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Captain Kevin McCoy is a USCG licensed, fulltime professional guide. Whether you are a novice or experienced fisherman, like to fish with artificial or live bait, large or small group, Kevin would like to take you fishing; any Season of the Year! Kevin welcomes families with children. Member of Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce & the Coastal Bend Guides Association. |
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CURRENT FISHING REPORT 3-1-10 Hello Everybody, the weather seems to be headed in the right direction. We are getting warmer days than in past weeks and I am confident the trend will continue. The water is in great shape. Red fish are in the flats eating shrimp, mud minnows, and the occasional sea lice. Trout are still in some area bays are taking soft plastics. Wading will produce more fish than drifting. Overall fishing is about an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. March is shaping to be a great month I think. It may be a tad cooler than normal, but the fish will be there and they will cooperate. Spring break is in March so everyone is ready for a quick trip to the coast. There are activities here for the entire family. Call you favorite fishing and making fishing part of your visit. You will not regret it.
Schedule Your Next Fishing Adventure Online - Now! Capt. Kevin McCoy
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3-1-10
Hello Friends, Once again our fishing pretty much remains the same. We are
still catching some nice Reds on the days between the fronts. Over the
past week our water temp went down and the fishing slowed somewhat.
However, later in the day when the Sun is out, the fish are becoming more
active. I'm still using fresh dead Shrimp and cut Mullet. The deeper areas
of the flats and the drains off the back lakes have been my go to places.
I'm still looking for any bait activity and fishing these areas when it is
spotted. The fishing should be great when we get a few days in the 70's
and the water warms. Spring break is right around the corner and hopefully
the weather will be nice.
Tight Lines and Full Stringers! |
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OFFSHORE FISHING REPORT: 3-1-10 Bay fishing has been doing great with limits of Redfish and Black Drum coming in. The speckled trout are being caught in deeper water.
Live Shrimp has just become available but there are
plenty of other choices that work well also like finger mullet and mud
minnows. The Sheepshead are just now starting to bit. Pick you a nice
day and head out fishing Spring is just around the corner. Red Snapper Season Begins June 1st each year! Reserve Ahead! Call 800-567-5132 or 361-758-6900 We are located by Crabman Marina located on Hwy 361 just 2 miles before the ferry landing (that takes you to Port Aransas), approx. 4 miles down the road from HEB grocery store in Aransas Pass.
A new law has taken affect as of 9/1/2007 that a fishing license is now required for fishing in federal water. The state offers a one day license. Check with Texas Parks and Wildlife for more info!
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Capt. Ron Coulston USCG Licensed 361-790-9541 or 361-557-0555 NOVICE TO EXPERIENCED Captain Ron has been fishing the Texas Coastal Bend for over 30 years. He is a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, experienced guide whose goal is to insure you a safe, fun, and successful outdoor fishing adventure. He fishes from San Antonio Bay to Baffin Bay, pursuing speckled trout, redfish, black drum and flounder. |
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3-1-10 Still too cold for any
consistent numbers of trout. A few big trout are being caught but even
that is not consistent from one day to the next. The good news is the reds
are still plentiful. Likewise the black drum. The larger (over 30 inches)
black drum are just starting to show up. If you want to catch a 30 to 45
inch black drum for a picture and the thrill of catching it, the time is
now. Any time the water is moving in certain deep channels the oversized
drum are feeding. We often fish for oversized black drum until the guests
are tired of reeling them in and then turn to redfish for the rest of thee
day. My prediction is that trout fishing will be great as soon as we get a
past due warming trend. Join Me for a Great Day of Fishing, Capt. Ron Coulston |
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Trust in 23 years of experience. A 3rd generation Rockport native with exceptional knowledge of the Aransas Bay System. My specialty is helping you catch that trophy redfish or trout. Ask about my Redfish/Flounder Gigging Combo Trips! Call Capt. Tommy: (361) 729-3027 |
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3-1-10 Hello fishing friends, I have been getting the Flounder Boat ready for the season which will kick off late March and run through end of October for me. I will be going out here and there by myself to see where they are and are not. I will keep you informed in upcoming fishing reports. Please check out my Featured Article on www.fishrockport.com and www.fishporta.com for March. Right at this moment just doing a check list. If you would like to go floundering let your fingers do the walking and give me a call. I would like to thank everyone that has already booked for this 2010 season and look forward to meeting new clients and showing you a great time on the water.... If you would like to do a COMBO TRIP give me a call - it's
a hoot. Capt. Tommy Barnard |
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3-1-10 Technically there has not
been a change since my last report. Redfish and black drum are "the
ticket" right now. Best baits have still been mullet and shrimp fished
on the bottom. Our water is cold and the fish are not chasing down their
food, so fishing a tight line on bottom has been best.
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www.aceintheholeguideservice.com. Capt. Brent Hopkins |
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3-1-10 I hope your weeks are going well and you are getting fired up for some great fishing trips. The weather has been in the mid to high 60's with an occasional shower...beautiful. The fishing is heating up also just read the following report. A friend of mine called me the other day and was some kind of excited. He, his son, and the two grand kids caught "45" Reds, nine of which were keepers up to 25 inches. Wow!!! Needless to say they were all "some kind of excited". My buddy loves to fish and to be able to have this priceless experience with his family is...well...priceless. He told me the fish would play with the live shrimp, but would inhale the dead. This stands to reason because the water is still a little cool and an easy meal is the ticket. I told him for the March 1st report I would save mine for another issue and I would include his this time. Well there it is! "Spense" if I would have had ya'll's picture I would have included it too. Maybe another day. As far a YOUR "priceless experience" please give us a call ( Rockport # 432-349-0353) and book a trip or two, or e-mail us at tigernet@cableone.net. Don't forget Spring Break is now!!! Ask about our "Fish and Hit" trips. This year's Elk Season is almost over for the Express UU Bar Ranch. View all the great trips you and your family could experience! I promise I'll give you 120% of PURE FISHING ENJOYMENT! Captain Lanny Phillips |
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CALL: 361-563-1447 Experienced South Texas Fishing Guide with knowledge of Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay, Estes Flats, Mudd Island, St. Joe Island, St. Charles Bay, Mesquite Bay, and Baffin Bay. Trophy Specks & Reds, Flounder and Black Drum |
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A rich combination of vast oyster reefs, bay systems, grass flats, and the exchange of water from the Gulf of Mexico through the jetties makes the fishing down here in the Rockport area so special. Create an experience that will last a lifetime! He offers all types of fishing: |
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2-15-10 There is not much to report so far in February except bad weather for fishing. I have been able to fish a couple of days and there are a ton of 14 inch trout in our bays They are biting lures, plum and glow sand eels produced the most fish . The better keeper size trout were real shallow in a foot and a half to two foot of water. The smaller fish were in 3-4 foot of water. We have already had as much rain this year as we had in September last year. In my 25 years of guiding every year of the El Nino results in great spring fishing. Rain does wonders for our bays and marshes. There is still no live bait down here but a couple of my friends who catch live bait have started to catch a few live shrimp up around Port Lavaca. I t will not be much longer and live shrimp will be available. This next week following February 14th is supposed to be real nice weather I sure hope so. It's almost time to really start fishing for real so now is the time to get ready, I am real excited for spring and big trout to return!
Good fishing to you all! |
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Capts. Rick Hammond & Capt. Bob "Red" Van USCG Licensed - TPW Certified For Info: 361-727-0045 USGC/TPW licensed. State and federal hunting; hunting & fishing licenses. Completely insured with accident & liability. Full time professional guide. Come gig/ spear flounder in the Rockport and Port Aransas area with one of the only flounder gigging guides on the Texas coast. 22' flat bottom aluminum boat, complete w/ air motor. Special Floundering "Underwater Lights" |
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2-15-10 The flounder are back! The 2009 Fall flounder run was one for the record books, even though we could not gig during November and had lower limits(5). It seems as though the flounder had a very good year up and down the coast, as was evidenced by the strong run of large fish into late December. We think that the lower limits and gig closure during November is going to pay off in a big way in the next few years. These new regulations will likely make it much easier to find quality flounder during the spring and summer, and we are already starting to see the positive effects. After a month of not going gigging, we finally fired the boat up last night to see if any flounder have showed up in the back bays. It was a simple scouting trip to look for fish and see if recent rains have had any effect on water clarity in our usual springtime spots. In the past, these mid-February scouting trips have usually resulted in seeing many undersized flounder (non-spawners) with an occasional keeper fish. We pulled up to our first spot of the night, and started the airMotor to get us the remaining 100 yards to shore. Before we made it to the bank we had seen 3 keeper size flounder and several fresh beds. As we made it into the shallow water near the bank, we realized we had stumbled on the mother load... There was a flounder about every 30 feet down the bank, with countless fresh beds all around. In the first 5 minutes, we saw approx 20 keeper flounder, with most being 16-18". Since we were strictly scouting, we decided to not to gig anything, but just to look at potential areas for upcoming trips. A few minutes later, we decided to leave the area to see if the same thing was happening in other locales. We made about a 20 minute boat ride to another shallow cove and pulled in on the bank. Here, we did not see any flounder for about 10 minutes, but the first one we came across was at least 25". We continued down the shoreline for another 15 minutes, seeing six more flounder that were all over 20" (no small flounder in sight!). It was great seeing all those big flounder back in the bay doing there thing, and even better knowing that the population may be coming back in a big way...But, it was very hard to resist sticking a gig in them... By the way, we have just finished construction of our new flounder boat. It offers the latest in customer comfort and safety, including: full interior LED lighting, swivel bucket seats with airRide, custom memory foam front seat with backrest, new handrails near console and rear seating areas, and a fully enclosed back deck. The boat is powered by a new 115 Evinrude E-tec and a new 20hp. Honda airMotor with a new quiet-tip prop and custom mufflers.
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TC CHARTERS PH: (361) 729-3884 Visit my Web Site Captain Coufal will always work hard to ensure that your outing will be a memorable one. He can accommodate all styles of fishing ranging from: wading with artificial lures, drifting with live bait, or anchoring up to ambush schooling redfish. From the most seasoned veteran angler to the first time novice, TC Charters looks forward to serving you!
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