7/18 Upper Laguna from Capt. Mike Singleterry - ULM is still HOT....lot's of trout on the grasslines on piggy's. There has also been a few redfish and flounder mixed in. Some pretty good schools of redfish are starting to show up on the shallow flats. They are eatin' gold spoons.
Mike
The API tournament will be held out of Bluff Landing this Saturday so expect lots of traffic. Up north in Rockport the Texas Redfish Series will be held so expect more traffic in the East Flats and Shamrock areas.
7/10 Upper Laguna from Capt. Mike Singleterry - The rain slowed things down but he says "Back to normal today...Still catching fish with croaker and piggy's in 2' to 3' of water on grassy drop-offs and sand holes.
Mike
6/27 Ironmanstan's Backyard Report - I took the day off, what better day than a Friday. Took my bride to breakfast went home hooked up the yacht and headed to Laguna shores marina. The guys told me the fish were on the other side of Pita Island. So I told them I'd be back by 9 am they replied "whatever". So thats where I pointed my bow as soon as I got there I noticed the mullet were exploding everywhere I'm talking big booms. My little friend said "this is the spot". First cast landed a 231/2 in. trout. The reds didnt want to play so with the help of my friend I was able to land a 27 7/8 red and then a 27 in. That was fine with me ....back at the dock at 9:15.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Sorry little friend, its just never your day.
The red with no dot has 2 on the other side. neat huh?
As always...I LIKE MINE FRIED.....with fries please. Now where's that Capt. Morgans....ahhhh there you are.6/26 Robul's Laguna Report - Fortunatly at the last minute I got off work so I could spend some time on the water with my good friends..
This time around Dave caught most of the fish but we still had a good day. I ended up with 3 reds 2 of them being right under slot then one that was 26" and 6 lbs.
Dave ended up with 3 fish ranging from 22 " - 26"
Cody caught 1 red about 26" a big huge stingray and many o Arius felis
Dave out there Throwin the shedog
First Keeper of the day goes to Cody
Second Keeper of the Day goes to Dave.. Notice me in the background my pole folds when dave photos his..
This is the one I landed right after Dave's first
Daves Second Red
Daves Third Red
I was sloshing around the flats myself and I happen to see a Very large turtle that Looked dead.. I called the Marine Biologist over ( Dave ) to take a look. After Closer inspection the turtle was indeed alive. He brought it over to the boat to Make sure everything was OK because it was kind of leaned over to one side. Dave wasnt for sure but the turtle was Ill. We snapped off a couple of pics and Dave was going to call the sick turtle in when he got home with its location so a Professional could check it out. He said it was probably many many years old and might just be old age..
heres some pics
6/18 Spotted Red - Amie Clanton caught this 27 and 7/8 inch Redfish with over 650 spots fishing 6/17 in the Upper Laguna Madre with Captain Alan White.
This one is going to the taxidermist.
6/16 ULM Report 6/12 - 6/14 from Capt. Singleterry - Well for those of you who don't mind throwing bait and catching limits
of trout the KRS been real good the past 6 days. We have been fishing the deeper grass and sand hole with outstanding results.
The water conditions are pretty good or at least alot better than they were
a couple of weeks ago. It seems the trout are moving to the south from
Corpus Christi Bay as I have found them a little further south each day.
Lots of fish in the 17" to 23" range with a good fish now and again.
I've been using croakers and piggy's for the best results. The next three days the bite should be later in the morning because of the full moon
but should get back to being an early bite by the weekend.
I've got the next three days off!
Mike www.texasfishingguides.org/topwater6/15 Father's Day with Ironmanstan and Tyler - We shoved off from the laguna shores marina just as old man sun was waking up. The winds calmed down just for the dads today after blowing for what seem like an eternity. The water was clear almost everywhere with scattered patches of floating grass. We started off throwing topwaters with insant pops and swirls, and splashes but no real takers. So we started throwing plastics and that was the ticket so was a little gold spoon.
Wham bam fish on!
Get the net, get the net!
took him long enough to get the net.
its whats for dinner.
happy fathers day thats what i'm talking about.
ditto......
Its was my first trip with TT he fishes hard, and is great company in the boat,what more can i say.6/12 Upper Laguna from Capt. Mike Singleterry - The past 3 weeks have been absolutely great in the ULM. Water conditions are starting to get alot better and it seems as the water gets green the
trout have gotten hungry.
Start fishing the drop-offs along the Intralcoastal, Beecrofts Hole,
and south of Bird Island. I have been using live croaker and catching limits early, but I have heard reoprts of some nice trout caught on swim-
baits...pumpkinseed/chartruese.
There have been some redfish on the flats around Sulpher Road and
the Kennedy Shoreline, if you want to travel that far.
Mike
_________________
www.texasfishingguides.org/topwater6/10 Upper Laguna Solo Report from IslandMike - After sleeping in a little, I decided to make my way out for some drifts not far from the house. The water was very clear in some areas and a little murky in others, but I did not see any water that I didn't want to fish. Threw a mix of topwaters and spoons.....surprise surprise......gold was the choice today. I had to work for em. I threw some really long drifts and was able to pick up some nice ones. Learned how to use the timer my camera so even though I was alone I got a decent pose pic for you guys, which I thought would be cool.
First red. 6lbs and all muscle. Must have taken me about 6-7 min to land it.
And the release.
#2 was a little over 4.5lbs
Had a nice little trout too.
And this is what some of the water looked like.
I also had an undersize red and a few skippies. Not a bad few hours. All fish released.6/8 The Backyard South from Ironmanstan - We left the dock at 0600, idled out past the Kennedy causeway headed south. In just the wink of an eye the 250 e-tec had us up on top an we were blasting through the water like a hot knife in sweet butter. The chop was lite and the morning air felt good and the sweat was quickly dried from our brows. After a more than brisk ride it was anchors aweigh and tite lines for the rest of the morn. The crew was a routy bunch consisting of, IMS, Drake, Texmike, and the good with a touch of bad Capt.Mike, better known as just Capt.Mike. OH,and lets don't forget that swashbuckling Captain Morgan he was there onboard in spirit form. All the trout were caught on croaker which was fine with me especially since i'm a lure tosser. It was nice to just kick back and fish and have a good time. I can't wait to do it again.
This frigate bird was good company and fun to watch but hard to photograph.
what a crew
git er done.
a real hungry crew here but very respectful.
28 a good box of fish tacos.
Laguna Madre Huevos wheres the bacon an biscuits?
The final results game over @11:59 home in time for lunch.5/6 - Upper Laguna and Land Cut Pics from Capt. Bill Sheka - The bait of choice has been croaker. Here is Colonel Pete Perkins with a Landcut Trout
And Don Lewis with another nice one.
Brittney Russel with another solid Land Cut Trout.
And finally P.J. Pfeiffer and Capt Bill Sheka with a 29" Trophy from the Laguna.
4/9 Robul's Upper Laguna Report via the message board - Woke up at 5 am to hit the water for a few hours before work. All the fishing was done on the north side of causeway. We hit up a few places and got a few keeper drum.
1-17 "
1-20"
1-24"
I hooked into a larger upper slot drum probably close to 28" got her to the boat after a good littlle fight and got the hook came out right at the boat. I planned on letting it go anyhow so no bigggy
Probably got about 10 rat reds most 15-18" all released.
Heres the only pic we snapped off..
It was pretty clowdy with a strong se wind but still a good morning on the water. We searched the flats for some reds but had no luck with that..
4/3 Laguna Report via Capt. Bill Sheka Jr. - Fishing has been good with catches of trout and redfish and the trout spawn is on and looks like it is on time. Totally different than last year. The tides are still super low but it has not been too much of a problem other than trying to be careful on running aground or over some of the rocks. The tide has been below normal for over 4 weeks and we should see an increase in water level soon. Shrimp are also showing up and some birds working over the schools pushing them to the surface. Here is a picture of my clients from yesterday with 30 trout , one red . Pictured left to right is Dwight Stone, Kevin King Jr. Capt. Bill Sheka Jr., Kevin King all from Austin.
3/27 Baffin Bash this weekend 3/28 and 3/29 at Bluffs Landing Upper Laguna Report from 3/25 from - All we needed was to get a little water back in the ULM. Lots of trout today on soft plastics. My clients caught fish from Bird Island all the way back just off Laguna Shores. The only bait we threw was a glow/chartreuse Tidal Surge tail with a 1/8 oz jighead. Caught fish in 2' of water to around 4' of water. The females were all brite in color and did have eggs, so it the weather holds we should have some real good fishing coming up.
They did keep their 10 fish but released alot more.
The water conditions are pretty good from Emmords back to the Boat Hole
despite the 30 mph winds.Bayslammer caught these nice reds 3/27 prefishing for this weekend's tournament. He says the wind has slowed the fishing. Don't tell these reds that!
3/20 Upper Laguna from Capt. Mike Singleterry - The wind has kept most boats tied up this week altough today the weather was outstanding and the fish were on the bite. The birds have been working in Emmords and south of Bird Island on the flats trout fishing was pretty good today with some good numbers of females being caught. Most of the fish were caught on live shrimp under a popping cork and a glow/chartreuse soft plastic rigged with a 1/8 oz jig head. The brown shrimp are moving to Corpus Christi Bay and are thick under the Kennedy Bridge at night, with this and some warmer weather fishing should really start to pick up. On a brite note, yesterday a friend of mine fished Lake Padre. Using cut bait and live shrimp. For you that enjoy catching and eating Golden Croaker...there here. He had a box of croaker from 1 /2 to 3 lbs. in about an 1 hour. I haven't been down south in a week or so but talked with a couple of guides that burned the gas to go today. I was told the water conditions were pretty bad, mostly turned over water from the high winds. those of you looking for the Big Ugly...Sharon at Clems said there are still a few big drum being caught off the pier late at night. There has also been some slot drum coming from the Comperta Pass area in Baffin on live shrimp around the deep rocks.
