Spring Break in Matagorda!

On 3/18-19/09 I had Daryl, his two sons Calieb and Jacob and Caliebs girlfriend Courtney.Daryl wanted to get his sons some practice wadefishing, so wading it was. I told Daryl that it was going to be a late bite so we motored down to West Bay around 10:00am. Our first few stops were a grind as all I could find were dink trout. Fun none the less for these fine young kids. Courtney was a true trooper as she quickly found out that her waders had a huge hole in them and she was soaking wet. After a little drying out.... and no complaining might I add, she put her leaking waders back on and commenced to grinding right along w/ the rest of us. With the strong incoming tide and sun going down on the horizon I was able to find a spot that had trout willing to inhale our SS Jrs and Corky Devils. Sand/shell with dirty water and the incoming tide were bringing our trout to the shoreline to feed for the evening. It was a joy to see these kids bowed up on their first topwater fish. The late evening fishing and returning to port w/ the spot light was well worth it as everyone was all smiles at the cleaning table. Thursday was a different story as I knew that w/ low tides and no movement for the morning....it was going to be tough. We drifted dirty water streaks only to catch a handfull of dinks with a few keepers lost at the boat. Berkley Gupls! and Midcoast Inticers were the baits thrown while drifting. With the last front behind us and water temps hanging around 70 and 74 on the shoreline,one should start to target sand/grass and sand/shell bottoms for best results. Also,try and fish the incoming tide,as the fish will be roaming the flats looking for an easy meal !

Captain Scott Reeh
http://www.assaultthesaltfishing.com/