Best Friends for Life, Me Me and Ree Ree taking a big red.
-Capt. Jeff Larson
Hallelujah!!! We are getting into the swing of Fall Fishing and Hunting. Dove Season has been pretty good for most hunters who have visited the Lodge last month. The guys who had spent some time shooting Skeet and/or Trap usually shot their limit. Fishing is still steady. Wade fishing seems to be the best way to catch trout, reds and flounder. October will be the last Month to Gig Flounder until December 1st. The limit on flounder is reduced down to 2 from 5 until December 15th. However on Dec 1st at midnight you can start gigging again. Since flounder gigging is done at night you can maximize your time before midnight and after midnight. Here is the catch. A fisherman cannot have more than his possession limit. You must gig your 2 flounder a person before midnight and take them back to the landing. Then you can go back out after midnight and get 2 more. Do Not get smart and efficient by getting 4 per person; even though, that’s the economical way to get your 2 day possession limit a person can only have 2 until December 16th at 12:01 am.
It’s not an easy law to understand but TPWD is looking at conservation and harvest measures to ensure a better fishery for our future. We will run Gigging Trips during this time so if you are unsure call Scott at the Lodge and he will hook you up with our Flounder Pounder Department.
The last couple of days have been great fishing with artificial lures. We had our limit of trout and a bonus redfish using only top water style lures. The color of choice was blue and chrome. I did notice that we had an out going tide with bait busting all around us. The trout were feeding real hard up against a small front. The slower you worked the bait the bigger the fish. I’m not sure what that was about but a twitch, twitch, stop was better than walking the dog without stopping your retrieve. Thinking that today would be as easy as 1,2,3 was not the case. We went back to the same Honey Hole we went the day before and waded the same route. Nothing really. Mike caught a good 1, about 2#. I lost a keeper.
Not wanting to waste a major feeding period before a front. We jumped back in the boat and ran to another part of San Antonio Bay and switched to soft plastics. We chose the windward side of the bay because the tide wasn’t really moving. Down South Lures is a great soft plastic bait. Mr. Bosse is a saltwater fisherman and created a bait that will last several trips and he has the right colors that match the hatch. I was spanking trout using a 3/8 Oz lead head. Yes that’s heavy, I know, but I like being able to throw my bait a mile and keep it on the bottom.
The color of choice was DSL Chicken Of the Sea. My favorite color is red shad.
Fishing the windy side paid off and we caught our 5 trout and headed to the cleaning table.
A quick side note for the next couple of months. Redfishing at the jetties, shorelines and back bays has been and will be off the charts. It’s a great time of year for fishing and hunting. With November right around the corner from Halloween and if you are wanting to enjoy a Cast and Blast Get A Way, Now is the time to get your dates on the book. We have tons of options and avenues so let’s start banging out some memories.
The Saltwater Water Lodge Get Away Hotline is: 361 785 3825
Throw some tops, tails and bait,
Capt. Jeff Larson 281 217 0399
Wade fishing pays off big in the Fall. – Capt. Jeff Larson
