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Around Matagorda Bay Weekly
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| Note from the Webmaster |
Line - Something you give your coworkers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend. Tackle - What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.
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Hi, Guys! Well, the end of another week - and with it comes the sweet anticipation of a beautiful weekend of fishing! Should be a good weekend to fish down here! Fishing will probably begin to taper off on Monday or Tuesday, but until then it should be great. Morning, midday and early afternoon should be the most active time of feeding. Tide action begins to improve around Monday, but other factors will make the fishing good till then. It looks like we'll be graced with a weekend of light winds - they may play "ring-around-the-rosy" a little, south to southeast on Friday, on Saturday switch around to the northeast and then back to east or east southeast. But it should give us a weekend of smooth bays and surf. It should be an excellent weekend to fish offshore. The wind won't be blowing too hard, and you'll be able to bring in just about any kind of offshore fish you want! East Matagorda Bay should prove good for trout if you drift under the birds or over scattered reefs using live shrimp under a popping cork. Or you might try Bird Island area or the Oyster Farm. The south shoreline should produce using an artificial bait of your choice with a "glow" to it - try some of the Bass Assassins or Sand Eel colors. Keep an eye out for those spots where flounder like to lie in wait for baitfish around the cuts leading to the flats and throw something like a Flounder Pounder to them. West Matagorda Bay is still going to be best along the south shoreline where you can find grass and deep shell - try artificials here or live shrimp under a popping cork. What colors do we recommend this week? Try pepper/chartreuse, red shad, and black soft plastics. Topwaters like a Top Dog would be good in a bone color or bluetail. Gold or white Mirrolures may produce for you close to the grass tight along the shoreline. This time of year you may also have luck with fire tiger, pearl or red shad Bass Assassins. The pearl and red shad will work much better for you if you dip the tail in chartreuse. Throw it out - let it drop - jig it. That should do the trick. I don't understand how a river can look so "right"
for fishing and have no one able to report any catches
of note. But that seems to be the situation on the
Colorado River. We have a few reports of fish being
caught here and there, but I think what we really
need is for some of you weekenders to come down and
search out the hotspots and report back to me! Come on down and give it a try! Good Luck! See ya next week,
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| This Week's Fishing Reports | ||||||||
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Thursday - 06/13/02 Fishing was pretty good in East Matagorda Bay today. Wadefishermen and driftfishermen under the birds were able to bring home some nice trout using artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork. At the fishing pier there were a few trout and sharks caught. Wednesday - 06/12/02 East Matagorda Bay provided the best fishing today. Drifting under the birds produced catches of trout when using live shrimp under a popping cork or artificial baits. West Matagorda Bay had a few reports of trout and reds being caught along the south shoreline. No report was available from the pier at the beach. Tuesday - 06/11/02 Not much to report today. It was a poor fishing day all around - wind, tides, etc. all contributed. We had a few reports of trout being caught down on the south shoreline (east end) of East Bay - but no great quantity. Monday - 06/10/02 The only place any fish were caught today was in West Matagorda Bay - along the south shoreline wadefishing. Some trout and reds were caught with a few of the trout being in the 5-6 lb. range. Sunday - 06/09/02 Fishing slowed down today. There are still reds and some trout being caught at the pier at the beach. East Matagorda Bay produced a few trout, flounder and reds along the south shoreline, as did West Matagorda Bay. Nothing much from offshore - the wind picked up today, putting an end to offshore fishing for the weekend. Saturday - 06/08/02 Another good day all over! The surf is producing lots of trout and reds; and the jetty is producing Spanisl mackerel, trout, reds, and sheephead - all on live shrimp. In West Matagorda Bay there were trout, redfish, and flounder caught around Shell Island and Mad Island Slough - drifting, anchoring and wading using live shrimp for bait. In East Matagorda Bay drifting/wading under the birds or over scattered shell was good for catching trout and redfish on live shrimp. We had another real good day offshore, too - with fishermen bringing in lots or the "regulars" - kingfish, ling, snapper, etc. Friday - 06/07/02 A pretty good day of fishing down here! Fishing
in the surf was really good today - driving down the
beach in a vehicle or going west along the beach by
boat! Lots of trout (up to 6 lb.) were caught using
live shrimp under a popping cork or artificials. There
were also trout and reds caught at the jetties. Offshore,
of course, is still great with lots of fish of all
kinds being brought in. East Matagorda Bay was excellent
for trout and reds today - drifting or wading under
the birds along the north shoreline using live shrimp
or artificials produced good yields. And of course,
everything down here is as busy as can be with the
tournament going on! |
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| This Week's Tip | ||||||||
| I talk alot about artificial
baits in my newsletters and fishing reports. Some of you
may not be familiar with the colors and types available.
So, this week I'm going to tell you about some of the
most popular colors of Bass Assassins (with their part
number) so that you can find them easily in the stores
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SWA29118
Limetreuse - lime green |
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