Around Matagorda Bay

Weekly Newsletter
and
Fishing Report
February 14, 2002
...where fishing meets the net
Well, finally fishing is pickin' up! The south shoreline in both bays is looking good. Friday and Saturday promise to be good in the morning to midday. The rest of the weekend should be good just about any time. I hope you got your wife/girlfriend something real nice for Valentine's Day so she'll let you spend the weekend catching fish!

See you next week!
Webmaster
http://www.matagorda-bay.com

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Weekly Fishing Report
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2/14/02
Good day of fishing today! In West Matagorda Bay the redfish were hot -- along the south shoreline and in the Diversion Channel using live and artificial baits. Lots of nice stringers of trout came out of East Matagorda Bay -- caught by wadefishermen along the south shoreline -- using Corkys and other artificial plastics.

2/13/02
In East Matagorda Bay full stringers of nice-sized trout were caught by wadefishermen who waded along the south shoreline. There were also trout caught in the Bird Island area on the east end of East Matagorda Bay by drifting over scattered shell.

2/10/02
Today was the last day of the Troutmasters tournament, and what a day for fishing! The wind was blowing so hard that it was howling through the trees down here. It turned off cold, too, so it was really a poor day of fishing. Some fish were caught here and there -- scattered reports but nothing to speak of.

2/09/02
The Troutmasters tournament was going on today. We had reports of some nice trout being caught drifting over scattered shell out in East Matagorda Bay using soft plastics. There were some reports, too, of a few trout being caught in West Matagorda Bay. The Troutmasters tournament continues tomorrow.

2/08/02
A few trout were caught in East Matagorda Bay by wadefishermen. There were some limits of redfish caught in West Matagorda Bay.

2/06/02
There were a few trout caught by wadefishing in East Matagorda Bay. Water temperature is still around 52 degrees and fishing is slow. The weekend is looking better. The Troutmasters Tournament is in Matagorda this weekend.