Middle Texas Coast

HotSPOTlight: LBJ CAUSEWAY

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LOCATION: Ayers Bay
HOTSPOT: Ayers Reef
GPS: N 28 10.434, W 96 50.3659
(28.1739 -96.8394)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and Flounder
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker
TIPS: Look for shell piles and work the edges from a boat. Trout, redfish, and an occasional flounder can be caught. The trout are the easiest to catch using a croaker freelined.

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LOCATION: Carlos Bay
HOTSPOT: Cedar Reef
GPS: N 28 8.251, W 96 53.049
(28.1375 -96.8842)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and Flounder
BEST BAITS: Paul Brown Devil Eyes and Chicken-on-a-Chain soft plastics
TIPS: A favorite soft plastic is Devil Eye in a chrome with a chartreuse tail and a 1/4-ounce jig head. It’s a great redfish lure.

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LOCATION: Copano Bay
HOTSPOT: Mission Bay
GPS: N 28 8.965, W 97 9.605
(28.1494 -97.1601)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Pumpkinseed/chartreuse soft plastics
TIPS: Fish falling tide, drift/anchor, hit sand pockets; dawn through dusk.

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LOCATION: Corpus Christi Bay
HOTSPOT: Pita Island
GPS: N 27 36.169, W 97 17.1989
(27.6028 -97.2867)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker or Live Shrimp
TIPS: The month of July is a great time to fish around the island using live croaker.

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LOCATION: Espirito Santo Bay
HOTSPOT: Lighthouse Cove
GPS: N 28 20.48, W 96 26.926
(28.3413 -96.4488)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Bass Assassins
TIPS: Wade the shoreline, keying on grass beds; dawn through dusk.

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LOCATION: Espirito Santo Bay
HOTSPOT: Spoil Cut
GPS: N 28 21.34, W 96 34.514
(28.3557 -96.5752)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Menhaden
TIPS: Cut menhaden needs to be on the bottom, best fished on a falling tide; morning, afternoon.

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LOCATION: Mesquite Bay
HOTSPOT: Cedar Bayou
GPS: N 28 4.3309, W 96 50.832
(28.0722 -96.8472)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and Flounder
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker
TIPS: Close to the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, use live croaker over shell and mud where the edges drop off.

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LOCATION: Redfish Bay
HOTSPOT: Bird Island
GPS: N 27 56.035, W 97 5.119
(27.9339 -97.0853)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Flappin Shad soft plastic by Gambler
TIPS: Nice and easy, slow and easy, pump straight up, and let it drop down. Let the tail do all he action. You will get most of your bites as the lure drops.

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LOCATION: San Antonio Bay
HOTSPOT: Chicken Foot Reef
GPS: N 28 15.832, W 96 46.8889
(28.2639 -96.7815)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Live croaker
TIPS: Croaker rigging … Keep the bait looking as natural as possible using a 5/0 hook, moving to a 6/0 hook later on as the month progresses.

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LOCATION: San Antonio Bay
HOTSPOT: Panther Point
GPS: N 28 14.95, W 96 42.5819
(28.2492 -96.7097)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and Flounder
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker
TIPS: Let the croaker sink to the bottom. Give it a few seconds, crank the reel a few turns, and move it around. Pop it a few more times. Once you feel the bump, let him run for a second, then set the hook.

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LOCATION: Upper Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: King Ranch Shoreline
GPS: N 27 29.134, W 97 21.1079
(27.4856 -97.3518)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters
TIPS: Topwaters produce early in the morning. Silver, chartreuse, pink work under clear skies; Natural colors, a black or mullet color work better on cloudy days.

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