of the back lakes. I had a 7 and ¾ lb. log off the sand and grass yesterday morning. The water in the back lakes was shredded by the wind and fishing the structure came only from experience of it’s wherabouts. Carmel would best describe the color. I also managed

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About The FishWe’ve got concentrated Redfish as there isn’t a lick of water in the bays and Hog Trout over grass in the sand pockets of the back lakes. I had a 7 and ¾ lb. log off the sand and grass yesterday morning. The water in the back lakes was shredded by the wind and fishing the structure came only from experience of it’s wherabouts. Carmel would best describe the color. I also managed

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