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9/1/2010, Capt. Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay, Live Bait:
Trout and Redfish, Traylor and Lydia Ann have Trout, you will have to make a lot of stops and get the onesy twosys. When the tide is running hard the Lydia Ann is difficult to fish. There are still Redfish in the flats on the edge of deeper holes, especially because of the traffic on this up coming Labor day weekend!

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8/31/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
The Trout bite has been slow but steady over the past few weeks around the rocks in baffin. I have seen a 28"er and one nice 31"er but they were very skinny fish... Try around the tide Gauge Bar wade fishin with live croaker or if you prefer artificial use a top water, "Skitter Walk" up shallow early. Target working bait fish along grass lines and you should snag a few. Good Luck and We'll See Ya on the water!!!

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8/31/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Other, Live Bait:
Light winds, water off color, temp 88, Redfish have been good on both side of ICW,From Corpus Christi Bay to Bird Island free lining shrimp has worked good for me, Croaker and piggy perch good on grass lines on King Ranch Shore line.

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8/26/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
With the full moon upon us, Redfish have been plentiful in the evenings. I have been throwing a ¼ oz Johnson Sprite silver spoon with good results. I also have been having luck on a DOA shrimp for Speckled Trout. The Bull Reds are migrating in the Upper Laguna Madre. Use a piece cut crab, live finger mullet, or cut skipjack on a Carolina rig and wait for the pull. Good Luck, Capt. George

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8/18/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Redfish Bay, Aransas Bay, Live Bait:
Redfish and Trout, Fishing has been very inconsistent for most people, one day you have the gold mine…next you get the shaft. The primary reason is the wind, when we are fishing on a trout pattern for days then we wake up in the morning and have to fish the flats for Redfish…with everyone else…it’s kinda like low tide instead of fish getting concentrated the boats do. I have been able to find Redfish everyday, but sometimes it takes a lot of work. Look for the deeper water fish on the edge of the flats, that’s where they go when they get nervous or when the water gets hot. Quarantine shoreline or Hog island.

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8/18/2010, Capt. John Little, Baffin Bay, Land Cut, Live Bait:
Nice quality Trout continue to bite well in the Land Cut using live croaker for bait. Fish the west bank past Marker 9. Target areas with lots of mullet working and any other bait working. A few Reds have been caught using mullet in the cuts running east and west off of the Land Cut. Good luck! See ya on the water, Capt. John

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8/10/2010, Captain George Garza, Baffin Bay, Baffin Badlands, Live Bait:
Light Wind and lower tides in the afternoon have forced fish into deeper guts and grassy bottoms. We have been catching a number of Speckled Trout, Redfish and Black Drum on top-waters, plastic, and Live Shrimp. Baffin Bay is Hot in more ways than one. Try Tide Gauge in the early mornings for Trout and Redfish. I been fishing The Bad Lands and doing well. Bird Island is holding some Nice sized Black Drum and Trout on Live Shrimp in the evenings. I have been getting some sweet explosive Top-Water action closer to the east end of the mouth of Baffin Bay. Reds want ¼ oz silver spoons.

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8/3/2010, Captain George Garza, Baffin Bay, Baffin Badlands, Live Bait:
I think we just lost a State Record Speckled Trout. We were out in the boat when my friend Jimmy Z hooked on to what looked like A State Record Speck. I was on the Standing Platform Watching the whole thing. She ran for 30 or more seconds, tearing out drag like he was hooked on to the back of a bus. Then she came up out of the water, shook her head and spit the hook out, but when she came out of the water, I managed to take a good look at her and her head was enormous. In all my years of fishing I had never seen a Speckled Trout that big.

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7/16/2010, Captain John Little, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
The trout are biting good on grass lines south of bird island basin on the King Ranch Shoreline in 7 foot of water. Use a 4/0 Kahle hook on a 30lb fluorocarbon leader and a 1/8oz barrel weight. Hook a live croaker through the eyes and toss it out to the edge of the grass line and HOLD ON!! The trout should pick it up pretty quick.. if not just move down the grass line 50yds or so and try again until you get in them. Good Luck and See ya on the water! Capt. John

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7/12/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
With light winds this past Saturday, we managed to get some nice sized speckled trout near the mouth of Baffin Bay. We were using Live shrimp under a TTF Rattling Float. We saw several Black Drum in Large Schools, but they weren't hungry. Water is about 2 - 3 feet above normal. We been fishing between 2 and 3 feet of water with good results. Plastic (Storm Shads) are working good for trout as well.

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7/6/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Other, Live Bait:
Fished with clients all weekend long using Live Shrimp under a Alemeda rattling float. Because of strong winds, we managed to stay close and fish protected areas from the wind and managed to get a bounty of fish. We were mainly fishing 2 feet of water because the tides are up about a foot. My clients did an excellent job hooking on to some nice Reds, Black Drum, and Trout drifting the flats of Laguna Shores Road and and Dead Man's Hole.

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7/6/2010, Captain John Little, Fresh Water, Other, Live Bait:
During the Fourth of July weekend I took the family and some friends to Mathis Lake for some fresh water cat fishing. We ran limb lines and some jug lines on Saturday and caught 22 catfish. We were using Zote soap and cut beef heart for bait. We were fishing in 2'-10' of water. All catfish weighed from 1-3lbs and were perfect eating size!! See Ya On the Water, Capt John

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6/30/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Aransas Bay, Live Bait:
Windy, Redfish and Trout, Well the wind has been blowing! I've used Piggies from Crabman and put them under a Cajun Thunder with a leader that keeps them above the grass, it works! I use a smaller 1/0 or 2/o hook because the piggies are real small right now...but they work! Tight Lines! Capt. Scott McCune FISHNTEXAS.COM

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6/10/2010, Capt. Scott McCune, Redfish Bay, Aransas Bay, Live Bait:
Redfish and Speckled Trout, Well the wind has been blowing lately, but when it doesn’t the normal great Trout bite is on in it’s normal locations like Mud Island, Lydia Ann Channel, Traylor Island and Dagger Island. The croaker have also been smaller lately, go figure. Try to find bigger croaker, sometimes you have to buy bait earlier! Redfish have been pretty good, when it is windy try shad or cut perch for a scent bite, there are a lot of bait fish out there now so the shad don’t last long, keep your baits fresh! Capt. Scott McCune FISHNTEXAS.COM

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6/9/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Tide Gauge Bar at Baffin Bay, Artificial Bait:
Wade-Fishing has been good for Redfish & Speckled Trout fishing in 2-3 feet of water. I’ve been throwing Brown Lures clear in pink in color. DOA shrimps have been working for trout under an Alameda Rattling Float. Top-water Bite is still on early morning as the sun comes up till about 10:00A.M. Shamrock is a good spot for Reds and Trout now Free-Line Croakers. If there in no wind, target wakes of Redfish Near the Humble Channel toward the power lines. Good Luck

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6/8/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay Center Reef, Live Bait:
The Trout bite is still on in Baffin. Use live croaker around center reef or any rocks you can find. We have been catching really nice fat trout pretty much every where we stop in Baffin. The biggest trout yesterday was a 26" and we have had several others that went over 20"s. Good Luck! See ya on the water, Capt. John

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6/2/2010, Captain George Garza, Gulf of Mexico, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
We've been wadefishing the surf all weekend using light tackle and live bait; catching everything from Pompano, Reds, Big Specks,Drum, Sharks, you name it we've caught it. We were fishing the deep guts before Marker 15 at the PINS. Early Morning are best. Kayakers Delight No surf to very light surf and light winds. Live Shrimp and Croaker work best. Go Get Em!!

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5/24/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Windy Days are good. (Thank goodness for Drift Socks) Try throwing top-waters early for Big Lurking Trout and Redfish. After 10:00 am start throwing plastics or live bait. Croaker is working good, but not as good as Live Shrimp. The Boat Hole Has some keeper Trout.. Dead Mans Hole has big schools of reds mixed with Black Drum. Be Careful on the Water this Memorial Day. Remember DWI on a Boat is the same as on a car.

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5/19/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Hog Island, Live Bait:
Windy now! Redfish and Trout...Like always! Think out of the hat, fishing on windy days during trout season could be trickey...take the same bait into some pot holes or use cut shad and fish for Redfish, you'll still catch a few trout too! keep the shad changed out, the perch are getting thick!

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5/19/2010, Captain George Garza, Baffin Bay, Tide Gauge Bar at Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Trout, Trout, Trout, and Big Trout!! We went into Tide Gauge, got off and wade-fished a few hours using plastics. Bam! We were on like the Jerry Lewis Telethon! Using Berkley Powerbait 5" mullet. Holly cow, I love it when fishing is great!

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5/18/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Time for some Croaker Soakin!! The trout are biting great in Baffin using live croaker on a 4/0 Kahle hook. If the Croaker are smaller double them up on the hook and hold on tight the Trout bite is on fire using croaker around the rocks in Baffin. I have a trip this Saturday that will be with artificial bait, hope to have a good report then! See Ya on the water, Capt John

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5/12/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Estes Flats, Live Bait:
Late Spring/Early Summer on the Texas Coast, Redfish and Trout, The fishing changed a few days ago with the weather...it slowed down a lot...we still caught fish by fishing hard and thinking out of the box...croaker seem to work ok...I'm doubling most of them up as they are still way small...shrimp and popping cork is still working very well...just don't yank every time the cork moves, that will help the shrimp stay on and do it's job...click on the following link to read article the for more information: http://www.fishntexas.com/article_20090406_2.htm...I'm also traveling a lot to find the flat where the fish are actually feeding.

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5/4/2010, Capt. Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Clear, Light wind, Redfish and Trout, Well Croaker are here! Fish are showing up outside of Traylor, Dagger and most of the other favorite haunts. I'm catching Redfish in the flats on shad and croaker too!

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5/3/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Land Cut, Live Bait:
The Land Cut is producing nice catches of Trout along the west bank. Use a 3/4oz weight as the current begins to pick up and drop live shrimp to the bottom. The tide gauge bar has began to show numbers of trout as well using live croaker. See ya on the water! Capt. John

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5/3/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Rocky Slough, Live Bait:
Windy to calm SSE Winds 20<, Speckled Trout, All Weekend we been catching Speckled Trout in the 20+ inch size from The Meadows to Yarborough pass. We stopped at the Rocky Slough and waded with top-waters and caught several Speckled Trout. Reds are scattered. Use big Top-water Lure like A producers or a He Dog. Patience is the Key.

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4/23/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
Warm at 89 today Water temp coming up 73, Little windy, but i like it that way, Trout and Redfish, Trout and Redfish have been good on Live Shrimp Under an Alameda Float, Drifting in 3 to 4 feet of water, Redfish have been in shallow water also with tide up high.

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4/13/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay, Live Bait:
Northeast Windy, Redfish and Trout, Trout showed up for waders outside of Traylor Island, however when the northeast wind started blowing things shutdown. I found some descent fish about everywhere I went yesterday drifting the flats, but not many. I was fishing the same flats since this weekend and catching a lot of fish until yesterday and today, so wait for the Northeast wind and our weird weather to settle into a Southerly pattern and the fish will be ready to eat.

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4/13/2010, Captain John Little, Lower Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Nice numbers of trout are being caught drifting across Emmords Hole using live shrimp under an alameda rig. Drift over Emmords using two drift socks if the wind is blowing 10-20mph like it has been. The slower the drift the better you will do. See ya on he water, Capt. John

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4/2/2010, Captain John Little, Fresh Water, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
The Catfish are beginning to spawn and they are biting good at the Guadalupe River! The Blue Catfish are biting on beef heart and cut shad in 8-10ft of water on the rivers edge, "right at the drop". All catfish being caught are in the 5-10lb range.... Excellent eating size!!! A few over 10lbs up to 15lbs have been caught as well.

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4/2/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay, Live Bait:
Windy, Redfish and Trout, On those windy days shallow water days use Shrimp and Popping cork along the deeper edges while drifting. If you double up on Redfish, quietly slip the anchor out or power pole down and through bait on the bottom to them. The bigger fish, both Trout and Redfish seem to be on the shallower edge.

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3/23/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay, Live Bait:
Low tides and calm to windy...Texas! Redfish and Trout, Fishing has been really good lately with limits of big redfish, 25"-28". The tide has been lower than I can remember in years! I'm being asked why the tide is so low and the only thing I can say is Global Warming...Just kidding...the moon phase, wind, rain, strong winds move the Texas water, when you have the right combination of all these that is when you see the bigger tides one way or another. This past week we had some low tides already and when the very strong Northern came through it blew the water out of our Aransas Bay system.

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3/21/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Speckled trout Bite Roach colored Texas Tackle Factory Red Killers. Some big Black Drum Still Being Caught near Sulfur and Laguna Shores Road. Evening bite has been working better than the morning bite. Redfish are few and far between but should be making a comeback soon. Good Luck.

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3/21/2010, Captain Justin Cortez, Lower Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
Overcast Skies, Water 62* and a front approaching, Trout and Redfish, The fishing was a little slow, even though the front was on the way. However, the bite may have been slow, but the fish were all good size. This tends to be the case with a lot of the fish in the lower laguna. The trout were nice and fat and the reds all had big shoulders. We were fishing live shrimp under a popping cork in 3' of water. Concentrating on grass edges and the entrances into lakes along the King Ranch Shoreline.

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3/18/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Humble Channel, Live Bait:
With Spring Break at its peak, Boat traffic has increased in several local fishing spots. Slot Black Drum are being caught on both sides of the humble Channel as well the Boat Hole. Some keeper Speckled Trout are starting to school along Sulfur and The boat hole Drop Offs. I have been Fishing Baffin all week long with Limited Catches of Speckled trout on Artificials. With the temperatures acting like a yo-yo, expect better catches with Live Shrimp under an alemeda.

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3/17/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Aransas Bay, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Chilly and slightly breezy. Redfish The bite has been slow for a few days. The Redfish that were in south bay on low tide are gone, however today a large school of Redfish up to 9lbs were on the shallow edges on Morris and Cummings cut. The fish were hitting everything from live shrimp to live mullet and seemed to vary on what they wanted at any particular time. There is still a lot of Trout in California Hole however the keepers have become few and far between! Tight Lines!

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3/16/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Nice trophy trout up to 8lbs are being caught around point of rocks in Baffin using corky lures and saltwater assasins. The original corky in tx chicken and electric chicken saltwater assasins with 1/8 oz jig head have been producing "quality not quantity" fish.

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3/6/2010, Captain Scott McCune, Redfish Bay, Hog Island, Live Bait:
Windy, Speckled Trout and Redfish, I have heard many stories of slow fishing. I have experienced some of them lately even though I have seen more Redfish in the flats than I've seen in years, they just aren't biting! I have found a little nitch pattern of fishing late when the traffic is off the water, i even have fished after dark with a LOT of success throwing popping cork and shrimp! I'm used to these patterns this time of year, however most of the time I'm still catching fish at many other times during the day too. The fish it seems are still recuperating from the hard freeze, before it came I was catching, not fishing!

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3/1/2010, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Packery Channel, Live Bait:
Windy, High 74. Water is a clear green and 56*, Black Drum, Black Drum bite has been good fishing both the Packery and Humble Channels, using Live/Dead Sea Lice, Crabs, and Shrimp. The key to this time is bait variety. Sometimes the Drum will only want Crabs, and other times just Sea Lice or Shrimp. Have a variety of bait to throw at these fish is crucial to your Success. They can be fished for easily out of a boat, off the shore-line, or on a local pier. The most success we have had is fishing on the edge of the channel on the bottom. Good Luck!

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2/15/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Land Cut, Live Bait:
February 14, 2010, Winds Calm Variable, Water Temp. 54, Headed south from Clem’s Marina to Land cut. Redfish and Black Drum biting good on live shrimp. Fished both sides along the drop off. We had 2 oversize drum (released) and 2 Black Drum 2 Redfish and 6 trout and plenty perch and hard heads to take our bait.

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2/12/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Winds North at 15 to 20 mph Water Temp. 53 Ambient Temp. 43 at the Marina Redfish, Drum, Trout Headed south from Clems Marina, Stopping at various spots along the Intracoastal Waterway, Free lining shrimp on the drop off to deeper water. Redfish and drum were biting good. Worked our way to Bird Island area. We caught a few keepers at each spot, Ended up with a good box of Redfish, Drum and 2 Trout. Off the water early.

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2/9/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Land Cut, Live Bait:
2/6/10 We made a trip down to the Land Cut to catch some Black Drum. They were biting good on shrimp on the bottom but had to fight through the big mommas to get the smaller keeper Drum. We drifted through 9 mile hole and picked up one trout as well. Over all we had a great day on the water!!! See ya on the water!! Capt, John

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2/8/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Humble Channel, Live Bait:
Light Northeast winds, Water Temp 58 Trout and Redfish Keeper size trout have been hard to come by, lots of small ones on the edges of crash channels and the Humble. A few keepers mixed in. I have been using saltwater assassins on a 1/16 ounce jig head Rootbeer/redglitter and Gulp shrimp under an alameda float. Using the same and catching a few reds. No live shrimp available, gulf season opens on the February 15. Another front on its way.

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2/7/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
We went out 3 days in a row fishing the King Ranch Shorline. Plenty of Action catching Speckled Trout on Corky jr's. and Corky FatBoys. That seem to be the only lures that caught fish.

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2/2/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
NE WIND 15-20 mph Temp 53, Fishing these passed days has been extremely surprising. Try King Ranch Shoreline using DOA shrimp or Gulp Shrimp if live shrimp is not available for Speckled Trout. The Flounder bite has been good working Bass Assassins (chicken bone shad) off the drop offs.

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1/27/2010, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Cloudy, Light Winds, Temp 67* water warming up, Trout 15-20", Fishing was fair to good, using Brown Devil Eyes. Both Avocado and Copperhead were working well as well as Pear Chartreuse. Fishing the deeper parts of Beecrofts and Emmords, working the bait slowly with a 3/16 oz. Flats stand-up Jig Head. Basically slow rolling the bottom.

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1/14/2010, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
From Cold weather extremes to rain we’ve been out on the water trying to get some good catches. I will let you know where we’ve been catching fish, but it’s been hit and miss day by day. Fishing spots; Padre Island Canals, Packery Channel & Canal, The Boat Hole near the High Power Lines,Pita Island,Humble Channel area. These Five spots have been producing some nice sized Speckled Trout and Redfish. Start off by working a DOA ¼ oz. Shrimp working it real slow bouncing it off the bottom and letting the current take it away

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1/5/2010, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Cool, Calm Winds,Water Temp 53, Trout, Redfish, Drum, Fishing has been fair along the ICW from the bridge down to Bird Island for Trout, Lots of small ones, We did catch several 24 inch ones,Redfish and drum also, Live shrimp has been hard to find.

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1/5/2010, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Fishing Spots, Both Live & Artificial:
New Years on Baffin was beautiful!!! The water is clear and the top water action is awesome!!! Use chartruese skitter walk lures around Twin Palms and Compuerta Pass for nice trout. If you want to catch a limit of Black Drum take some shrimp over to the Meadows cast out on the bottom with just a 1/8 jig head with a shrimp as bait and hold on tight!!! See ya on the water, Capt. John

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12/8/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Humble Channel, Live Bait:
Place: West Side of Humble Channel,Species Redfish, Black Drum, Flounder, and Speckled Trout. The Humble Channel is holding some nice fish just west of the red dot pier. Use dead shrimp, crab or cutbait for reds and trout and jerk baits for flounder and Speckled trout. Good Luck!!

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12/3/2009, Captain Steve Utley, Upper Laguna Madre, Shamrock Cove, Live Bait:
Well looks like winter is here, the good news is we can start fishing a little later to give the water time to warm up. Speckled Trout will be running deeper, we have been doing well fishing close to the Causeway in the ICW. Humble and the Crash Channels in between. For the Fly anglers Clousers are working well in chartreuse over white with a little crystal flash, again get deep and retrieve slowly. For Redfish once the water warms up move onto the flats or up close to spoil islands,soft plastics in rootbeer with chartreuse or black and gold paddle tails rigged on 1/16 to 1/8 oz. weedless jig head have been working well all along the back of Mustang Island from Deadmans to East Flats. On the Fly; small baitfish and shrimp patterns in white or rootbeer colors,remember the fish are moving slower so should your presentation.

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