Sunday
3/31/02
|
The
Easter Bunny and/or the wind must have scared
away all the fishermen because very few people
went out fishing today. There were a few whiting,
drum and reds caught at the jetties today,
but nothing spectacular. |
Saturday
3/30/02
|
Fishing
is still poor in East Matagorda Bay. There
were a few trout caught around Chinquapin
Reefs, though. Oyster Lake is still holding
strong for nice catches of redfish. In West
Matagorda Bay wading for trout was good along
the south shoreline near Green's Bayou. Not
as many reported as yesterday, but there weren't
as many fishermen out there today, either.
There were some reports of whiting being caught
on the south end of the river near Rawlings
Bait Camp. It's still good fishing for trout
up the river at night under lights. |
Friday
3/29/02
|
Things
are still dead in East Matagorda Bay. However,
things are poppin' in West Matagorda Bay along
the south shoreline for catching trout on
soft plastics. Oyster Lake is still going
strong for redfish. Nothing's being caught
in the surf, and the Colorado River is still
producing trout at night under the lights. |
Thursday
3/28/02
|
Things
came to a dead standstill in East Matagorda
Bay today -- very few fish came out of the
bay. However, things heated up in West Matagorda
Bay along the south shoreline. Lots of trout
were caught on soft plastics. Oyster Lake
was great for redfish today - on live shrimp
and cut bait. The Colorado River is producing
some nice sized trout under lights at night.
Diana Osborne, wife of Skipper Osborne, caught
a really nice 29-inch trout at her house on
River Run under lights the other night. |
Wednesday
3/27/02
|
Fishing
was much improved over yesterday. Nice limits
of redfish caught by wadefishermen along the
south shoreline of East Matagorda Bay - mudhoggin'
(wading in about 4 ft.water with muddy bottom)
was the best place to be. There were small
trout being caught around the Tripod in West
Matagorda Bay on the south side of the bay.
For those of you coming to Matagorda to go
fishing, Hwy 35 is closed to thru traffic
between Bay City and Wadsworth because of
a well blow-out. You can detour this way:
when leaving Bay City on Hwy 60, turn right
on Hwy 2668 which goes by Celanese. Follow
2668 until you hit 521, and turn right. After
about two miles you will run back into Hwy
60 south of Wadsworth. |
Tuesday
3/26/02
|
North
wind was blowing today - kept fishing...and
catchin'...to a minimum. There were a few
reds and trout caught out in East Matagorda
Bay. |
Monday
3/25/02
|
Only
a few trout and reds caught today in East
Matagorda Bay -- poor day of fishing. |
Sunday
3/24/02
|
The
wind was still howling down here around Matagorda
Bay today! There weren't near as many fishermen
out in the bays today and only a fair amount
of trout being caught. The south shoreline
of East Matagorda Bay produced some trout
and a few reds, and the Diversion Channel
was fair fishing this morning. Minimal tide
action today slowed down the fishing, too. |
Saturday
3/23/02
|
In
East Matagorda Bay a fair amount of trout
were caught today by wadefishermen wading
along the south shoreline. At the fishing
pier/jetties, some whiting and redfish were
being caught. Nice drum are being caught in
the lower Colorado River area near the old
Parker's Cut. There were also reports of some
redfish being caught in West Matagorda Bay. |
Thursday
3/21/02
|
Very
few fishermen went out today, so I was unable
to obtain a report. |
Wednesday
3/20/02
|
No
fishing report today because of the wind. |
Tuesday
3/19/02
|
Today
was a bad day for fishing in East and West
Bays - the wind was blowing really hard down
here. However, we had reports of some flounder
and trout being caught up in the Colorado
River. |
Monday
3/18/02
|
Not
a good day for fishing in either bay - a few
scattered reports of fishermen catching trout
- but that's about all. |
Sunday
3/17/02
|
Happy
St. Patrick's Day to all you Matagorda Bay
fishermen! Today was a good day for catching
trout drifting out in East Matagorda Bay.
Lots of nice stringers of trout came in from
East Bay, and a few oversized redfish and
big drum were caught at the jetties. The south
shoreline in West Matagorda Bay produced a
few nice stringers of fish, too. |
Saturday
3/16/02
|
There
was a fair amount of trout caught in East
Matagorda Bay today -- not as many as yesterday,
though. There were a few big redfish (over
28 inches) caught on the jetties at the beach
-- and some whiting. The Diversion Channel
produced nice catches of sand trout today.
|
Friday
3/15/02
|
Fishing
was just about the same today as yesterday
in East Matagorda Bay - nice catches of trout
and a few reds in East Matagorda Bay drifting
over scattered shell and wadefishing along
the south shoreline. This seems to be a trend
that's holding true. The wind may turn and
come out of the north tomorrow, making the
south shoreline not as good -- the north shoreline
will become a better bet in that case. Good
luck! |
Thursday
3/14/02
|
Fishing
is finally heating up! There were nice catches
of trout and a few reds in East Matagorda
Bay -- drifting over scattered shell and wadefishing
along the south shoreline again! There were
a few flounder caught in the Diversion Channel.
The surf was slow today, produceing only limited
catches of sheephead, whiting and redfish. |
Wednesday
3/13/02
|
It
was a good day for fishing today - looks like
spring has decided to stay around for awhile.
There were quite a few trout caught out in
East Matagorda Bay today by drifting over
scattered shell and wadefishing along the
south shoreline. There were also some redfish
caught, but not as many reds as trout. The
guides were out in East Matagorda Bay today
in full force with their boats full -- all
of them brought in nice catches of fish -
trout, reds, and some sheephead. Again, it
seems like Charlie Paradoski was in the lead
with the biggest catch. |
Tuesday
3/12/02
|
A
fair amount of fishermen went out today --
there weren't a lot of fish caught. However,
"Superguide" Charlie Paradoski's
party came in with a nice catch of 18 trout
and 1 flounder- caught drifting over scattered
shell in East Matagorda Bay. Seems like Charlie's
parties always come in with a nice catch. |
Monday
3/11/02
|
Wadefishing
along the south shoreline in East Matagorda
Bay is still the name of the game. There were
a few trout and reds caught today but that's
all the action we heard about. |
Sunday
3/10/02
|
Strong
chilly winds from the east northeast prevented
many fishermen for venturing out into the
bays -- it's very hard to find protected areas
when the wind blows from the east or north
of east direction. We saw a few trout come
out of East Matagorda Bay -- but nothing to
brag about. |
Saturday
3/9/02
|
On
Friday there were some redfish and trout caught
in East Matagorda Bay by wadefishermen who
fished along the south shoreline -- mudhoggin'.
Today started off foggy until the norther
blew in, bringing a little rain and lots of
wind -- which put a quick end to this fishing
day. However, before the wind got too bad
today, wadefishermen caught trout and redfish
in the same area as yesterday. |
Thursday
3/7/02
|
In
East Matagorda Bay there were fair amounts
of redfish and speckled trout caught by wadefishermen
along the south shoreline. There were also
some speckled trout caught by drifting over
scattered shell using Norton Sand Eels, BassAssassins,
and Mirrolures. |
Wednesday
3/6/02
|
The
water in the bays has not warmed up enough
yet to improve fishing -- it's about 51 degrees
and needs to go to around 60 degrees before
the fish will really become active in their
feeding. However, there are still good spots
to fish -- muddy areas where the trout can
wallow down into the mud and stay warm. One
such area is wadefishing the south shoreline
in East Matagorda Bay -- one fishing guide
and his party was able to bring in 19 trout
and 9 redfish today. We had a couple of reports
of small redfish being caught in West Matagorda
Bay today -- but no keepers. |
Tuesday
3/5/02
|
Fishing
reports are few and far between right now.
The water temperature hasn't warmed up, the
weather has been bad, no one has been going
out fishing. Hopefully we've seen just about
the last of the really bad weather and people
will start getting out into the bays and bringing
in those full stringers of springtime trout.
So, keep checking back -- our fishing reports
will be coming hot and heavy real soon! |
Friday
3/1/02
|
More
reports of redfish being caught on live bait
in West Matagorda Bay, and there were reports
of stringers of trout coming from up the Colorado
River. Not many people out fishing today,
though, because of the weather. It's hard
to predict the fishing right now because of
these cold fronts and wind we've been having.
Protected ares, though, like the Diversion
Channel
look good and have been producing fish lately.
Coon Island (on the other side of Oyster Lake)
is another good prospect. Midday looks like
a good time to be out fishing because of the
full moon we just had. |
