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Texas Forecast Upper Coast – West Matagorda Bay: Cottons Bayou

Location: West Matagorda Bay

Hotspot: Cottons Bayou

GPS:    N 28 30.45, W96 12.3816

(28.5075, -96.2064)

Species: Speckled trout

Best Baits: Super Spook Junior or soft plastics

Contact: Capt. Van Critendon

361-648-1886

raiseemuptexas@hotmail.com

Tips: Capt. Critendon says he is fishing a lot of grass and sand bottoms, early in the morning with topwaters, then changing to soft plastics as the sun rises in the sky.

TF&G Staff

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