Wes W. party at Bay Flats Lodge with Guide Cooper, August 2011

Johnny Rhyne lost all fish in his Port O’Connor pond due to lack of oxygen caused by our hot, dry weather.

Johnny has been enjoying feeding and watching these fish for several years.

Included in the loss were bass, perch, mullet, crab, a large triploid and many catfish, some weighing as much as 60 pounds.

Matthew Christoferson of Houston (left) and Colten Koy of New Ulm, TX (right) would like to thank everyone responsible for their great experience at their first Speedy Stop Kids Fishing Day tournament. Colten won 4th place in the Half Pint Open Division.
See you next year!

Blake Blatchley,12, and his Dad David from Leander, Tx had some high hopes for their Labor Day fishing trip that was cut short by the storm. He did manage a few reds, drum, whiting and snapper.

The fishing was improving over the last few weeks until, just in time for Labor Day, along comes Tropical Storm Lee. If this thing was going to mess up the holiday weekend the least it could have done was send some rain over our way. Instead we got some strong northerly wind up around 25 knots, very low tides and chocolate colored water but not a drop of rain. We’ll keep watching the tropics and keep our fingers crossed.

The bay water is still pretty warm, upper 80’s, and the trout remain close to deeper water. Matagorda Bay was providing some decent trout action around the wells and along the south shoreline. Espiritu Santo and San Antonio Bays were pretty good over deeper shell but with this strong wind it will take some time to recover.

Redfish are going to be much the same. The strong wind and low tides will make the lakes nearly impossible to fish.

The jetties were improving before the storm but its really tough (and dangerous sometimes) to get across the bay. It’s going to take some time for the water to get back to a favorable color and for the waves to settle down.The wind is supposed to get back to a more manageable state over the weekend and next week. Let’s hope so.

Capt. Bob Hill Port O’Connor Charters

(361) 983-4325 www.fishportoconnor.com

Capt. Jim and Jess Reed’s birthday gift to Sam – a morning in the surf, fishing out of 10th Street Lodge.