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.

East Matagorda-April 21, 2007

Drifting East Matagorda Bay did not look very promising today. ;)

April 6, 2007-Lower Coast

A FULL DAY




on the lower coast




1:00 a.m. found us falling to sleep alongside the bay water. I stayed warm inside the sleeping bag, but the mosquitos made me want to leave the camp site and start my night wade. 4:00 a.m. found me casting plugs to brute-redfish and solid specks.




Pearl/Chartreuse Fatboys provided annihalating hits from redfish up to 29 inches and trout to 25 inches on a sand/grass bar.







At daybreak, the boats piled in and we retreated to a protected shoreline. Topwaters produced a speck or red here and there-nothing with any real size.




A switch to a jig brought the action in no time. We spent the afternoon with a release of a 27 and a mixed catch of trout to 26 and redfish. Limits of trout weren't very tough to come by. Trout were rather skinny compared to previous reports and bait was nonexistent. The water was beautiful.




Check out this blooper video!!..memory card was running out and this trout knew it!