Lower Texas Coast

HotSPOTLight: Mouth of Baffin Bay

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LOCATION: Arroyo City
HOTSPOT: West of Green Island
GPS: N 26 23.31, W 97 19.876
(26.3885 -97.3313)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Croaker
TIPS: It’s all wade fishing…fishing a mixture of sandy bottom, kind of shelly bottom, and grass beds, grass pockets, soft clay bottoms.

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LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Duncan Channel North
GPS: N 26 19.599, W 97 18.591
(26.3267 -97.3099)

SPECIES: Flounder
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp, mud minnows
TIPS: Fish middle to back with live shrimp or mud minnows; dawn through midday.

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Black Bluff Shoreline
GPS: N 27 13.972, W 97 31.112
(27.2329 -97.5185)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Shrimp, topwaters
TIPS: Wade or drift the shallows along shoreline with shrimp or topwaters; dawn through midday, dusk.

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Green 9
GPS: N 27 15.942, W 97 27.401
(27.2657 -97.4567)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Shrimp
TIPS: With southeast wind, drift the shoreline to Marker 9; morning through midday.

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Green Island
GPS: N 26 23.5379, W 97 19.465
(26.3923 -97.3244)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Big topwater lures
TIPS: Super Spooks, Skitter Walks, She Dogs…it just depends on the wind which one I will use. On a high wind I will use a She Dog because it’s real loud. On a medium wind day, use the Skitter Walk. If there’s not very much wind, throw a Super Spook because it’s a little quieter.

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Rattlesnake Bay
GPS: N 26 18.613, W 97 19.453
(26.3102 -97.3242)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Big topwater lures
TIPS: Wade fish the point. Lure colors don’t really matter, but Pink/White, or any natural bait fish color are good choices.

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LOCATION: Middle Ground
HOTSPOT: Big Oak Mott
GPS: N 26 41.965, W 97 27.791
(26.6994 -97.4632)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, plastics w Mansfield Mauler, wade up to 200 yds; dawn thru midday
TIPS: Topwaters, plastics w Mansfield Mauler, wade up to 200 yds; dawn thru midday.

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LOCATION: Port Mansfield
HOTSPOT: Lower West Bay
GPS: N 26 29.674, W 97 24.081
(26.4946 -97.4014)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, plastics, shrimp
TIPS: Drift with topwaters, soft plastics or live shrimp; good all day.

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LOCATION: South Padre Island
HOTSPOT: Long Bar
GPS: N 26 8.592, W 97 14.2249
(26.1432 -97.2371)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Croaker
TIPS: Use free lines, or a Chatter Weight with the croaker. Give it a bit of a thump every 5-8 seconds.

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