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Around Matagorda Bay Weekly
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| Note from the Webmaster |
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Hi, Guys! This is the time of year when isolated thunderstorms are around, but the good thing is that our thunderstorms usually don't keep someone from enjoying a day of the water! For the most part, this week promises to be pretty good weatherwise. A chance of rain every day, but no high winds are expected. Friday will find winds from the southwest with a changeover to the south occurring during the weekend and finally ending up from the southeast by Monday. This should cause our bays to be mostly smooth with a little occasional chop to them. All in all, good fishing weather! If the weather holds, it should provide us with a good weekend of fishing, both offshore and in the bays. Offshore will be productive if the water is not too rough. You may be able to pick up some big ling in the weedline by QUIETLY sight-casting a live piggy to them. If you're after blue marlin, give the Ballyhoo Islander a try - it's proven to be a good choice. In East Matagorda Bay, some spots worth trying - Mitchell's Cut, any of the scattered shell reefs out in the middle of the bay, or spots along the south shoreline such as Brown Cedar Flats or any of the bayous, etc. along that shoreline. Drifting under birds in this bay may be productive, too. In West Matagorda Bay you should try the Outer Shell Island Reef, Cotton's and Green's Bayous along the south shoreline, Airport Flats, or other spots along that shoreline. Coon Island and Oyster Lake might be productive for redfish when using live shrimp under a popping cork for bait. If you're into surf fishing, the second gut in the surf may produce trout on TopDogs in a bone color, or bone diamond Bass Assassins or Texas Trout Killers. Live shrimp under a popping cork, though, should produce the best. At the jetty pier and the jetties, use live shrimp to catch trout, reds, sheepshead and gafftop. What baits do we like this week? My top pick would have to be live bait this week - either live shrimp under a popping cork or live croaker. If you're going to be using artificials, though, here's a few to try---red and white Mirrolures, pepper and chartreuse, limetreuse, bone diamond and bone and chartreuse Bass Assassins, Top Dogs, Sand Eels, or Trout Killers. Looks like there will be a few tournaments going on in our area this weekend. The Mermaid Offshore Tournament will be at Allen's Landing on Beach Road on July 13 - I believe that this offshore contest is for women teams only, though boat crews can be men. The 1st Annual American Rodsmith Trout Tournament and Jimmy Guess Kid's Tournament will also be held this weekend. And in the meantime - come on down and wet a hook! Enjoy our bays! Good Luck! See ya next week,
P.S. I would love to get some feedback from you guys -- are you finding these newsletters helpful? Any suggestions for improvements? Let me know. |
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| This Week's Fishing Reports | ||||||||
| Thursday 07/11/02 Down on the east end of East Matagorda Bay there were a few stringers of trout caught by drifting over scattered shell. Working the birds on the north shoreline produced some nice trout. The Green's Bayou area of West Matagorda Bay was productive today for trout. Wednesday - 7/10/02 On the east end of East Matagorda Bay there were some trout caught by drifting over scattered shell, and there were some big croaker brought in from the new cut. On the west end of the bay there were some nice stringers of trout caught in the same manner - drifting over scattered shell using artificials such as Bass Assassins. In West Matagorda Bay the Green's Bayou area was good for wadefishing - it produced some nice stringers of trout. Tuesday - 07/09/02 East Matagorda Bay was a "blow-out" today - the wind has it all messed up. The only fishing of note was done over in West Matagorda Bay down near Green's Bayou on the south shoreline. Some of the fishermen came away with a few keeper trout. However, a lot of the fish caught were undersized redfish and trout. Over in the Sargent area, the only catch of any interest was some gafftop caught in the cut. Monday - 07/08/02 Real windy today. West Matagorda Bay produced some trout along the south shoreline while wade fishing. In East Matagorda Bay there were some catches of trout along the south shoreline. Not much going on today. Sunday - 07/07/02 Most of the action was offshore today. Lots of snapper, ling, amberjack, dorado, and big kingfish were caught. In East Matagorda Bay, the best fishing was this morning - trout were caught along the south shoreline by wadefishermen and drift fishermen. Trout were also being caught in the surf using live shrimp under a popping cork for bait. Saturday - 07/06/02 In East Matagorda Bay today it was good fishing. The south shoreline produced lots of fish - good stringers of trout were caught by wadefishermen and driftfishermen. Artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork were the baits of choice. West Matagorda Bay also had a good day of fishing along the south shoreline. Offshore was also good today - nice catches of snapper, amberjack, king and ling. Friday - 07/05/02 A very poor day of fishing today - a lot of people went out fishing today, but not many fish were brought back in. There were a few reports of some trout being caught down around Greens Bayou and scattered catches in East Matagorda Bay. Thursday - 07/04/02 I had to look long and hard to find a decent fishing report for today. The wind was blowing too hard for good fishing. For the most part, fishermen came in with a few scattered catches of trout, but we had a report of some gafftop being caught in the surf. However, Linda's Bait Camp in Sargent reports nice catches of trout, redfish, flounder, and croaker - caught on live shrimp and artificials - all caught on the east end of East Matagorda Bay or in the new channel. |
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| Kingfisher's Tip of the Week | ||||||||
What
do you look for when you're trying to find that perfect spot to fish?
Here's some things to watch for:
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