We started the day to calm seas and a beautiful sunrise. Today the bait of choice was live shrimp under a popping cork. The action was fast for speckled trout but most were undersized. We also caught several lady fish (skip jack) which we kept for cut bait later. Mid morning we decided to look for some redfish. After a couple of undersized redfish, we found a school of nice redfish and the action was fast and furious for a couple of hours. We had several fish on at once and had all our lines tangled several times. Plus we lost a couple of nice fish on the oyster reef. The secret is the fresh cut lady fish. It is like candy to the redfish. Everyone caught fish and all had a great time. Some of filets were on there way to a local restaurant for the happy fishermen and fisher-women for dinner.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We made our annual trip to Alaska for the Silver Salmon run. We travel to Cordova, Alaska and fish several rivers in the Copper River drainage. It has become a tradition. This year a couple of friends went along. The fishing is all done in small rivers and with fly rods. It can be challenging but it is a great experience. The wildlife is great. (Bears (Brown & Black), Moose, and lots of birds). We fish several different streams or rivers during our stay. We base out of the “Orca Adventure Lodge” in Cordova and have for many years. They offer boat trips to remote rivers and streams as well as fly outs. Local streams and rivers are also great. We will post a few pictures in the “Orvis Shop” in Rockport, Texas near the Burger King. Stop by and have a look.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We fished the San Jose Island surf today and waded. The surf was perfect. We waded the first bar and cast top water plugs to the beach. The speckled trout were aggressive and plentiful. Plus a few big redfish. We ended up with 22 nice trout over 20 “. These were to be used for a local fish fry. None will go to waste. We did see one very large bull shark in the clear water. Keeping fish in the surf when wading is tricky. Always us a floating net bag not a stringer.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
I fished the Cistic Fibrosis “Cast for the Cure” Tournament this weekend. We fished several spot that have been producing some nice redfish but came up with a zero. We caught and released over 100 keeper speckled trout during the two days but did not place because we did not catch a single redfish. That is the way tournaments are.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We are back to the surf today and have caught some very nice trout. the bait of choice is always croakers in the surf this time of year. If the current is strong like today add some weight to get your bait down.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We fished the last few days in Corpus Christi Bay near the oil & gas production platforms. We used croakers to select for the larger trout. We also fish some soft plastic baits and picked up some nice trout as well. these wells can produce throughout the year.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We were back to Copano Bay for speckled trout. The fish were plentiful and we kept enough for dinner. Our fishermen and women had a great day. The sun is getting hot and the bay is warming. The trout were on deep reefs in 5 to 6 feet of water. Croakers fished on these reefs produced.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We fished the surf of San Jose Island today. Speckled trout on croakers was our target. The trout were aggressive and limits came early. Later we tolled for kingfish and caught several. All were released.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
We fished Baffin Bay for 3 days with artificial lures. We used top waters in the early mornings then switched to soft plastics. The speckled trout fishing was great early on top waters. Lots of nice fish up to 25″. We moved deeper as the sun rose and caught trout in guts on Bass Assassins and Norton Mini Sand Eels. Most colors produced but bone diamond was the best.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
Fishing was great today near Rockport. We fished Copano Bay and used croakers. Although we did not catch any large speckled trout the fish we did catch were agressive and plentiful. The deep water reefs in Copano Bay can produce some very good boxes of fish.
Posted by Capt. Ray Burdette
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