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2/7/2010, Capt 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 Steven 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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11/18/2009, Captain John Little, Lower Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
The King Ranch Shoreline has began to produce nice catches of Trout with Live Shrimp under an Alameda rig. The reds are mixed with the trout around Pure Oil Channel using the same rig. If you prefer artificial try a black magic saltwater assasin using a 1/16oz jig head slowly retrieving it. See Ya on The Water, Capt. John

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11/18/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Date November 17, 2009 Wind: N.W. @ less than 12 M.P.H.,Big Speckled Trout and Black Drum in the 20 + inch range are numerous on Live Shrimp under an Alemeda Rattling Float. If the Wind is from the NW, start your drifts from the King Ranch Shoreline towards Emmords Hole, Don’t neglect the flats. You may find some keeper specks west of Pita Island fishing the drop-offs. Artificials have been slow. Live Shrimp has produced lots of big slot black drum and Reds. Good Luck

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11/14/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
(Live Shrimp Trip) Started off in the morning near Pure Oil Channel, we caught some keeper specks and some undersized reds. Moved closer to the bank and saw schools of Black Drum schooling near there. We ended up with 3 limits of Black Drum, and some keeper trout. (Key) Just free-line the shrimp.

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11/9/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Shamrock Cove, Live Bait:
With Tides running higher than normal, Target places where baitfish usually hang out like spoil islands. We are using Norton Lazer lock jigheads with a piece of fresh dead shrimp targeting schools of passing Black Drum and Redfish. For Trout and Flounder, Live pinfish has been working great. Try the Packery Flats or Sharmock Lakes or anywhere in the back bay North of the JFK. Good Luck.

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11/5/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
Light north winds,Water temp. 66, Flounder, Trout, Redfish, Fishing has improved for us this week,flounder are good along channel edges with mullet and shrimp. Trout and redfish in the boathole with shrimp under popping cork. Large drum along ICW.

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10/27/2009, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
10/25/09 We made an overnight trip to Baffin Bay. The water was to murky to flounder at night but the next day the reds were bitin good. We caught several slot reds and a ton of under sized reds on the Kennedy Shoreline using live shrimp under an Alameda Rig. We were able to catch a few keeper trout as well.

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10/26/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Did real good on live Pin fish and Shrimp. Look for Shallow muddy water near deep guts. Reds & Speckled Trout want live pin pearch and Black Drum want live or fresh dead shrimp. We were able to get limits of slot reds near Emmords/Pure oil area. Look or birds.

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10/12/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
Redfish are all schooled up in the Upper Laguna Madre. The colder the weather; the better the fishing. Cut piggies or mullet seems to be working right now or artificials worked really slow. Reports show big schools of Bull Reds mixed with Black Drum making there way down from the Packery Channel through the Humble Channel into the Laguna Madre. Clients have been catching their limits early from North Night hawk to Pita Island and working the King Ranch Shoreline on colder days. Wind is the key: More wind equals more fish. Good Luck, Captain George

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10/8/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
Windy, some Floating Grass, Water Temp 84, Redfish, Trout, Redfish is fair on Pin Perch and Shrimp, Trout up to 23 inches on same bait, gulp new penny has been good.

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10/1/2009, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
The meadows and yarbroughs producing nice reds and black drum on just about anything you throw at them. The reds are also thick along the beach just about anywhere you go from Port A Jetties all the way to PINS will produce reds with live mullet. Congrats to my friend Jason Thomas who won 2nd place at the sharkathon fishing tournament with a 42" bull red.

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10/1/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Water color good , some floating grass, water temp 84, Redfish, Trout, Redfish are good on perch and shrimp on rocks in the mouth of Baffin Bay, Trout to 20 inches same area but not very many for us. Redfish along ICW also fair.

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9/28/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
Light Winds,Water Temp. 79, Water color good, was some floating grass, Redfish, Trout, Redfish are good with live perch along channel edges, Few keeper size Trout,Early mourning and late afternoon has been best for us.

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9/23/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Lure: Super Spook Place: Laguna Shores Flats Species: Redfish and Trout I went out on a short 4 hour trip with a friend Drifting the flats of Laguna Shores Rd. We were able to get a limit each of Redfish and Trout on Big Topwater lures. Sea Grass is still thick but the trout and reds don't mind. Look for Brown Pelicans dive bombing mullet. The fish are near by. Good Luck, Captain George Garza

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9/21/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Place: Humble Channel. Lure: Norton Bull Minnow. Color: Pumpkinseed with Chartreuse Tail. With the migration of redfish into the Laguna Madre, these brutes are plentiful. Try wade fishing or kayaking near the wells in the flats of the Humble Channel. Look for tailing Reds or Reds making wakes in the flats. Weedless gold spoons have been working great. Also try fishing in front of the Gulf Coast Marine Dock area. We’ve been catching Reds and keeper trout there all week.

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9/16/2009, Captain John Little, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
9/12/09 The bite was slow probably due to the front that blew in. The tides are really high right now which is great for the "yakers" and those who don't have shallow running boats. This is a great time to get up into areas you may not normally be able to fish. Kates hole produced reds on live piggys and the boat hole produced some small trout on piggys. See ya on the water, Capt John

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9/16/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Artificial Bait:
Place: Laguna Shores Road (Flour Bluff) Bait: Gold Spoons Look for schools of Redfish and Speckled Trout just off Laguna Shores Road from the Circle K to the east. Kayakers Delight: Drift the drop offs by the State Park but don't pass up the spoil islands. Late morning - afternoon bite is key.

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9/16/2009, Captain George Garza, Gulf of Mexico, Packery Channel, Live Bait:
We went out to the Packery Channel fishing the JP Luby Beach side of the Jetties using live finger mullet for bait. Lots of big Kings, Spanish Macks, and Bull Reds were being caught. Winds were light and out of the north. Make sure and use a wire leader. Kings were breaking me off using a 50 lb mono shock leader.

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9/14/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Place: North Nighthawk Bay, With the winds shifting from the North West, Live Shrimp under a Mauler or Alameda popping floats has been working great from slot Reds and Keeper Speckled Trout. Look for big schools of Redfish starting to migrate in the Laguna from the Packery Channel. If you see a big school of horse mullet, the trout are near them.

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9/13/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
Raining, popcorn storms all around, Trout and Redfish, Fishing was fair with piggies fishing the drop offs in Emmords, and the Boat Hole area. Live finger mullet proved to be the best bait for redfish. Many of the redfish right now are oversized. The trout bite was kind of slow on piggies, but plenty of trout to make a day out of it. Biggest thing now is to make sure you let your fish eat the bait as the piggies are bigger now and it takes a little longer for the fish to get the hook.

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9/11/2009, Captain George Garza, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Both Live & Artificial:
Cloudy Speckled Trout and Redfish With all the rain we’ve been getting these past few days, the Redfish and Trout action bite has picked up on Big Top-Water baits. Start off in the morning at the King Ranch Shoreline in water 2 feet to 3 feet throwing big Top-waters like a big Super Spook or a Mirrolure He- Dog in a Chartreuse, Fire Tiger with Chrome.

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9/8/2009, Captain John Little, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
The north wind has made the bite a little sluggish. The meadows produced some nice black drum and reds this labor day weekend on shrimp and mullet. Offshore is producing red snapper and blacktip shark on mullet and squid around the rigs 25 miles out.

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9/5/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Raining, some wind, stained water, Trout and Redfish, Fishing was good today fishing some of the deeper spots in Emmords Hole with live piggies. Trout were in fair numbers, many being keepers, and the reds would move through in small schools while trout fishing.

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9/4/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
Light Winds, Water Temp.83, Some floating grass, Trout, Redfish, Fishing grass lines and dropoffs has been good for Trout and Redfish, Using croaker and shrimp.Redfish have been in shallow water along King Ranch shorline south of Pita Island, Trout out in deeper Water.

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9/3/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
8/31/09 Lower pressures and partly cloudy. Water was still clear, and the wind was non-existent, Trout and Redfish, Fishing has still been fair to good on the drop-offs of Emmords and Pita area. The best bait has been trap-caught piggies. These baits are smaller and last longer than other piggies. Our day consisted of 19 keeper trout and 5 reds, 3 of them oversized.

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8/28/2009, Captain Steve Utley, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Hello to all ; we have been doing well this week south of Bird Island Basin. Both sides of the ICW are holding good fish early, ok for Glass Minnows on the surface the Trout are driving them up and feeding. As it gets hotter set your drift to deeper water and go to suspending baits . Large Speckled Trout in the 22" to 28" range on Spook Jr. Topwater in Pink head with white body. Remember to swap out those treble hooks for single hooks as the surface grass is bad this time of year.

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8/27/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Land Cut, Live Bait:
Light winds, Water Temp 84, Water Nice and Green, Trout, Redfish, I have been fishing south, Starting in landcut with croaker on the westside for nice trout 17" to 26", Working my way north, the backside of spoils in the Yarbourgh area with same bait. The rocks in the mouth of Baffin Bay is holding trout also. Along the ICW has been good for trout and redfish, From Bird Island north to JFK Piggy Perch has been better for us.

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8/26/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Clear Skies, Water: Clear Green, Wind: 0-5mph Trout Fishing was fair to good, on live piggy perch, fishing the drop offs in Emmords Hole. Free lining, no beads/swivels, was best method. All keepers caught were over 16.5", mixed in with many undersized.

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8/26/2009, Captain John little, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
The trout and reds have been steady here close. The boat hole, dead mans, and kates have all been producing decent fish on live piggys. When the piggys run out you can throw a gold spoon and catch plenty of reds and the occasional trout drifting around the boat hole. The weather has been great. Very calm mornings then the wind slowly picks up after noon. Enjoy it while you can winter is almost here!!! See ya on the water, Capt. John

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8/24/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Land Cut, Live Bait:
Light winds, water temp 87, water nice and green, Trout, Fished the west side of Landcut, Freelining croaker, Trout up to 26", Not a lot of fish, but some nice ones.

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8/23/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
skies clear, water was a hazy green, Trout, Redfish, and Flounder, Fishing the King Ranch Shoreline on the grass edges with live piggies has been producing good numbers of trout along with some reds and a few flounder. Also, just about any drop-off that goes from two feet to four feet is holding fish. The tides have came back up, allowing a lot more space to fish.

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8/21/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Cloudy Mournings, Water nice and green, water temp 83, winds fair Trout, Redfish, Flounder Free Lining Croaker and Piggy Perch along dropoffs and grass lines is very good for trout 17" to 24", with catches of Redfish and Flounder also, Best bite is early

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8/18/2009, Captain Steve Utley, Corpus Christi Bay, Shamrock Cove, Live Bait:
With heat indexes in the triple digits and early morning low winds we have been launching at first light. Watch the weather reports for storm advisories and plan your trips accordingly. Whether you use light tackle or fish with a fly rod redfish, speckled trout and flounder are being caught in most areas. Start out early fishing the shorelines and flats for reds and trout.For light tackle we have been using topwaters (Spook Jrs. in Bone Silver) and soft plastics with paddle tails (Reaction Strike Lures and D.O.A/'s ) in rootbeer with chartreuse tails rigged weedless. On the fly; Try an Estaz Shrimp pattern in white or rootbeer with a little crystal flash tied on a 4 or 6 size Mustad stainless hook . Don't forget to tie in a double weed guard, I use 16# mono on all of mine. Poppers and spoon fly's are also working well for reds and trout. God Bless and Happy Fishing...

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8/17/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Land Cut, Live Bait:
Winds Calm In mourning picking up mid Day, Water nice and green, Trout, Fished west shoreline of Landcut, Nice Trout from 17" to 24", Bite was good early, slowed as the day went on, then picked up in afternoon again. Croaker recommended and shrimp.

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8/17/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Gulf of Mexico, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Calm Seas, Clear Blue Water Red Snapper. Mangrove Snapper 7-13-2009. Fished rigs about 30 miles out of Packery. Caught Red Snapper and Mangroves with cut shad , Live Croaker, Cut squid, Had a big ling up to boat and lost it.Snapper where 24" to 32" Snapper did not hit the jigs today.

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8/14/2009, Captain John Little, Upper Laguna Madre, Boat Hole, Live Bait:
The fish are still here close. Fish around the Boat Hole and Kates Hole with live piggys or croaker on the bottom. Berkley Gulp Chart/pepper neon jerk shad worked well with slow retrieve also.

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8/9/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Baffin Bay, Baffin Bay, Live Bait:
Light wind early, then picked up late mourning. Water temp, 81, Nice green water with no floating grass, Speckled Trout, Wade fishing with croaker, very good early bite, slowed down about 8:30. 17" to 24" Trout.

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8/6/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Emmords Hole, Live Bait:
Clear Skies, HOT, wind 10-15mph. Water Clarity: Clear Green. Trout and Redfish. Fishing is still good fishing the drop offs in Emmords and Beecrofts using live croaker. However, it is important to take both Croaker and Piggies, as somedays they just want one or the other. The extra money can be the difference from getting burned or filling up the box. Reds have been hit or miss on the croaker, though some boats have been getting good numbers.

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8/5/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Sunny, Clear, Water Temp. 83 Moderate winds, Trout, Redfish, Trout fair to good From JFK causeway to Pita Island along crash channel edges and sand pockets with piggy perch and croaker, Also along ICW dropoff with same bait.

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8/3/2009, Captain Michael Angell, Upper Laguna Madre, King Ranch Shoreline, Live Bait:
Windy Conditions,Water temp in mid 80s,Clear not many clouds, Trout, Redfish, Flounder, Trout are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway with Piggy Perch and live shrimp. Trout are fair along King Ranch Shoreline with Croaker and piggy perch. Water is low putting the fish on dropoff with grass. Redfish are fair to good on topwaters and shrimp.

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7/29/2009, Captain Justin Cortez, Upper Laguna Madre, Fishing Spots, Live Bait:
Fair winds, Sunny skies, and clear/green water, Speckled Trout, The trout have been caught on the grass edges in the Laguna Madre using live croaker and piggies. The bite has been very good, especially during the week (due to less traffic). Some trout that we have been catching have been over 25" with two going 27" on Sunday 7/26.

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7/21/2009, Captain John Little, Upper Laguna Madre, Packery Channel, Live Bait:
Winds 15-20 out of SE. Water temp 85. Water clarity murky. Speckled Trout and Redfish Both Trout and Reds being caught on Piggys off channels around boat hole.

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