Report: Hot weather wading at Aransas Pass, 2023-08

John and Scott fished hard on Wednesday with just a few fish coming to hand.

I joined them on Thursday, with a launch time of 0630. There was enough light to navigate safely, and we were at our first fishing spot before sunrise. A north wind made the water slightly off color, but still it looked great. A nice hard bottom made the wading easy, so we wondered a lot further from the boat than originally planned.

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By the end of the day, we had all landed fish, but the catching was slow.

Black drum, sheepshead, speckled trout, ladyfish, and hardheads all came to hand.

The flies that worked:

WhoWhat fly?
JohnRedfish crack
JohnSpoon fly
ScottSpoon fly
ScottMohawk minnow
PuckVIP
PuckPlatinum pilchard

Bolivar Marshes 2018, report

Bolivar Marshes, March 15-18, 2018

TFF 2018 Bolivar saltwater trip stories

Bill Leary and Mike Green started from Stingaree Thursday morning at 10:00 AM.

As the house was Available to us early Thursday, the rest started showing up at Thursday afternoon at the Beach house “Playn Hooky” to set up sleeping arrangements and do some basic organizing.  By Friday afternoon, all the beds were filled, as well as the couches and recliner.

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Garcitas Creek, January 2018 outing report

4 people made the trip to Garcitas Creek, the January 2018 outing.  A quick check of the water and it was found to be too fresh, so the group moved 5 miles to the Lavaca River boat launch.

Garcitas Creek, January 2018 outing, it is happening

The day started out cool and fishless, but heated up, both temperature and the bite as the day progressed.

Small flies worked better on these winter specks.

Here is what our participants had to say with pictures below.

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