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June 5, 2005 — Blow, Blow, Blow the Man Down What an incredible week of fishing!  Captain Ted started the week out on stellar 26, 27, and 29 inch trout extravaganza!  All before 11:30 in the morning.  The twenty-niner went 7.8 and just missed being the first...

June 14, 2006 — CATCH-UP TIME!!!! I really admire those who can fish all day and sit down on the computer at night and write 1000 word reports!!!!!!!!!! This OL’ Fa_t can’t!  With today being a turn around day for us I can catch up with reports, sorry me and the...

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...

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 28,2004 — WIND/WIND/ and MORE WIND Constant 20 plus MPH Winds have continually blown the last 15 days. Despite this our Capt’s. continue to catch fish. Last week was trying for everyone but this last Friday the fish decided yes its spring and lets eat....

July 4, 2005 — Reality After a week of what one could only describe as world class we were dealt a dose of Reality. Coupled with returning high winds and the forth of July crowds our fishing tanked compared to the past few weeks. We took our annual Fourth of...

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...

Re: Pop Gets Wake Up Call! Thanks for all the calls and e-mails! Feeling fine: JUST ABOUT TO GO NUTZZZ staying around the house!!!! I get back on the water tomorrow,yea ha!!!!  Sad thing Doc. still will not let me night wade, Full Moon is calling. Capts' Brandon,...

Two Aggies and a Car Salesman –February 11, 2007 I had the pleasure of guiding three young men on a Trophy Trout saga! I must say these three young men spent the last 3 days grinding in hopes of their personal best trout. Friday morning leaving the Harbor it was...

Non fishing report! OR Humble pie! — March 10, 2007 How do you follow a report like last month, with Big Girls everywhere??? Well you get a day off before the Holder Fishing Show so you go with your best friend (Capt. Ted) fun fishing. I wish I could report we...

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...

Re: Pop Gets Wake Up Call! Brandon; Tell your Dad that I am glad the problem was solved with stents. I had a triple by pass in 1984 and a stent in 2004. My advise to your Dad, from experience, do what the Doc says. He will feel better, have more energy and want to do...

What? Tinnitus! No, There is Four of Us — April 30, 2007 Unfortunately, a very real and seasonal conversation we had on my boat the past week.  With the mother of all winds blowing the last few days, I fear the tinnitus is with me permanently!  Although the...

Official Word on East Cut Dredging Alright, here is the official word regarding the dredging of the Port Mansfield East Cut. Speaking with Joe Hrametz, USACE official in charge of our area, states we have 1.6M earmarked for dredging.  Nothing new…this has been...

Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging Wet I have incorporated as a 501 c 3 and have our first board meeting Wednesday to start the ball rolling to get the funds together!  And no, you are not being naive, 1.5M is relatively easy to raise.  I have already started the...

Thanks Capt Bruce Capt, Bruce and I borrowed Capt. Brandon's boat for a couple of days scouting and a little fishing 4/27-28. Learned somenew areas and caught my best trout to date, 29 1/4″, 8 1/4 lbs. Also fished in Feb and did very well. Great spring....

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...

Re: The Fishery Wes I have read your post a numner of ties and still swilling it around to give you a good answer.  First, let me say, I completely agree with all of you points. As a guide, and this diatribe is mine only and does not reflect any official stance from...

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...

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,...

March 20-22, 2003 — Businessman’s Holiday Capts’. B.J.Powell, Ray Rankin, and yours truly recently hosted Mr. Daddy, Texas Trout Killer A.K.A. (Travis Petty and his father, Pappy!) to a day chasing Crappie on Steroids (Snapper) out of Port Mansfield. After...