Texas Saltwater Fishing Guide

Playing Catch-Up -- March 10, 2009 Sorry for this late report but we have been in Houston for the Holder Show. I enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. Don’t despair Capt. Ted and the gang continued on during my absence.First I need to catch up on my guys...

Skinney Water Adventures Tricia and Mike are good friends of mine. I have been having trrouble getting in touch with them. In fact their website is not working. Does anyone know what is going on? Les

Re: devil eye lures / corkys :)Thanks saves me a trip CC .On my wat to Harlingen. By the way going to stop to visit with RIP at Hook Line &  Sinker. One thing to I like to do is always try to help our local shops. For they are the backbone to the country. Rip always...

Re: TOPWATERS Thanks for the info  LESH

Re: GPS locations Your Hot Spot map has all the GPS numbers you will need for this area.Good Luck

Re: LURES!!!!! Wehave had good luck with the red/white sea devils top waters white spooks jr. My 2 pennys

Re: THE LURES Essential TopwatersBone coloredRedhead/White BodyBlack body/Chartreuse HeadHard PlasticsDad swears by the Rattletrap and Catch 2000I agree with the catch 2000sJig heads1/16 and 1/8 ounce.  LLM needs nothing heavier unless your fishing the ICW for...

Re: Debris from Dolly Thanks for the heads up about the debris and the Game Wardens.  We try real hard to never give them an excuse to write a ticket.  Catch and release should be a whole lot more fun than the last few years where catching was the hard part.In 25...

Re: FISHING LINES I use silver thread 14# and it handles very smooth,and cast well, and is tougher than nails on a pfluger medalist combo. My dad uses a 12# berkley XL casting and it woks well also. On a charter with Captin Bruce we used 20# braid. Hope this helps!...

Re: Kingfish The furthest that I have seen them are on tuna trips around 60 miles.  Closest in I've seen them is right on the beach.

Rules? Was curious to know if there are any rules for fishing the back bays.And by this i mean cuts that might lead into the ranch land or little creeks that lead back there.If you dont get off and wander in the the ranch land should fishing back there be a problem?

Re: South of Benny's Shack near Saucer area!!! Hey E. Rivas, I just started fishing out off of Port Mans using live shrimp, you know just the basic stuff, but I was interested as to where I might be able to get Gilp new penny, Nuclear Chicken and Root Beer Cocohoa...

Skin Cancer Well guy just had my 2nd bout with my skin cancer it was not fun hope you guys out there do not take it as a joke after 23 stiches on the the left side of my nose 35 shots and pain take it for what its worth Sun screen 80 cover your faces.DON'T know...

Fish, Hunt; Fish, Hunt --- October 14, 2009 The last month an a half has just flown by. Fishing every morning then going to the fields every evening just does not leave much time for computer work.What can I say: fishing is only getting better and our bird hunting,...

Re: Navigation Check out www.southpadremaps.com.  There are continual arial photographs of the bays from South Padre all the way to Galveston.  There are also maps and hybrid maps/photos.  The maps are not terribly helpful but if you zoom the photos to max, you can...

Re: Cold Front Approaching Hey ChasinTail..what kinda boat did ya get?? something new??  ;D

Still TOO OLD to post reports after fishing all day - Feb. 18th 2010 Folks, I know this is a broken record, BUT, I’m just too old to fish all day and sit down and write fishing reports that night.As a solution if I don’t post reports in a timely manner and you are...

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...