The last few weeks have seen some dramatic improvements for fishermen. Water temps have been around 60 degrees between fronts and the wind between the fronts has been Southeast. The tides have been a lot higher except for the day or two following the North winds. What we’ve seen during this period is a real uptick in the trout fishing.

Areas of mud and grass, like the lakes, have been giving up limits for waders and drifters as well. Most have been using dark colored soft plastics. Plum/chartreuse and blue/chartreuse have been popular. A lot of the drift fishermen are fishing the plastics under a float like a Mansfield Mauler or a rattle float. Suspension baits and slow sinking lures have also been a favorite waders looking for a big winter trout. One often overlooked lake, Powderhorn, has produced limit catches of nice trout over the last week for drifters fishing soft plastics.

In addition to the lakes, the South shorelines from Matagorda Bay to San Antonio Bay have been producing for waders. Lighthouse Cove and Big Pocket have been good areas to try for trout and of course reds as well.

The jetties are on again/off again. Of course the reds and sheepshead are there along with some drum. Big trout are showing up occasionally. Live shrimp has been hard to come by lately.

Speaking of hard to come by, oyster season is still pretty much closed. That’s really hurting a lot of guys that depend on oystering for a good bit of their livelihood, but its also slowing down those of who look forward to eating them.

Capt. Bob Hill

Port O’Connor Charters
(361) 983-4325
www.fishportoconnor.com