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...
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November 23, 2005 — Gobble, Gobble!
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...
April 19,2004 — Bubba, the BOYZ and the Legend
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!
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 17, 2005 — Bud, Dickey and the Boyz!!!!
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...
Official Word on East Cut Dredging
Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging Grills ;D All great ideas and already in the works. However, expect me to be hitting you up and getting the word out. My Texas Waters Foundation has been 501c3'ed and we will start taking donations, memberships, and gifts...
Official Word on East Cut Dredging
Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging Brandon, this is a lot of hard work on your part to secure sometthing of value for all of us. We should all be able to chip in and come up with some idea each in our own network of fisherman and locations, much like hygridgrills...
May 8, 2005 — WIND, WIND, BUT!!! We Have Water!!!!!
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...
May 29, 2005 — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!!!!!!!!!
May 29, 2005 — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!!!!!!!!! The past week has again been very interesting! The first of the week we had a good consistent bite on trout and reds. Then here comes the weekend and boom! CHANGE!!! In defense of the weekend, we expected a...
September 5, 2005 — Vacation’s Over
September 5, 2005 — Vacation’s Over Sadly, all good things come to an end! Mom and Dad come home, offshore adventure excursions are over, and baseball season is coming to a close. Luckily, special south zone hunting starts, fantastic fall fishing will...
September 05, 2006 — Up For Air?
September 05, 2006 — Up For Air? Big Breathe! That's much better. We took a well deserved long Labor Day weekend off to catch up with old correspondences, boat repairs, body repairs (to ourselves), and generally catch up with Lodge business and...
June 4, 2004 — Wind, Rain and some nice weather
June 4, 2004 — Wind, Rain and some nice weather After almost three weeks of 25 M.P.H. plus winds the pattern may have changed this week. We awoke this morning with Old Glory not standing straight out like it was starched. Having been off the water for two weeks...
June 13, 2005 — SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU?
June 13, 2005 — SUMMER, WHERE ARE YOU? We have the heat, we have the fish in the normal places, but man oh man bring on the summer patterns. Typically, June affords us the calm early morning with wind picking up late afternoon to lay down late evening. No so...
August 11, 2003 — Hot! Hot!
August 11, 2003 — Hot! Hot! This weekend we hosted a group from American Light in San Antonio. Thank goodness I had wade fishermen since the heat was unbearable. Standing in 85 degree water beats drifting in the heat of the day. On Saturday we fished the deep...
August 2004 — Oh!! What An August
August 2004 — Oh!! What An August
August 29, 2005 — Snakes, Sharks, and other Things that Bite
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...
July 13, 2003 — Reds and Storms
July 13, 2003 — Reds and Storms Well we’re sitting around with all the hatches battened down waiting on Claudette! Looks as if we will get a direct hit, but if predictions are right it will help our bay system with the fresh water, hopefully with minimum damage...
July 31, 2005 — Catching A Breathe
July 31, 2005 — Catching A Breathe Man, what a wicked busy two weeks. Wall to wall fish, a bachelor party, three TV shows, and a number of writers plus all the folks from Shakespeare. The consumer market and All-Star lovers should be chomping at the bit to get...
Happy “B” Day Kid.
Re: Happy “B” Day Kid. Brandon,I hope you had a great day!!! Looking forward to seeing you soon.Wes
January 31, 2007 — Cold Wind + Cold Rain = Big Trout
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)...
Any News on Dredging?
Any News on Dredging? Hello! I was wondering if there has been any more news related to getting the dredging done at the jetties and the mouth of the harbor? Are boats still able to safely make it in and out the jetties to offshore?