Texas Saltwater Fishing News

The Story Behind the Mansfield Mauler here is an old saying that necessity is the mother of all invention. In the case of Captain Bob and the Marvelous Mansfield Mauler, it cannot be truer. In the late 1983, the year of the great freeze, Captain Bob had a 92-year-old...

What's in a Word? Sustainability: what's in a word? We hear in the news sustainable economy. We hear conservationist and environmental NGOs (eNGOs) asking if wildlife and flora can sustain current human impact. And the one we all hear and choose to fear or...

Cabins for rent? Does anyone know if any of the cabins at the south end of the land cut are for rent? I know there are some around 9 mile hole and north of there, but I would prefer to fish the LLM.

Summertime Rolls --- June 21, 2011 With the recent winds our regular near-shore and beachfront action has slowed, but on the lighter wind days the kingfish action has been superb and tarpon are working the beachfront. Unfortunately, we’ve only been able to break the...

February 14th Through 21st 2005 -- Belizean Adventures What do you get when you add one fly fisherman and five bait casters, divide them into three groups, and stir in three of the best guides in southern Belize?  We got skunked.Each year, the guide staff, Captains...

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 fish...

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 patterns,...

May 8, 2005 -- WIND, WIND, BUT!!! We Have Water!!!!! We found the fish along the edge of the I.C.W. in about 5 to 6 foot of water. The trout are feeding on small baitfish and shrimp, the birds pinpointed them for us. If you notice a current cast up current and let...

June 30, 2003 -- Twenty One Feet of Reds Sorry for the delay in keeping our fishing reports page up to date, but June was a very trying month with the loss of my Mother and Shirley’s Mom’s broken hip one week later. This coupled with a busy schedule left precious...

August 29, 2005 -- Snakes, Sharks, and other Things that Bite Raising parents is hard! Working and living with them is harder.  Luckily this week, we are taking a few days off to start preparations for the long hard Cast & Blast season and mom and dad have headed...

January 31, 2007 -- Cold Wind + Cold Rain = Big Trout Alright, admittedly, I am a stuck up skinny water fly fisherman who would prefer to chase sheephead on fly in ankle deep water than mess around with deep water trout in freezing (for a south Texas boy) weather. ...

Re: any news on the fishing as the fishing report said....the winds were crazy all day sunday and monday but we walked right into the reds and caught a few limits...mostly on topp water! As for the trout...3 of us caught a few between 16-19 inches....again mostly on...

Re: Pop Gets Wake Up Call! Brandon,Please tell your dad that we are very relieved to hear that his heart procedure was a success and that he will be back in his element next week.  My dad says to tell him to lose some weight--we all could stand to, I know I can.  We...

Re: Tarpon in the Bay. That is awesome!Kudos to you..Would be a dream come true for me to get one in the bay.I haven't jumped a tarpon since 2002 and that was about a mile off the jetties. Took a Mirrorlure under a small log and made my Penn spinner smell like a...

hows the bite....... going to be down for a few days staying out in Arroyo city and was wondering how the bite was and if the fish are still real scattered cause of all the traffic!?

Re: TARPON TARPON EVERYWHERE! I look forward to seeing the pics--what size are these "herrings"?

Traveling to Mansfield tomorrow, any help is appreciated! Hello there,I'm new here and don't get to do much saltwater fishing, but we are leaving early Thursday morning from Tyler,Tx to spend a few days in Port Mansfield.  We are going off shore during the...

Re: 1st time 🙁 Rey, I think your fishing too deep. In the morning try a foot or two of water. After 9:00 am or so start going a little deeper. The reds love mud as do drum and stingrays :o. If its trout your looking for try the cleaner water.  Don't spend too...