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In
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moon is on the wane right now so the best BITE will be moving
to early and late in the day. Lots of tidal flow right now
but not enough tidal change to make fishing good until about
Sunday...so find the BITE then! Water temperature is still
cold enough to make the trout wallow down in the mud, so
find the BITE in the muddy streaks you find in the bays.
May the BITE be with you! |
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Rik
Jacobsen's Red Snapper Fishing Tips and Spots
This site is for all of you who like to fish offshore
- it's got lots of good information for this area - tips,
lessons, links, pictures - you name it, it's got it! So
check it out - makes for good reading on these ole winter
nights!
The biggest Red Snapper caught on the coast of Texas was
in Galveston Bay in 1998 - it weighed 38.13 lb. and was
37.5 inches long. The IGFA record for the whole world weighed
50 lb. 4 oz. and was caught in 1996 in the Gulf of Mexico
off Louisiana.
How many senses do sharks
have?
Sharks have 8 unique senses. They are hearing, smell, lateral
line, pit organs, vision, Lorenzini, touch and taste. The
shark shares many senses that humans do such as taste and
smell, but it has three senses that we do not have. The
lateral line, pit organs, and Lorenzini are senses that
have been discovered over the past 10 to 20 years, and play
an important role in how the shark functions when swimming
around.
There's a fine line between fishing and standing
on the shore looking like an
idiot.
If you're having problems receiving this newsletter,
please let me know!
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Hi, Guys! Well, none of you wrote in that you
aren't receiving the newsletter in a readable format, so I'm guessing
that everyone got theirs with no trouble. I want to welcome all
the new members of the mailing list -- this list is really growing
by leaps and bounds! Now to the thank yous --- thanks to Mike Stapleton
for sending me the picture of the jack fish he caught, a special
thanks to my favorite fly fisherman, Jay Hoffmann, for giving me
my two new "bionic" knees, and thanks to all of you for
subscribing to this newsletter!
8-)
Even though the wind is blowing like crazy right now, it
looks like it will slow down by Friday, making the weekend a perfect
time to fish - the winds will be light and switching from east to
southeast. Couldn't ask for anything better!
In East Matagorda Bay you'll want to stay on the west end
of the bay and north shoreline when the wind is howling out of the
north. But when the wind switches back out of the south, the south
shoreline will be your best bet. As usual this time of year, drifting
over the deeper shell reefs in mid bay will produce speckled trout
with a few reds thrown in for good measure.
At the jetty pier try using shrimp (live if you can get
them) to catch a stringer of reds, black drum and sheepshead. Down
the beach you should be able to pull in whiting. (Off the subject
but...did you know that there will be a third jetty built in between
the two jetties sometime this year. It's supposed to solve the problem
of sand closing in the channel.)
I have to mention the offshore bunch. Those who have been
going offshore fishing (not many) have been bringing in some nice
stringers of red snapper.
Over in West Matagorda Bay look to the south shoreline
when the wind is right - that's where you'll find the trout. For
reds, fish in the channels, cuts and holes using mullet or shrimp.
When the north wind is blowing, try one of the protected spots like
the Coon Island area.
What baits do we like this week? Fire tiger, red shad,
and pumpkinseed with a chartreuse tail! If you're going to use a
natural bait, get live shrimp if they're available.
And in the meantime - come on down and wet a hook! Enjoy
our bays ... and be safe and courteous on the water!
Good Luck!
See ya next week,
P.S. I crave feedback, ideas for improvements, and fishing
reports and pictures! Help me out.
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| This
Week's Fishing Reports |
| Wednesday 1/22/03
Boy! Wasn't today a real howler! The wind blew all day, and the
longer it blew, the colder it got! Not many ventured out into the
bays. Capt. Charlie Paradoski and his party brought in a nice catch
of speckled trout, flounder and redfish which they caught by drifting
down on the west end of East Matagorda Bay using Bass Assassins.
Tuesday 1/21/03
It was sure a beautiful day for fishing, but fishing down here was
pretty slow again. There were trout and redfish caught by wadefishermen
and by drifting using soft plastics and other artificials down on
the east end of East Matagorda Bay around the Brown Cedar area.
Monday 1/20/03
Still not much going on down here. There are some scattered catches
of trout over the deeper shell reefs on the west end of East Matagorda
Bay being reported. Over In West Matagorda Bay we had some reports
of keeper trout being caught in the Coon Island area on soft plastics.
The tides are still running low.
Sunday 1/19/03
Fishing picked up a little bit today. There were some scattered
catches of trout and redfish in East Matagorda Bay down on the south
and west end of the bay - along the shoreline and around scattered
deeper shell. In West Matagorda Bay there were also some catches
of trout and redfish on the south shoreline down around Green's
Bayou. Nice catches of red snapper were brought in again today from
offshore.
Saturday 1/18/03
There still isn't much going on down here in the way of fishing.
There were a few duck hunters out in East Matagorda Bay today and
a few brave fishermen who caught a few here and there. I saw one
boat come in from offshore with limits of red snapper. We're having
real low tides now, too.
Friday 1/17/03
I can't give you a fishing report for today because I wasn't able
to find any information or anyone who went out. I guess the cold
weather kept everyone at home.
Thursday 1/16/03
Today was a slow day because of the weather. We had a fresh norther
blowing and the wind was tough. I did hear a couple reports of wadefishermen
catching some small specks with a few keeper trout and reds along
the south shoreline of East Matagorda Bay. For the most part, though,
those who ventured out didn't stay long.
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| Kingfisher's
Tip of the Week |
If you're after the highest hookup ratios, use a circle hook. You
will land more fish because of the small gap and the inverted point.
These hooks are also better for the fish because they will usually
hook them in the lip and not in the gut.
Two policemen knock on a guy's door. A man
answers, "Yes?"
"Good evening Mr. Smith. I'm afraid that we have some terrible
news, and some great news about your missing wife," said one of the
cops.
"Whats the bad news?" asked Mr. Smith.
"Scuba divers found your wife's body at the bottom of the bay
this morning." reply the officers, solemnly.
"This is terrible," sobbed Mr. Smith, "What could
possibly be the good news?"
"Well," answered one of the cops, "when they pulled
her up, the divers found three 30 lb lobsters and a dozen blue crabs still hanging
on to her body.
"You people are sick," replied Mr. Smith, disgustedly,
"where is the body? I still need to identify it."
"I'm afraid you can't see the body yet," says the cop,
"they won't be bringing her back up again 'til later this afternoon."
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