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Around Matagorda Bay Weekly
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| Note from the Webmaster |
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Hi, Guys! The cool weather continues here in Matagorda and brings with it the breezes. Winds should stay between 10-15 knots for most of the weekend and come from a northerly direction, sometimes northeast and sometimes northwest. On Sunday, though, we may see a southeast wind blowing. Another norther comes in on Monday, maybe bringing some rain with it. The water at Old Gulf Cut is holding at 67 degrees, and the water level is 8 ft. The jetty will be good for redfish, black drum, croaker, and sheephead using fresh dead shrimp. You may be able to pick up a flounder or two there, too. People are still catching flounder in the cuts leading into the bays. Try tipping your jig with shrimp. Drifting over scattered shell in East Matagorda Bay should be good for trout, as well as wading the protected shorelines or working the birds. Redfish will be along the shorelines - catch them with gold spoons and soft plastics. West Matagorda Bay should be good on the south shoreline using gold and silver spoons or a soft plastic with orange or chartreuse at the tip. Twin Island and Shell Island along the north shoreline should produce trout for you. For you wadefishermen, look for mullet and watch for brown pelicans which should mean that there are game fish in the area. Crab Lake and Oyster Lake may produce some nice stringers of reds this weekend when the wind comes from the north. What baits do we like this week? Anything with an orange or chartreuse tail! Other colors to try are rootbeer/chartreuse, plum/chartreuse, and glow plastics. Gold and silver spoons will be good along the shorelines, and you might try throwing a chrome or bone Super Spook. And of course.....live shrimp always sounds good to me 8-) 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
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| This Week's Fishing Reports | ||||||||
| Wednesday 11/20/02 In East Matagorda Bay there was a fair amount of nice, big trout caught by wadefishermen and by drifting over scattered shell along the north shoreline. There was a report of some trout being caught over in West Matagorda Bay along the north shoreline near Shell Island and Twin Island. All fish were caught on live shrimp or Bass Assassins. Tuesday 11/19/02 Limits of trout and redfish were brought in from East Matagorda Bay today by working the birds, drifting over scattered shell, and wadefishiing along the north shoreline -- using live and artificial baits. It was just a good day of fishing! So, come on down! Monday 11/18/02 East Matagorda Bay had some reds and trout caught by drifting and wading along the south shoreline using artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork. High south winds hampered fishing for most of the day, though. Sunday 11/17/02 Boy, was it cold early this morning out in the bay!!! It warmed up quickly, though, and fishing turned out to be pretty good. There were some nice stringers of trout caught under the birds in East Matagorda Bay today, using soft plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Wadefishing over the deeper reefs produced nice stringers of trout, also. Saturday 11/16/02 It's been very windy down here today - few people went out fishing. There were a few trout caught over in East Matagorda Bay along the north shoreline and a few flounder caught in the cuts going into the bay. Friday 11/15/02 East Matagorda Bay produced trout caught by working the birds on the north shoreline - winds were 15-20 miles per hour. Fishing the cuts produced some flounder using live/dead shrimp. Some reds are being caught in Intracoastal Canal at the pontoon bridge in Matagorda, too. Thursday 11/14/02 We only got a report for East Matagorda Bay today. The south shoreline was fair for trout for wadefishermen using Bass Assassins and topwaters such as She Dogs. There were some trout caught by fishing under the birds, too. Wednesday 11/13/02 Nice stringers of trout were caught in East Matagorda Bay today by wadefishermen along the north shoreline using Bass Assassins, and working the birds also produced some nice trout. Over in West Matagorda Bay there were nice trout caught by wadefishermen down around the Green's Bayou area on the south shoreline using soft plastics such as Norton Sand Eels. |
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| Kingfisher's Tip of the Week | ||||||||
| If the water is above
60 degrees, fish water that is 4 feet deep or less. The fish will
stay on the flats and shallow shorelines. If the water temperature
falls below 60 degrees, try drifting over shell in water that is 4
feet or deeper. Beginner Tip: Two to three days before cool front can be very productive. Try adding a chartreuse or orange tail to your soft plastics with Colorite dye. |
