It never gets old holding a nice Red in front of your buddy waiting on a Bite! Capt. Jeff Larson

Hallelujah! COOL WEATHER coming down the pipe! We have been having some smoking HOT weather and a ton of fire blazing fishing trips. Come on down and wet a line or melt your barrel.

Teal Season was pretty good compared to last year’s monsoon Teal Season. We shifted gears and drove to the Rice belt in East Bernard, Garwood, Eagle Lake areas. We had 1 super slow hunt followed by some good 1s coupled with some barrel melters. No Bird bands this year for us but I saw a few guides that were lucky enough to add to their call lanyard. Bird Banding Certificates are really cool to see the History and flight path they take from Canada.

Back in February, Captain Doug Berry and his Customer doubled up on pintail drake’s with bands. They had been banded in Canada and they shot them in Mexico. I forgot their age but it was cool to see how far they fly in a year. That’s some serious real estate.

We have steadily been smashing the trout, reds and black drum. Flounder are still being caught by waders using soft plastics. I talked to Captain Pat Lester today and he has several gigging trips lined up before he heads to his Northern Headquarters in North Dakota. He said the high tide has made it a little interesting because they are way up in the grass ambushing bait. The flounder are putting on weight and the per pound average is almost 2 pounds. No real saddle blankets yet but that will change after this next cold front.

We had a return visit from the Peppers who always enjoy Airboat Redfishing. They brought some friends down from Colorado who never even heard of a Redfish or Black Drum. It didn’t take the newbies long before they got the feel of the pecking Black Drum bite and the Slam take your rod down Redfish bite. We scratched out a couple limits of both and headed back to the dock before it got too hot.

Good News! Ducks and Geese are already showing up. Big ducks, not just Teal. We are seeing plenty of Pintails and Red Heads moving into the marsh. Couple more fronts before the opener will do the trick. Plus it will blow out some of this high tide. The Fall Equinox always means high tides and it takes several northers to get us back to normal.

I haven’t been deer hunting in several years nor have I heard any reports. Good Luck to yall Deer Hunters.

This is new for Duck Hunters! We will be Duck Hunting during the Split! Don’t get your feathers ruffled up. We will be down in Old Mexico just a few hundred miles down the coast. For the Duck Hunters that hunt Mansfield and south, you know how they raft up by the thousands. Well we will be staying on em just South of the Border. We can accommodate groups up to 6. 4 or 5 hunters is optimal for Airbooat Logistics. If we can get you in during the split. We will be back the day after our Duck Season closes and hunt through February.

If you want to Duck Hunt in Mexico while our Season is open, we can book you transportation from Harlingen to the Lodge in San Fernando. You will need a Passport.

The Saltwater Lodge is always available to plan your next Fishing or Hunting trip so give Billy a call for Lodge Accommodations at 713 907 4796.

Get out the long sleeve flannel shirts and Hoodies cause Jack Frost is on his way,

Captain Jeff Larson
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