West Bay Reds

Made a trip down to west bay Sunday morning and managed to pick up two twenty five inch reds. The wind was blowing and the bite was slow but the two bites I had resulted in two solid reds that were perfect for lunch. The first red fell victim to a corky and the second came on a saltwater assassin. I talked to some other fishermen while I was out there and most came up empty and some had a few trout. The fishing could have been better but it was still a good day to be on the water with some fellow yakers.

First time in sabine

On the way home from the IFA championship in Alabama we decided to stop and fish the north end of Sabine on the Texas side. After two days of punishment from the Fish Gods we caught a break and a ton of fish. The Red fish and Trout were stirring up the shrimp and the birds were getting the extras. The only word that could explain the day would be total chaos. At the end of the day we had two limits of Reds and two limits of Trout. Fish were caught on Gulp shrimp under a popping cork, topwaters, plastics, and corkys.
I could go on for days about how great the fishing was but I will let the pictures do the talking.

Morning wade

Sunday morning I took a solo wading trip to my hole in west bay and it was very productive. When I arrived at my spot the wind was dead and the water was boiling from schools of mullet being chased by bull reds. Bull reds were not on my menu so I just watched the action while I waded over to a marsh drain I like to fish. While I was in route to the drain there were some rat reds destroying grass shrimp on the shore line. I decided to make a cast with my skitter-walk and it was hammered by a two spotted rat red. Once inside of the drain I was shocked by the number of red fish that were in there. My second cast landed a twenty two inch red and the action was non stop until around eleven. A few times I caught myself just watching all the action instead of fishing. Fifteen reds from twenty to twenty seven inches were caught inside of the drain in knee deep water. The baits of choice were a chrome and black skitter-walk and a red and white kicker fish bait shad stick There were numerous times red fish would swim right up next to me and not get spooked, I guess they thought I was a pole or something. There were a few times reds would come completely out of the water and land on the bank trying to get shrimp. It was a very nice day to be on the water, and a shame I had to enjoy it by myself. All but three fish were released, and the three fish were mighty tasty.

There were a few strange things that happened Sunday morning. There was a large sea turtle that hung out with me for a while, not that strange but kind of cool. Then there were stingrays flying out of the water chasing shrimp and mullet, I’ve never seen that before. The best one of the day was the small waterspout that ran over me, it was neat but it got me pretty wet.

I guess I could be more Specific about the hole, I was fishing the south shore line of west bay by the pass.

First time in Freeport

We met up with bogdog (Clint) if Freeport Saturday morning and hit the water by six fifteen. After a short paddle we reached the first stop, we split up and started looking for some reds. It didn’t take long for the action to get fired up and the reds were exploding all over our top waters. Between the four of us we landed seven reds between eighteen and 30 inches on top waters in an hour, and a couple of small trout. The tide was super high and you could see reds chasing shrimp and mullet way up in the grass, so I put on a (Kicker Fish bait) strawberry white tail shad stick. I rigged it up weed less and sent it into the grass after a red that was chasing some shrimp. When I say way up in the grass I mean about twenty feet in from the waters edge. As soon as the shad stick hit the water that red inhaled it and the fight was on, and then it was over. My twelve pound line was no match for a big red in thick grass, so if anyone sees a red swimming around with a strawberry white tail shad stick bait in his mouth watch out he’s a feisty one. After that we paddled back to the trucks, loaded up, and headed for our next destination.

When we arrived at our next stop we unloaded and started fishing. The fishing was a little slow but we managed four nice reds on top waters. Most of the fish were caught out in the middle of the lake we were fishing, and some were caught out of a school we found that was running bait on the bank. After about two hours the bite was over and we headed home.

Thanks for the trip Clint we had a blast

Specks in the spot light

Friday night we headed down to the east end of Galveston to do some trout fishing. After the lights and generator were fired up it didn’t take long for the trout to show up. The trout were not in there usual numbers but there were some decent size fish in the lights (18-20”). I started throwing the usual baits, mirrodine, small finesse shad, and bass assassins with little luck besides some throw backs. I decided to tie on one of the new baits I picked up from KICKER FISH BAITS and that was the ticket. First cast with a pearl pepper saltwater shadstick landed an 18” trout. A couple of casts later another 18” trout, and many more after that. The shadstick was rigged up weed less with a bass hook, about 6” of leader line, and a swivel (no weight). The trout couldn’t stand the action that the shadstick has. The best retrieve was slow letting it sink about a foot down and then twitching it a few times back to the surface. We only kept enough fish for a meal and let the rest go back. If you get a chance to do some night fishing I would suggest getting some shadsticks, they were a life saver and kept me from getting skunked at the hole.