1st Row: Bryce Sandy, Isaiah Ochoa, Kolt Leiker, Ana Brown
2nd Row: Madden Guevara, Marcos Blanco, Pierre Wilburn, Reid Thomas
3rd Row: Gracie O’Shields, Abygail Gonzales, Clara Stryker, Emma Sanchez,
Skyler Pessall, Riley Pagel
4th Row: Landon Jones, Connor Ferrell, Kyndra Carriles, Grace Brown, Pryncess Few, Audrey Rhoads
5th Row: Emily Ferrell, Byron Ferrell

1st Row:  Haiden Dean, Blaklei Ruddick, Timothy Reneau, Camren Hime,
Jakob Donaldson
2nd Row:  Christian Gutierrez, Bradley Eure, Laela Aranda, Addi Ruddick,
Avery Gosnell
3rd Row:  Cole Spicak, Brayson Thumann, Aubrey Ragusin, Waylon Thomas,
Kaleb Kendrick, Lexi Ruddick, Leon Hill
Back Row:  Corbin Washburn, Kitty Mezzell, Alex Lopez, Nicholas Ragusin

 
1st Row: Riley Pagel, Torunn Short, Amara Brown, Kolton Kendrick
2nd Row: Kaleb Kendrick, Kailey Guzman, Abygail Gonzales, Addi Ruddick,
Skyler Pessall
3rd Row: Cole Spicak, Landon Jones, Leland Carriles, Grace Brown, Lexi Ruddick, Vanessa Martinez
4h Row: Lyric Lopez, Kamyla Guzman, Mato Sanchez, Nicholas Ragusin

A Honor Roll at Seadrift School

First Grade: Jennifer Barcenas, Jacob Boots, John Glover, Ryan Gohlke,
Gilliana Gonzalez, Sophia Rodrigue, Symone Smith and Memphis Speer,

Second Grade: Jaidyn Hernandez, Phoenix Gordillo, Emalyna Pedrotti, Payten Rivera, Aiden Robbins and Tyler Saylors.

Third Grade: Brennan Gregory, Ava Salazar, Karley Sexton Mohon, Kiley Sexton Mohon and Riley Saylors,

Fourth Grade: Clay Brumfield, Keegan Goode, Brice Petrisky and Ashton Sternadel.

Fifth Grade: Baylee Bates, Dean Gordillo, Jaxson Key and Abigail Sanders
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Sixth Grade: Maci Bryan and Briley Christensen.

Seventh Grade: Rachel Arfele and Jonathan Nguyen
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Eighth Grade: Ayden Maddux, Jacob Nguyen, Hector Perez and Tristan Speer.

A/B Honor Roll at Seadrift School

First Grade: Graysen Bernal, Osiris Calzada, Cristian Cano, Tanner Cheatham,

Paige Davenport, Flynn Franck, Amiah Harvey, Ely Ladner, Brileigh Phillips
and Alie Villarreal.

Second Grade: Isaiah Flint, Gavin Gonzalez, Isrrael Jaramillo, Cristian Ruiz,
Peyton Ruiz, Brooklyn Russell and Audrey Scroggins.

Third Grade: Jeffrey Allred, Journee Boots, Gaige Cady, Saige Carter, Nikolas Clayton, Kaden Compagnari, Riley Dworaczyk, Lathan Griggs, Olivia Hunt, Liam Key,Lexi Mendoza, Zayden Montgomery, Brylie Penney, Evelyn Scroggins,
Mallory Vannoy, Aiden Valdez and Tristan Whiddon,

Fourth Grade: Jai’Lynn Boots, Aspen Crittenden, Colten Evans,
Jesus Jaramillo Vazquez, Lycan Marek, Hunter McGill, Kalynn Mendoza,
Alaina Morgan, Gavin Reyes, Cash Shirhall, Amaya Stringo, Audrina Tate
and Lorena Torres.

Fifth Grade: Jared Arfele, Wesley Blevins, Kye Compagnari, Jada Dean, Owen Gaitan, Angel Galeana, Kylee Gray, Caitlyn Griggs, Zoey Henning, Logyn Middaugh,
Christina Ragusin and Adam Tebault.

Sixth Grade: Dwight Beaver, McKenna Boedeker, Brilee Crittenden, Layton Davenport, Justice Epley, Fischer Franck, Braylyn Galloway, Natalie Hunt, Rylie Ragusin and Trevon Ragusin.

Seventh Grade: Lillian Hartl, BreAnn Kelley, Kaitlyn Lashley, Mason Moncrief, Athyn Morales, Edgar Munoz, Braeden Ragusin, Kalani Reyes, Morgan Russell, Mia Salazar and Natalia Zarate.

Eighth Grade: Tres Canales, Allison Fowler, Chris Hartman, Vivian Ledesma,
Leah Lucey and Marisol Vallejo.

Spring is in full Swing! The Spring Patterns are in affect right now. The trout are getting fat with their annual early eggs. The redfish and black drum are showing up from the Jetties to the Bays and Back Lakes. Love Combat Redfishing!!!!
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Topwaters are in full swing. Walking the Dawg! Is always an exciting way to catch Bay Predators. Of Course tails are catching all species and sizes as well. Bone Chrome Bone is a good color to use or Woody Wood Pecker, redhead white body is an all time favorite of mine, both are great topwater colors to use.

Soft Plastics of all sorts seem to be a good bet to fill the Coolers full of fillets.

A Couple of days ago I had a wade trip and my customers Big Andy and Cool Cat Curtis started with tops with some luck but quickly turned to tails after a few misses on their topwater plug. I stuck with Color X DSL with a Hogie Lock on Head, 3/8oz. Yeah yeah its heavy I know but I like chunking it a country mile and dredging the bottom. Big Andy was using Tobin Stricklands Trout Support weedless Bait. I believe it was white ice . Then Cool Curtis was using DSL Big Eye Chicken of the C.

All baits caught limits and a few reds to boot. The wind was growing and they had to shag back to Htown to make more funds for their Fishing Habit. Hey Guides and Good Equipment are costly. I hope they make millions…Capt. Larson will take care of the rest.
Met with Captain Benny, aka Bull Red Benny or The Legend Maker, he answers to both. The other day, He was so kind to help me do some maintenance on my Tower Boat. He reported that the Sheephead Run is winding down but the Black Drum and Reds are moving in with an occasional Trout. The clearer the water the better the trout bite. He had a great few months limiting his customers on Sheephead.

Hey, Hey here’s one for you. Flounder gigging is making a BIG COMEBACK! The Gigging Guides are posting some great numbers. The Big Females are showing back up also. Definitely be sure to listen to your guide on the marginal flounder size. We have been walking for them. We had limits real quick. I use a wading shoe that is a size 14 so I can slide my foot along side a close fish. We Err on the side of caution. The larger shoe really helps on measuring the length of Springtime Flounder. A helpful hint on walking to gig flounder, Use wading Sox. The other night I didn’t use my wading Sox and small pieces of shell got in my shoes and Scratched the fire out of my feet. The tops of my feet were sore for a couple of days.

I try to lead by example…..of what not to do!

Billy has the Lodge Calendar for open dates. I would suggest adding a night of floundering to your stay. Its going to be a banner year.Billy Rhyne’s direct line is: 713-907-4796

Captain Jeff Larson
281-217-0399

Douglas and Sadiqa Shako and their two children, Zuri and Gabriel from Calgary, Canada (pictured above and below) just spent two days of their spring break in Port O’Connor. Since the whole family love to fish we took them to the Big Jetties to fish for redfish. Even at this early age the two kids are already proficient fisher people. They bait their own hooks, cast, set the hook and bring the fish to the net. It was a pleasure to fish with them.
Zuri is 12 years old and Gabriel is 8. Their grandfather, Joe Shako from Jamaica has been fishing in Port O’Connor for several years now and will return again this year.
-Dave Pope