texas coastal fishing

Coastal Cold Front Tactics

Fall is trout season around here, and November is a prime time to run into healthy, hefty speckled trout in…

7 years ago

Fishing Between Fronts

I was kayak fishing on the south side of West Matagorda Bay in mid-December. It was a sunny day with…

7 years ago

Flounder Run Cancelled? Warm Weather to Blame?

Has the fall "flounder run" been cancelled? Has the unusually warm weather short-circuited what is typically the best flounder fishing…

7 years ago

Bull Croaker and Mega Sand Trout? You Bet!

Recently I received an email from a reader who said they caught what they thought at first was a decent…

7 years ago

Texas Hotshots – Big Red

33" Redfish caught on light tackle. It took 20 min. to land this hard fighting Lake Calcasieu Red.

8 years ago

Texas Hotshots – Shallow Water Red

38" Redfish caught on a spinnerbait / paddletail combo, Oct 21. Released.

8 years ago

Time To Target Schooling Reds

After we’ve had a strong cold front, target the mouths of rivers and the very largest bayous emptying marsh if…

8 years ago

Fishing Coastal Bayous Productive in Early Fall

Coastal bayous are a productive location for redfish, speckled trout and flounder during the early fall period but they require…

8 years ago

Texas Hotshots – Galveston Cobia

Luke Bogar with a 40 pound Cobia caught on a flat line using a whole Spanish sardine for bait. 20…

8 years ago

Live Baits For Specks

When All ElseFails (and even when it doesn’t) Live bait is the most effective means of catching speckled trout. This is…

8 years ago