Texas Saltwater Fishing Guide

Summertime Rolls — July 6, 2009 Beside a little blow and a lot rain, the fishing has been stellar.  Pre-Alex, Dad had the folks on some monster trout with a couple over 28 and a decent snook thrown in to boot.  On top of his trout shenanigans and the other guide...

Fishing Pt Mansfield 10/02 Well after a three week absence, I finally got to go out on the water on Saturday.  Headed out to just north of the saucer and rigged up my hackberry hustler to try it out.  Second cast…BOOM!, redfish on.  This beauty was 27in of pure...

The Good, The Bad, and the Yea Ha! — May 18, 2012       Well the title pretty much sums up the last few days. We have gone from tuff days to outstanding days in the same week. Our trout are now staged in their summer patterns, outside edge of grass. Moving up at...

March 26, 2003 — TROPHY TROUT TIME Trophy Trout Season officially kicked off last week!  Early last week Greg Cortez of Bay City caught a 32 inch trout with a 16 inch girth on one day and followed up with a 30 inch trout that had a 15 inch girth the next day. ...

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...

October 9, 2005 — Fall…Finally Man, for a while there it appeared that Mother Nature had reinvented herself into Eddie Murphy's Aunt Bunny that if you recall from Delirious took 15 minutes to fall down a flight of stairs.  Well, Mother Nature finally...

September 15, 2003 — Come-On Cool Weather After 15 straight days on the water I get to catch up on the fishing reports. During this period I had the privilege to fish some outstanding anglers, friends and my brother and his group. Fishing has been somewhat...

August 15-22, 2001 — Winds and HIGH Tides As we had higher than normal summer time winds our snapper trips were somewhat bumpy. But with our targeting snapper less than 3 miles offshore the bone jarring trip out just is not the case. Limits of snapper with kings...

July 10, 2005 — All-Star Break Well, it's Monday morning, Lance Armstrong is taking a well deserved break from the tour and MLB is stretching out a few days over the All-star break.  However, here in old Port Mansfield, the action is just winding back up...

Two fists of Dog Food & Koi Pond? — May 28th, 2007 That’s right; I could not find fish with two fists of dog food in a koi pond!  I used top water, black & chrome, red & white, bone, yellow, pink; I used Gulp! New penny, lime tiger, chartreuse,...

Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging Thanks so much for the info. and effort. Maybe I'm being naive but it seems to me that 1.5 mil. would not be to difficult to raise. I'm certain there are people like myself all over the state who would be more than...

New To Wade Fishing Hey guys I am coming down with my company in the end of June.  I understand we will be wading.  I have fished my whole life for bass with my dad and now husband and the wadefishing thing is totally new to me.  Being the only woman on the trip, I...

Re: Wading at Night When we were kids we would jump the fence at the condos on the south corner late at night and catch flounder and trout under the lights. Jack Carpenter would always run us off. Then we decided we could wade from the lot next door over to the...

Re: boat…. Running an 18'6″ Explorer.  Poling and casting platform…lowrance electronics…honda 90.  McClain Trailer

Guess I’ll be the first to bring it up. Looks more and more like a final landfall in Mexico. Fine with me.I rode out Allen and will not do it again. Mentally drained me.I'm sure you guys are watching closely and know whether or not you need to bail.Be safe...

Sept 17, Monday of TFF of Houston trip Brandon, I don't know if you got my email so I am posting my question here: Bruce/Brandon, I will be there with the TFF of Houston the weekend of Sept. 15th and am totally psyched to the gills about the prospect of continued...

Global Warming & the Texas Coast Please let me hear some of your feedback and feel free to ask any questions.  I am working for a couple of conservation groups and researchers regarding this very crucial and important issue.  I am also wrting a number of articles...

Re: Port Mansfield 8/26-27 You are not crazy, TX Chicken.  Redfish makes some of the absolute best  ceviche.  The consistency of the meat makes it great for this.  Also, one time I was in New Orleans (before Katrina) and had brunch at the Commander's Pallace (of...

Re: Wondering how it is down there To be honest, I would say fair to not so fair.  However, with that said, there are still a number of big bulls (40+inch) out by the jetties.  if you hit it right, game on, if not,  ??? There can be a few long days out there.  I will...

We need your help. My friend, Capt. Wayne Stark from Port Mansfield has stage 3 Rectal Cancer, our Chamber and people of P.M. are putting on a tournament to help him with his medical bills. Date of the event is Oct. 27, 2007. Also we will be conducting an on-line...

Public Input Meetings Set On Coastal Fishing Regulations AUSTIN, Texas — State fisheries biologists have set a January series of public input meetings in Port Arthur, Dickinson, Port Aransas and Port Isabel to discuss possible changes to the way fishing and fisheries...