Estes Flats reds

Went out today about noon just to find fish. Caught some nice reds in Estes flats on cut mullet .Look for the muddy water where the mullet and reds are stirring it up. Just park and cast to the potholes . Sheep's head are biting at the jetties and Fina Docks .Most are small but go to the wells in Corpus Christie Bay and drop live shrimp really close to the structure.

Few reds some trout and a dead whale

We have been catching a few reds and trout at California Hole on 1/8 oz spoons and Berkley gulp ,pink, white, and new penny.Look for muddy water in clear bays a sure sign that fish are present.
Sheep's head are biting on shrimp and sea lice. Black drum are biting at Ingleside Navy Base. Trout are in deeper holes and canals or harbors.
Monday we had a huge 54 ft. whale wash ashore at marker 30 .It was dead for 2 weeks prior to washing up here.Probable cause of death was old age.

San Antonio Boat Show

I will be at the San Antonio Boat Show this weekend.Please come by my booth and say hello.My wife Sherrel and daughter Kacie will be with me selling T shirts that they created and fishing tackle ,from their store.
At the show I will be running a special from now till March 1 I will take 50.00 off each trip booked and paid for .We do accept credit cards for trips .You can take the trip anytime in 2010. If you book a 3 day trip that comes to 150.00 off.
If any potential sponsor's want to promote your products or services please contact me .There is a really great deal for you coming up in April .I can also help you in your advertising and promotion not just by sponsoring me in tournaments ,but also in some of the 501c3 nonprofit organisations that I belong to will help you as well.

Slow fishing

Right now it is hard to catch fish the water temp is returning to 55 deg. yesterday.Tried to run about 15 miles from Port A to some state water rigs and the red snapper were there but not biting.I was not on a paid trip just trying out some places to see if fish were present.The water is starting to clear from the recent heavy rains ,so this should start to pickup in a few weeks. I have not seen or heard of anything biting since Christmas except a few sheep's head. I fished in the bays a little with dead shrimp and Berkly gulp ,only caught a few spotted trout undersized witting ,perch sand trout and a few hard heads.
There is no live shrimp anywhere that Brad or I have found.Perch and if you are really lucky you might get some mud minnows for live bait right now.
The water clarity is getting better since the rain ,and the black drum should be showing up in big numbers soon.

Huge Trout

The south jetty is producing huge trout right now,several over 30" .The bad thing is you only get to keep one fish because they are all over 25" . Sheep's head are biting anywhere there is rocks. The flounder are slowing down a bit,but still catching a few.

45" red drum

Went out today about 10;oo am . Tried several places with very little success .Finally found some huge mangrove snapper by the navel station .caught about 15 using mud minnows ,small perch ,and shrimp. found 7 flounder at the Fina Docks,only 3 were keeper's. Got a 45" red there too.My scales only go to 30 lbs. so I do not know how much it weighed.

Flounder

Went out Thursday just fishing ,after a party that did not show up.Had to use some of the 58,00 in live bait, Caught 4 keeper flounder.black drum and 5 keeper sheep's head near the north jetty.
Went out today same place got 1 flounder lost several nice ones .To catch a flounder wait as long as you can before setting the hook.Got a pompano and some sheep's head on the south jetty.Hooked 3 small tarpon on the north jetty.Found small trout and small red fish in the ICW by Arkansas Pass.