Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging 🙂 This is great news and that is not an unrealistic amount of money to raise. We just need some good ideas on rocks to turn over and possibly a couple of fundraisers (tournaments, BBQ’s, and etc). Maybe a bumper sticker...
November 29, 2002 — Fall is Here Fishing has improved over last week. Redfish are in West Bay, trout can be found along the East Ridges and Flounder are showing up in the East Cut. Bone and Chartruse TTKs worked the best. Slow your retrieve as slow as...
November 11, 2003 — Transition!!!! That one word sums up our fishing now. With the onset of our second cool front the fish are making the transition to pre-winter time staging areas. Our first cool front two weeks ago started them moving but now with this past...
March 15, 2001 — It’s Getting Hot in Here Capt. Bruce Shuler ( Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge) Capt. Ted Springer ( Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge) Capt. Mel Talasek ( Matagorda) and Capt. Bink Grimes ( Outdoor Writer) took a Businessman’s Holiday and fished 14...
January 6, 2006 — Happy New Year Well, life on with the traveling road show is just starting and I am already jonesing for the comforts of my salty habitat. With two thirds of the crew, Teddy, BJ and Frank in Houston, and Dad and I in Arlington and San Antonio...
March 10,2004 — Spring is Here!! Capt. Ted Springer spent the last two days scouting for upcoming charters. He found good reds on the sand in about 1 to 2 feet of water during the middle of the day. Lures of choice were bone and chartreuse She Dogs. Fish moved...
March 28,2004 — WIND/WIND/ and MORE WIND Constant 20 plus MPH Winds have continually blown the last 15 days. Despite this our Capt’s. continue to catch fish. Last week was trying for everyone but this last Friday the fish decided yes its spring and lets eat....
November 29, 2005 — Like most adventures, it starts with an innocent phone call. I had decided to spend a little down time with the new wife while the parents were away getting a grandbaby fix and enjoy a quiet uneventful Thanksgiving weekend. However, after a...
November 23, 2005 — Gobble, Gobble! They call pork the other white meat. HHMMM..that leaves me to ponder what turkey is. Are all poultry lumped into the same monochromatic meat color or is our fine bearded friend an entire meat class on his own? Will Terrell...
November 8, 2005 — Thanksgiving is when? Admittedly, since December 24, 2004, Mother Nature has shown incredible signs of Schizophrenia. With the first snowfall on record since 1854 in the Rio Grand Valley, Mother Nature ushered in a year of temperature records...
November 2, 2005 — GO TEAM GO! Well the Astro's once again broke our hearts and left us wishing for another year. Let's hope Drayton and Pupura can build a team for next year that can get us back to the dance and ready to win. With my beloved...
December 6, 2006 — Prefrontal Conditions: BIG TROUT With the approach of another Artic Blast, Capt. Ted and I decided to do some scouting for up coming guests. Conditions were nearly as perfect as a Big Trout enthusiast could want! Light winds, overcast,...
December 16, 2005 — Twas The Night Before Christmas First, I want to apologize for the errant and late fishing reports. Between updating the web, building a few more sites and suffering the constant hack attacks we have been suffering, not to mention very slow...
December 3, 2004 — It’s Time With the onset of our cool fronts the fish are making the transition to wintertime areas. With our transition look for the trout to turn on and stage along shorelines that have immediate access to deeper water. The fish are...
December 5, 2003 — Transition!!!! When was the last time you played with a Yo-Yo? That little toy from years gone by best sums up the pattern lately. With cool fronts making weekly visits to the Lower Laguna Madre, the fish have become cold-blooded Yo-Yo’s. The...
March 30, 2006 — Consistency Blows! Alright, consistency actually rocks when it is a consistent bite, consistent good fortune, even a consistent good night's sleep, but when consistency consists of a 25+ mph wind, well, with the consistent tinnitus ringing...
March 22, 2006 — Blow, Blow, Blow the Man Down Holy wind tunnel Batman; to say the spring breezes are here will be a huge understatement. The past week has seen Laguna Madre glass followed by all the rippled water you could ever wish for. Last Thursday and...
March 15, 2006 — Quit Teasing! Finally get to feel the bottom! After the winter doldrums and stinky waders, spent most of the week wet wading the shallow stuff. With temperatures flirting with 100 degrees and a number of days in the mid nineties, the water...
March 8, 2006 — Need Directions? So, you want to find fish and see how the fishing has been lately? Well, you basically have six choices when you get to the harbor mouth: Hang a right, or Hang a left; Take a port heading or starboard heading; or go north, or...
March 27, 2005 — North, South, Hot, Cold, Dirty, Clear, High to LOWWWW!!! Winds from every degree of the compass, temperatures from 50 degrees to 85 degrees, Brown Tide to Semi clear water, Low tides to full spring tides. Faced with these conditions we have been...
March 8,2005 — Port Mansfield Wind & Reds Capt. Frank Vasquez had the opportunity to fish David (SCA FAME) and his wonderful daughter Cheryl. They found good reds on the sand in about 1 to 2 feet of water during the middle of the day. Lures of choice were...