Month: May 2013

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 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...

April 9,2004 — Lights Camera and Action This past week we were hosts to, two outstanding T.V. Shows.( Keith Warren Outdoors and Mike Dyess – Inshore Angler ) To have two outstanding T.V. Personalities at our facility this past week I must say Shirley and I...

April 19,2004 — Bubba, the BOYZ and the Legend This past Monday and Tuesday we had the pleasure to fish with our OLD!!! Friends Bubba and the boys. With winds blowing 25 plus MPH we all still managed to catch good fish. The highlight of this trip was a first...

April 3, 2005 — Oh Where, Oh Where, Has Our Water all gone! If we continue to lose water, we will be able to walk to the I.C.W. Our tides are 1’6” below normal!! Couple this with changing wind directions and you have a real formula for TUFF fishing conditions....

April 10, 2005 — Please Send Water!!!!!!! With tides remaining more than 1 foot low we are still fighting a losing battle for clear water. Winds from the north at 30 then from the south at 30 they continue to plague us with super dirty water. What little brown...

April 17, 2005 — Bud, Dickey and the Boyz!!!! Well it’s Sunday evening about 8:30 P.M. and we STILL HAVE NOT RECOVERED FROM THE BOYZ!!!! There’s nothing like having 28 good friends for 4 days to totally wear you out. If I had to fish these guys every time I...

April 24, 2005 — I SEE RED FISH! Man, oh man!  In the immortal words of the late, great Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, RED FISH!  Spots are absolutely everywhere.  The red fish spring feed is on high alert and man are we on them.  Captain Ted Springer has to...

April 6, 2006 — Wind-ing Up! This weekend marks the true start of the lodge season.  No more weekends off until the built in break sometime in July.  What does that mean?  Offshore season flies into my dreams, fish start their late spring and early summer...

April 11, 2006 — Remember the Nineties…Return of the Top-Dog The last 6 days seemed like the nineties. Pre-meat haulers!!!! Five of our guests were able to better their lifetime best trout during the last six days! What is amazing is the weight of these...

November 29, 2006 — “Hunting! Cool Weather and BIG TROUT” Well we start hunting Friday, I just hope I can stay awake in the blinds just haven’t caught up with rest since hard push fishing this month. This month as usual has been a transitional time with fronts...

November 5, 2006 — “Wow…November” What happened to Oct? Seems I lost an entire month! What can I say, but Fall Feeding Frenzy! With back to back groups last month seems I lost track of time, not a bad deal! Problem is our fishing was good one day mediocre...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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,...

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...

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 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...