Capt. Fred, Capt. Hope and Capt. Robert of Sea Academy, Inc. have announced plans to retire in late 2017.   Therefore, Sea Academy will cease training with the expiration of the USCG approved courses on 30 June 2017.  We deeply appreciate the support of the Fisherman’s Chapel, the community of Port O’Connor and surrounding towns during the past 15 years of operations in Port O’Connor.

The classes scheduled in 2016 for Port O’Connor are: Feb 12-19, Apr 29-May 6, July 8-15, and Nov 11-18.  Dates for 2017 are: Feb 24-Mar 3 and May 19-26
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Please contact Sea Academy with inquiries or the Aransas Pass class schedule at seaacademy@yahoo.com or 361-758-6184.

Ed Harvey Family fishing with Castaway Lodge

Pre front action over mud and grass pockets lit up the day with Capt. James Cunningham and Capt. Chris Cady bending the boards with Trout & Redfish. Capt. Chris Cady lit out with guests of Roger Camp and Camp Construction working topwaters and soft plastics wade fishing the back lakes. Capt. James Cunningham had a mid-morning departure with Ed H. and family enjoying a fishing trip on the kids day off for Veteran’s Day.

Capt. Chris stayed with topwaters taking trophy class Redfish limits focusing on schools pushing the edges of shallow shorelines and grass beds. Topwater action had popped off pre-front last week and then died on us when it counted but that wasn’t the case yesterday. Trout action to near limits of “keeper fish” came to hand drifting with soft plastics in pumpkin/chart and plumb/chart being most effective.

Capt. James reported near limits of Redfish with lots of misses for the first timer’s. That’s all part of it and the kids and parents alike just had a great time. James was working with bait over mud/grass beds targeting shallower venues on elevated tides.

Cool Front
This little system isn’t enough to move some water and that’s what it’s going to take to get comfortable with duck concentrations. There’s lots of water on the prairies and we’ve got a ton of it in the bays yet and that’s not a good place for a duck hunter to get comfortable. On the flip side, fishing action should remain predictable based on current trends.

Lodge News
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Happy Holidays!
Capt. Kris Kelley, Castaway Lodge
1-888-618-4868 www.seadriftbayfishing.com