Windy Fishing

The wind has been 20-30 mph. from the southeast. The reds are on the Inter coastal waterway from Rockport to Ingleside .Fish the cuts leading from the bay.The fish will bite really good until about 9:00 am. Spinner baits are working great,with a purple ,chartreuse tail .Gold blade and chartreuse head.Work both sides of the shoal and the west bank too.
Large weedless spoons 1/2,or 3/4 oz are required for the wind.If the water is muddy then throw large White gulps.

HAMMERHEAD SHARK

Went out Tuesday just fishing for fun .Left the dock about noon Fished for 4 hours .Brought back 3 limits of snapper ,several vermilion snapper , lane snapper two blacktip sharks, and one strawberry grouper .Had a 45 minute fight with a 178 lb. ,8' 2" hammer head shark .

STATE SNAPPER

Went out with Ed on his 30' Boat ,also a nice family of 4 from San Antonio.We went out with 5' seas and wind blowing at 20 mph.We caught 7 nice Red Snapper and 1 Vermilion Snapper. Had several lines bit off including some bit through steel leaders.Had 1 nice snapper coming up when a big Barracuda ate it all but the head.

Monday sheeps head

Went out with some pretty nice people Monday.Windy water was cloudy.We caught several sheep's head ,1 keeper flounder ,and 1 27 7/8" red.At Lydia Ann Channel.Went fishing some near shore rigs with no success. Came back in and got some more sheep's head .

Houston Tackle Show

Come and see me if you happen to be at the show this weekend .I will be at the MIDCOAST PRODUCTS BOOTH. Also stop by the LURE SAFTY WRAP BOOTH and say hi to Dennis Smith for me .

Snapper

Went out scouting looking for new places to take my clients.Went back to where the snapper got eaten by a large grouper.Snapper are still there ,also a Atlantic sharp nose shark.I also got a small 3 lb. Warsaw Grouper which was released .Went on to some other rigs and wrecks.Found several in state waters holding snapper .The water temp is 69 degrees out side the jetties.The clarity is getting better with KING GREEN water all over. I also found 5 big bait schools around , and one school of Spanish mackerel.
The Sheep's head are in full swing around the jetties with a few nice reds and trout.Some gaff top showing up. THE FISHING WILL ONLY GET BETTER THE IN THE MONTHS TO COME!!

Mangrove Snapper

Windy day 45 mph gusts all day long.Water temp started out at 69 then went down to 61 as the day went on.Most of the bays looked like chocolate milk.Found some clear water back in a cutout caught 17 mangrove snapper ,1 sheep's head and a huge black drum in the cut.All the snapper were 17" to 15" except 3 that were 10". Went out to a well in Corpus Christie bay caught a 20" trout.When on to the old Mc dermit harbour and got 2 big Gaff top catfish.We was severely limited by the wind to where we could fish ,but we still brought in a cooler full.