May 15, 2007

Covering All Grounds
May 14, 2007-Woke early, left with a party of two. Fished the surf in several locations. Again, we found bait, water was clear, and the fish didn't show. At least more than three didn't. Reports were similar from others.
Motored into West Matagorda and caught 11 trout while wading grass beds in chest deep water on bone topwaters and dark colored brown lure small devils.
On the way in, a choice to drift some reefs paid off. We caught trout every cast for a solid hour and picked up another 12 keepers to 23 inches using heavy jig heads and any rubber you could find.
The Brown Lure Solo even brought in a nice keeper from the deep water.

May 14, 2007

Back-Up Plan Afternoon
May 13, 2007-Hit the surf for the afternoon and waded it solid for over two hours. Bait was there, water was clear, fish were not there..or failed to bite.
Left went into the bay and boxed six solid speckled trout on plum and white brown lures by keying on frantic bait.

March 13, 2007

Any Questions?

March 10, 2007-Brown Lure Gang

Brown Lure Gang
May 10, 2007-Jake Brown and Clay Ebner, from Brown Lures met myself and Frances at the dock by 5:00. Winds were suitable from the south and we were blazing atop the calm morning's water for West Matagorda Bay. However, I first asked whether they wanted to target big trout or numbers; because both approaches have proved productive lately.
It was numbers they envied and our first wade was made on a sandy bar loaded with glass minnows and other small batifish exploding on the surface. It was the same routine on each wade. We caught fish in spurts; we knew the fish were there and they would bite furiously allowing us to catch four of five between 14" and 22" inches before shutting off again for 10 or so minutes-the wierd cycle continued. I stuck with a purple and white brown lure before shortly making a change to a black and chartreuse small devil when I noticed how off color the water we were fishing was. The highlight of my morning was when my girlfriend stuck her biggest redfish to date-a 6 ½ pounder. I rigged her up a cork and a purple and white devil eye that really worked better for her. Jake and Clay caught several very nice specks. Clay responded with a "Waterloooooo!" after every time he caught a fish; it soon became a war (Laguna Rods vs. Waterloo Rods) when I started yelling Laguna back at him…Laguna won by the way. After catching specks on the edges of sand bars and within grassy guts on the south shoreline we retreated to a backlake and found that even the water within the lake looked dead and void of bait- identical to the south shoreline. We called it a day at 1:00 with two limits of specks and a very nice redfish…..and don't forget the Laguna win.

May 9, 2007-West Matagorda

Wade the Murk!
After yesterday's grind in East Matty, a shift to wading for numbers in West was the plan. Two anglers jumped aboard and we made our first wade on the south shoreline in knee-cap depth in semi to off-color water.Purple and White Brown Lure Devil Eye's showed up well enough in the murky water to get things fired off.Bite was great for about two hours in several locations before shutting off. We spent the morning wadefishing bars before moving into shallow bayous and casting topwater plugs. Water was very nice in several spots but the fish bit best for us in the murk. Called in a day at lunch time. (Video Soon)

East Matagorda Bay-May 8, 2007

East Bay on s l o w side

Tides are very high. Dominant south winds have caused bay systems to fill to the brim; high tides like we currently have in the Matagorda complex is known to cause fish to scatter.
A morning solo trip to East Matagorda was slow for big fish, but fair for keeper-sized fish. Water on the south shoreline was fishable, but the water

out deeper was much more churned.

Wade tight to shoreline for best results during high tide.

The bite was determined slow after a long two wades and two drifts. Joined up with Arsola and found the same results. Jigs, topwaters, and Corky’s were all fished with below average results.
Fish in the backwaters are much more consistent. Big trout and redfish reports are flowing from backlakes.
It is a grind for the time I spent fishing until lunch, but it is only a matter of time. West Matagorda Bay has been fair to good on grass/sand for numbers of speckled trout and several redfish.