Fishing with Capt. Stephen Boriske
It’s time to get out on the salt water and get in on the action because it is about to go wide open down here on the middle coast of Texas. May is one of my top three months to fish with customers because the action is almost non-stop given our normal weather with winds in the 10 to 15 mph range and partly cloudy days. Warm temperatures both in the air and the water set the stage for hot action with Speckled Trout being the main focus using a variety of angling methods with live shrimp in abundance and decorating my hooks under 4Horsemen popping corks.
Look for feeding slicks to start popping up all over the bay from the back lakes to the shell reefs to the skinny flats which are signs these trout are working the bait over and feeding their appetites as they spawn for the first few times of the year. These fish need to keep themselves in top shape for this exhausting activity as they are producing future trout populations in the millions. It’s a good time of the year to be out drifting a boat using a myriad of bait to box some good trout for the dinner table. I’m often asked what my favorite fish to eat is and hands down it’s trout lightly battered and fried to perfection! The key on cooking fish and other delicious bay fare is not to overcook it. Hot grease and a hot pit with turn those fried fish and shrimp or half-shell redfish into your next meal quickly so keep an eye on it or you will end up with a rubbery mess.
A phrase I hear almost every trip with our customers, who are largely down here at the lodge doing business by entertaining their customers, is ‘who do you use?” Who do you use for shingle purchases? Who do you use for a title company? Who do you use for large lumber buys? Who do you use for crop pesticides? All good questions and it’s great to get that kind of information from folks in your own line of work. It’s good business to share information and suppliers and it’s great business to be entertaining your customers in a relaxed setting like we have at the lodge.
We often get rave reviews of the lodge and the friendliness of staff, excellence in food, compliments on accommodations and of course positive feedback on the fishing guides but also perhaps hard to measure but commonly achieved down here at Bay Flats Lodge is the solidification of business relationships and the renewing of business for the coming years. We all need to reach our customers but lack the channels to really get in their ear and get to know them one on one. We are doing that daily and it’s our business more than taking people fishing-we are creating an opportunity for you to entertain your customers and get to know them in ways uncommon to normal everyday operations and it makes a difference for commerce now and in the future.
Tight lines and see you down here in paradise.
Capt Stephen Boriskie Bay Flats Lodge Seadrift, Texas
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