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March 14, 2002
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There's a new moon today - so the fish should feed early and late in the day. The water temperature at Old Gulf Cut is 65.5 degrees today.
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Hi, Guys!

Well, it finally is starting to look like Spring around Matagorda Bay! The water temperature is starting to rise nicely, meaning that the fish will become more active and ready to bite. I am starting to get lots of reports of trout and redfish being caught in East Matagorda Bay. Wadefishing along the shorelines or over scattered shell pads is producing fish, as well as drifting over shell. Red seems to be a good color to use - try Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, or Norton Sand Eels. If the shell is deep, glow/chartreuse might be a good color to try. Redfish are showing up on the shell, too. West Matagorda Bay is still a little slow - but the shorelines should start producing some trout and reds - try topwaters there. Flounder, redfish and trout are showing up in the Diversion Channel when the tide is moving.

Looks like the weather will be good for most of the weekend - low seventies during the day, chance of rain on Sunday - no reason to stay home! So, come on down and "wet a hook"!

See ya next week,
Webmaster

This Week's Fishing Reports
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.