Around Matagorda Bay

Weekly Newsletter
and
Fishing Report
December 6, 2001
...where fishing meets the net
Well, the weather keeps working against you fishermen. However, don't be fooled by the rainshowers running around. We didn't get any rain here in Matagorda today. Wind is out of the SSE at about 3 mph. Be warned, though -- a norther will blow in this weekend, so Friday is your best best. The wind will switch directions tomorrow night and get stronger out of the north.

I've been working on my fishing database - there is a link on the fishing page. I only have a few records in it, but will have all of East Matagorda Bay in it sometime this weekend.

I'm also still doing my graphs and charts of fishing info to come up with my system for fishing forecasts...long process, though.

Good luck this weekend -- send email and give me fishing reports when you go, and email me some pictures to put up on the web site.

See ya,
Webmaster
http://www.matagorda-bay.com

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12/06/01

Not many fishermen went out today. I think the threat of rain kept them at home. However, those who did go to East Matagorda Bay went home with fair catches of trout and redfish which were caught on artificials and live shrimp -- drifting over scattered shell and wading was the way to go today. On the fishing pier at the beach, croaker, whiting, sheepshead, and some reds were being caught on dead shrimp, cut mullet, and squid. Down the beach surf fishermen were catching big croaker.

12/05/01

The birds are still showing up in East Matagorda Bay and the trout and redfish are still following them -- so the best fishing is still found by drifting under them.

12/04/01

In East Matagorda Bay trout and redfish were caught drifting under the birds(seagulls and pelicans). They were biting on artificials and live shrimp -- however, today they seemed to favor live shrimp over artificial bait.

12/03/01

In East Matagorda Bay fishing was real good today - lots of trout and some redfish caught by drifting under the birds and under scattered shell using soft plastics such as Bass Assassins or Norton Sand Eels. There was a 29- inch, 7 lb. 7 oz. speckled trout caught today in East Bay by someone who was drifting under the birds.

12/02/01

Well, it's all ups and downs -- that's what the weather is doing for our fishing! A few die-hards went out this morning but were quickly chased back in by wind and rain. It should start clearing up tomorrow.

12/01/01

Fishing has picked up again! There were reports of nice catches of trout from East Matagorda Bay - drifting under the birds along the south shoreline was very productive. At the beach, people were catching redfish, whiting, sheepshead, and black drum off the pier using dead and live shrimp.

11/30/01

The wind switched around and started coming out of the southeast during the night. It was a good day to fish -- sunny and bays were fairly slick. Fishing picked up around noon and there were some fair catches of trout and a few redfish along the south shoreline of East Matagorda Bay.