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2/2 - Offshore Port Aransas Deep Sea Headquarters - Dan tells me the 12hr trip yesterday everyone got limits of amberjack, and some warsaw grouper and vermillion snapper. The 8hr trip on Wednesday produced limits of King Mackerel, vermillion snapper and one 200lb hammerhead was caught.
12/1 12 hr Deep Sea Headquarters trip 11/20 Robul and his party ventured out and got Vermillion Snapper, Kingfish and Sharks. There was one undersized Amberjack reported as well. Weekend prospects look bad with 6 foot plus seas through Monday.
11/3 Deep Sea HQ - The 12hr trips are reporting Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Vermillion Snapper, Amberjack, Barracuda and Triggerfish. The 8hr trips are getting Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Vermillion Snapper and a few Mahi Mahi. The longrange trips to the floaters are doing well on Yellowfin and Blackfin Tuna, Amberjack, Rainbow Runners and Grouper.
Port A Jetties - Bull Reds have been excellent when there has been no red tide present.
10/18
Port Aransas North Jetty 10/15 - 16 via Frederick Dunphey - Arrived Friday, hit the beach at access rd1 drove to the south jetty no sign of red tide. Fished the north jetty Saturday & Sunday no fish kill. Little coughing. Fishing was a little slow. We were able catch a few. Some first time catches were a snapper & grouper. My friend Rob's group found the smacks. Also managed some bulls. Left on Sunday notice fish kill at Packery & JFK. I hope it end's soon. Here's some pic's of our weekend.
9/29 Kingfishing is King - Kingfishing remains the big star at Port A just offshore on the 8hr trips. Redfish, Bull Reds, Jack Crevalle, Spanish Mackerel, Trout and Tarpon all in play at both the North and South Jetties. The 12 hr trip on Deep Sea Headquarters got Vermillion Snapper, Amberjacks and Shark fishing with Capt. Clark on 9/24
9/2Tropical Storm Lee - May upset things with some rough seas forecast for offshore. Meanwhile the place to be for Kings has been at the Jetties. Silver King filed this report from the North Jetty 8/28
Well after a long run of skunked trips we finally land one! Had another monster king break off at the leader since the slide line got tangled with the anchor rod on a mega first run. Also broke off big fish in the channel twice because of line failure. (WILL BE THE LAST TIME I USE 20# TACKlE IN PORT A) My cousin jumped a 4.5 BEAUTY tarpon that threw the hook with ease on a full body arial. Dove for a bit but the water clarity was crap. Saw a couple drum caught and one bull red. Fun day but the sun was hell.
47 inches
8/25 Kingfish in ! - Captain Dean "Slowride" Thomas and his lovely wife Jennifer enjoyed good kingfish action at the Port A Jetties on the boat. (photo courtesy "My Darling Ben" Studios) 8/24
Meanwhile offshore the kingfish action is also hot Dan at Deep Sea Headquarters - Says, the 8hr trips have been getting a couple of nice ling per trip in addition to limits of king mackerel. The atlantic sharpnose are also starting to show up. The 12hr trips are reporting Amberjack, limits of vermillion snapper, african pompano, and king mackerel too!
8/11 Weekend Looking Good - Tarpon have been rolling around the jetties and lots of been hooked and a few landed. Meanwhile the 8hr and 12hr trips have been producing well with Kingfish, Atlantic Sharpnose, Ling and even Blackfin tuna on yesterday's 8hr trip. To the Kings and Tuna, add Vermillion snapper and quite a few Mahi Mahi for the 12hr trips.
Here's a recent shot from an 8hr trip recently
7/28 Don ruins the weekend - No boats will be going out etc with the threat of high seas, wind and rain. Meanwhile the fishing has been good. A recent 8hr trip on Deep Sea Headquarters with Capt. Schoolcraft brought in Kings, Atlantic Sharpnose shark and Mahi Mahi
7/15 Last weekend for Red Snapper - The season ends at 12:01 Am on July 19th so go get them this weekend or Monday. The forecast is calling for 3 foot seas Saturday through Monday! Meanwhile expect tarpon rolling at the jetties and kings and spanish mackerel to be around in addition to the trout and redfish. Deepsea Headquarters reports, Snapper, King Mackerel, Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, with Ling and Mahi showing up too!
7/7 Deep Sea Roundup this weekend - And the fishing has been good. Lots of snapper, ling, kingfish, Mahi Mahi, and even some Wahoo. The blue water is close too. Great conditions expected with no worse than two to four foot seas all weekend! Click here for more info on the 76th Annual Deep Sea Round Up
6/23 Port A - Dan at Deep Sea Headquarters says the 8hr trips are getting Kingfish, snapper, and atlantic sharpnose sharks, a few barracuda mixed in along with African Pompano. The 12 hr trips getting mostly the same thing with vermillion snapper, grouper, ling and dog snapper also in the mix.
Below is a recent 8hr catch on the Gulf Eagle
6/9 Port A South Jetty - Jay Gardner caught and released this Tarpon after an epic 25 minute back and forth battle that nearly spooled his reel. He said he got it on a sex lure :)
6/7
12Hr Pelican with Corpusfishing.com 6/4 - We had an awesome trip this
past Saturday. We laughed, we cried, we hurled, not me but some
of them did in the "sporty" seas. A great time was
had by all. Thanks to CCBOBBER for handling the details, payments
and reservations. Thanks to David Sikes for coming along to document.
Here's a report from NaplesJohn Yes, Tyler really caught a fish or two. The only fishing pics I took were during the "Crazy Snapper" bite. Clearly red snapper are almost extinct, as it took about 15 minutes to finish off limits. What would be funs would be catch and release on those suicidal fish as they came to the surface eating chum that the crew was throwing (not to be confused with a few others who chummed on and off throughout the day).
Getting Ready
Leaving the harbor
Sunrise
Fishing (look Tyler did hook a few:-)
Meat Haul
Jebsays
had these pics Here's a few:
6/7
Mando get some Jacks at the North Jetty - Made a trip to the jetty Saturday morning. Lots of good n bad going on for me. First saw the Corpus fishing crew heading offshore thinking "must be nice" Then proceeded to gaff my self (minor cut) then fell on the on the slippery jetty (major pain) I tried to land on my hands falling face first but my left hand slipped out as well on the algee and I felt my shoulder POP! When I got up it Popped back in place but it didn't feel good. The wrest of the day went ok for fishing. Nothing to take home but the jacks were fun anyways. Wish they could of stepped aside for one minute and let a king hit our bait. You can tell from the pics my throbbing shoulder and wrist didn't bother me fighting fish but that night and the last couple of days have sucked!
Little rough at first.
Fish on a yozuri n Trout rod 12#mono Daiwa bg15
Release
Hooked up from the slide...live mullet
My Girl Nicole getting her biggest fish. She got spooled on a shimano 2500 spinner twice. First time the knot at the leader broke, second time the knot at the spool broke. Figured I had to let here break in my newest rod. (quantum 70 w/65# PP n 100# jiggin stick) That fish got whooped on the beast combo. 40" jack
Sabiki Catching runner for bait
Next run on the slide with a live pinfish
Another jack...my eyes fooled me. Thought for sure I had seen a king strike. oh well. My biggest for the day 40"
Perfect day in Port A
4 jacks caught (1 kept)
2 lost due to being spooled :(
Saw a 4' king fly out of the water
No tarpon sightings
No reds or anything else caught by anyone that i saw
Have some med. tackle at least so you dont end up with a empty spool like this...
6/2 Red Snapper Season opened in Federal Waters June 1st - The weather looks good for the weekend opener. Expect King Mackerel on the rocks and plenty of Red Snapper to hit the docks. Mahi and Blackfin Tuna, Vermillion Snapper, Grouper and Sharks should all be possible too! Here is a recent photo from the Kingfisher's 12hr trip with Captain Horner
5/6 Port A - The headboats have had a difficult time getting out with the winds lately. In the meantime, redfish and sheepshead still reported at the South Jetty. Trout, redfish and spanish mackerel reported on the North Jetty. East Flats is producing redfish.
4/25
Port A North Jetty 4/22 via WHAT - Never been to Port A North Jetty but due to the seaweed at PINS I decided this would be a better spot especially since the wind was forecasted to be in the mid 20s.
We couldn't find any mullet! I tried looking for mullet and was unsuccessful. I even stoped at a few bait shops. Nothing! I debated on getting some live shrimp but decided not to (big mistake). So we just headed out with some crabs and dead shrimp. Got to the North Jettty a little after 10am. The surf was pretty much flat after the breakers. The wind gave us a nice breeze, didnt really feel like 20+mph winds but it very well could have been bc the wind was coming in from the SE which was towards our back. No weed what so ever on the surf side. The channel was rough and had spots of seaweed in it. Didn't fishing the channel at all.
Got my bait rod in the water as soon as i got there and started catching some whitings, bluefish, piggy perch and catfish. We used the whiting and bluefish for cut bait. The bite was steady on cut bait, i got robbed quite a bit. They would take it and spit the hook. Finally i hooked on to something, it was a sharpnose i think. Just shy of 3ft.
While i was getting my bait stollen this guy next to us was bringing in slot reds, HUGE trout and spanish macks using live shrimp on a lemon float! He must have limited out on reds and trout from what i saw.
After a while we moved to the shack which was about 100 yards back down the jetty. Not even 10 min after we set up i had a big hit on cut whiting, just after i tightend the drag and set the hook my line snaps! I was supprised bc i used 30lb mono and 100lb mono leaders. It looked like it snaped at the line due to wear and tear. I was upset but even more pumped up knowing that the fish are still biting. Not much longer after this my cousin caught his first bull red and personal best.
Joey enjoying his first bull red!
Overall it was a nice trip. Even though i had a lot of missed runs and a break off i had a really good time out there. Looking forward to coming back!
4/7 Port A -The wind has made things tough offshore but when they have been getting out Kingfish are biting at the rocks. A few Wahoo have been taken as well. TPW says
- Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on gold spoons and small topwaters. Black drum are good in the Shrimpboat Channel on crabs and finger mullet. Redfish, trout and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp.
3/25 - Winds have hampered offshore fishing until recently. King Mackerel are biting on the rocks. Amberjacks and wahoo have been caught. Vermillion Snapper are getting tough to catch due to the large amount of snapper present. Expect Kings to show near the jetties when the water greens up. Jack Crevalle should be at the Jetties now. Sheepshead, Trout and Redfish still being caught on both jetties mainly on live shrimp under lemon rigs.
Look for the spring migration of flounder in places like Charlie's Pasture and Roberts Point Park along the bulkhead. Use soft plastics tipped with shrimp or fishbites and jig along the walls.
2/24 - Redfish, Trout, Sheepshead reported on the North Jetty with most coming on live shrimp. Trout and reds on soft plastic. South Jetty, Sheepshead, Redfish and Black Drum. On a recent 24 hr trip 2/20,the Gulf Eagle got Blackfin Tuna, Amberjack, Grouper, King Mackerel and Vermillion Snapper.
1/19 - Redfish are being caught on the edge of the channel along the areas around Charlie's Pasture and Robert's Park. Redfish and Sheepshead are being caught off of the South Jetty. Offshore King Fishing is good out on the rocks. Longer trips over 24 hrs reporting good catches of Blackfin and Yellowfin Tuna and some Mahi Mahi.
11/5 12hr Trip 10/30 on Deep Sea Headquarters - The Kingfisher with Capt. Horner caught Red Snapper, Vermillion Snapper, Lane Snapper, Trigger fish, Atlantic Sharpnose shark.
Bull Reds and Jacks with a few tarpon around the jetties.
10/25 - 10/21 8hr report on Deep Sea Headquarters - -Knowing the weekend waves would get to high for fishing, Fabs, Mardi, Megan, Veronica, John and I headed out of Port A to fish. The shrimpers are way south so we headed north to some nearshore rigs where we caught a nice assortment of fish, Lings, King Mackerel, Gulf Trout, Lane Snapper, Blacktip, Bonnetnose and Sharpnose Shark. shhhh we even got hardheads and gafftops! Thanks to the crew for a great trip. Thanks to Mardi for "chumming" up the fish for us.
10/15 Federal Snapper Season on Fri - Sunday thru Nov 22nd - Deep Sea Headquarters got this nice load of Snapper and Atlantic Sharpnose Shark with Capt Marv Horner on the Kingfisher on the 8hr trip 10/10
10/7 Federal Snapper Time on Weekends - This weekend looks great. The bite is on and there have been mahi, ling, and atlantic sharpnose sharks caught too!
Here
is a report from JayandCoyote from 10/2 - Went out on one of the offshore boats from Port A on Saturday. The trip was a gift from my wife for my birthday. Unfortunatley this boat is not a site sponsor so they will remain nameless but you can figure it out from the pics. We were going to go out the last weekend in September but we put it off due to heavy seas and the red snapper season starting back up in October. This was my first time on one of these boats going offshore. I was expecting something like SPJ or Bob Hall packed with people and lots of tangled lines. The fisrt stop was the worst stop with kids on both sides of us yelling "I think I have something" as their lines went down the side of the boat sweeping all the other lines into a giant bird nest. I don't think any of them tried to even reel any line in since they were just too excited and did not know what to do. Anyway the entire boat limited out on red snapper. There were also some lane snapper caught along with a few bonetthead sharks. One of the bonettheads was caught by my wife. She really enjoyed that and made sure to tell everybody when we got back that I did not catch one. I did see one trout, one pompano and a hardhead (caught by some guy from New York) on the boards when we came back. The heavy fish of the day turned out to be a ling that went ~13.5lbs follwed by a red snapper at ~12.5lbs.
Heading out in the morning.
Boats at North Jetty in morning.
Water color change coming back in.
Still a few boats around the North Jetty.
Lot of people on South Jetty.
Somebody must eat a lot of fish!
9/29
Frederick Dunphy filed this report from 9/20 - Weather was bad,fishing was good. Caught & released 16 oversized reds between the 4 of us.
Kept some slot reds & trout for the freezer.
9/24 Federal Snapper Season to Open again in October - Supplemental Recreational Red Snapper Season to Open October 1, 2010
At
the request of the Gulf Council, NOAA Fisheries Service will
reopen the recreational red snapper season for eight consecutive
weekends (Friday through Sunday), beginning October 1, 2010.
The re-opening is effective each weekend from 12:01 a.m. local
time, Friday through 12:01 a.m. local time Monday. The fishing
season will close for the remainder of 2010 at 12:01 a.m. local
time, November 22, 2010.
Anglers are reminded that current fishing regulations apply.
Anglers may keep two red snapper per person, per day, that measure
a minimum of 16” total length. In addition, anglers must
have in possession a venting tool and dehooking device when fishing
for Gulf reef fish. The use of non-stainless steel circle hooks
is also required for fishermen using natural baits. For-hire
captain and crew are not permitted to keep red snapper.
Charters have had a rough time getting out due to the monsoons and tropical systems in the gulf however lots of slot and oversized reds, spanish mackerel, jacks and a few tarpon have been caught.
9/8 8/27 Jetty Red Report via Evets on the Message Board -
Tom McKinley's first ever red caught using live mullet on the bottom 8-27-10. South jetty, Port Aransas, Texas. 44 1/4 inches, 35 Lbs. Tom is an accomplished fly fisherman who used to work for and guide for Cabelas. He also likes Texas fishing, now. He now lives in Odessa, Texas, was in Port A with co-workers fishing on the Jetty for 3 days.
Recent Offshore Reports via Deep Sea Headquarters - Captian Keith Schoolcraft on the 12hr Gulf Eagle Trip 8/28 reported Vermillion Snapper, Kings, Ling and Amberjack
8/19
Epic Aging Rockstar Offshore Report from Yours Truly! - Caller Times Outdoor Editor/writer, David Sikes is a buddy of mine and usually at least once a year he invites me to go on a fishing outing that becomes a story in the paper. Well this Monday was it and it was an offshore trip out of Port Aransas aboard the "All Good" a 43' Mikelson sport fisher, captained this day by Jim Harmon, also on board for captain and deck hand duties was Andy Eccleston.
Also on board Ron Henry Strait, former Outdoors Editor for the San Antonio Express News, and area guide, Captain Scott Nixon.
We headed out just after 6 am and began fishing after a short run of 18 or so miles near a shrimp boat that was still pulling gear. We tried some bonito strips in the drift area behind but had no takers.
Then we picked off some Chicken Dolphin - small Mahi Mahi that were gathered near a large tree limb. The action was fast and furious so I skipped the photos until David Sikes picked up this small King Mackerel.
Then it was off a few miles more to fish under a Shrimp Boat.
David hooked up with a Little Tunny also called a "Bonito" and then I fought a large Jack Crevalle which we eventually brought in.
Then it was further offshore to trade for some bycatch.
Here is Captain Scott Nixon enjoying the view now close to 30 miles offshore.
We then retired to the comfortable air conditioned salon as we headed further offshore to fish an offshore rig for some trolling.
Ron is hooked up as a fish darted out from the shadow of the rig and ate one of the trolled lures.
Nice Barracuda!
Nothing else hit so we cruised to a rip and trolled near a patch of sargassum where we got into more small Mahi Mahis which we caught on trout rods.
The camera doesn't do it justice (no polarized filter) but if you look carefully you can see other mahis under the boat. We caught many here including some 5 lbers.
Then it was off to another area to pick up more species because the goal was to get as many species, other than Red Snapper since the season is closed to show David's readers that there are plenty of other "fish in the sea" to catch.
At this spot we chummed with some bycatch and Captain Scott hooked up this Bonito.
8/12 Lots of King Mackerel - The 8hr trip on Deep Sea Headquarters had a great day fishing for Kings. The 12hr trip Saturday produced Kings, Vermillion Snapper, a Wahoo, and a 238lb Hammerhead
7/29 - Reported good fishing on the 8hr trip on the Gulf Eagle with Captain Keith Schoolcraft 7/27 Ling and King Mackerel
7/23 Good Fishing Early in the Week But Watch out for Bonnie - Seas will be 4 to 6 feet tonight(Fri) Snapper Season ends in Federal Waters at midnight 7/23.
Deep Sea Headquarters reported good fishing earlier this week. Captain Keith Schoolcraft on the 8hr Gulf Eagle trip on 7/19 Caught Red Snapper, Kingfish,
Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Jack Crevelle .
7/15 Deep Sea Roundup 75 a success! - In spite of Friday's dicey weather the Deep Sea Roundup came in with flying colors. Here's a report via Extremecoast.com from Gabe who was on the boat that won the prize for the biggest Catch and Release Blue Marlin
Here are the Deep Sea Roundup winners for 2010
Meanwhile fishing has been great when the boats have been able to get out. Here is the catch from the 12 hr trip with Captain Clark on the New Pelican from Deep Sea Headquarters on 7/11 Amberjack, Dorado, Kingfish, Shark, Red Snapper, Tiggerfish, Vermillion Snapper
6/24 Port A - It was slow for the most part on the Jetties - Wallhanger had this Father's Day Report - Fished the North Jetties on Sunday at the shark camp. Fished from 6:30 to 6 pm. Caught two pup sharks and one trout. Fish were not biting at all. Full moon may have something to do with it. Talked to some guys that said they ran into some overnighters on Sunday morning that had lots of shark action. Some they couldn't get in to see how big they were.
On the 19th there were some Reds caught on live perch.
Still getting Kings, Snapper, Ling, Sharpnose sharks and a few Amberjacks offshore.
6/7 Offshore 6/4 with Deep Sea Headquarters - Captain Keith Schoolcraft and the anglers aboard the Gulf Eagle enjoyed a nice 8hr trip which included catches of Red Snapper, Ling, King Mackerel, Jack Crevalle and a Hammerhead shark.
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