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Port Aransas Fishing Report May 5, 2008 OFFSHORE- Some of the boats are making it out offshore and are bringing in some good catches. Over the weekend a few boats made it out before the front came through. Captain Peter Young on the Mo Azul and Captain Jim Harmon on the Bad Boy made it out Saturday and got into a lot of fish. They caught amberjack, kingfish, baracuda, jack crevelle, ling and released a lot of legal snapper. One AJ on the Bad Boy made it to 40lbs as well as a 20lb ling. THey both reported numerous undersized amberjacks as well. Nate Forbes on the Iced Down had a nearshore trip yesterday in the blustery winds and caught an 80 lb sandbar shark along with some snapper. Word is that the water is green and that there are some decent rips starting to show up. INSHORE- It looks like the trout have shown up. Captain Mitchell Collins had a few trips this last week and was able to catch the clients both redfish and trout. He did mention that it was easier for the reds one day, and then slowed on the reds the next. The trout he was getting into averaged 18-20 inches. Captain Justin Cortez got took some clients fishing down to the land cut and brought home 27 trout, a black drum and a flounder. I know of a few guides that will fish the Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay and landcut so let me know if you want to get out down south. Tray Clark of Backstabber guide has been out flounder gigging and has been quite successful. He has been getting 20-30 fish when the weather cooperates along with some sheephead. Most of the fish are 2-3 lbs. April 04, 2008 OFFSHORE - Things are starting to change offshore. I have heard of a little bit of prettier water just inshore the rocks. There was a report of a big scattered rip between the 26 mile rigs and the rocks that had some wahoo on it. Nate Forbes on the Iced Down went out scouting this week and found some good Warsaw grouper and had a good trip overall. Looking at some sea surface temperature charts, the first push of warm water (74-75degrees) seems to be around the Dumping grounds about 75 miles from Port Aransas. I have noticed that this normally doesn't show up until May the past 5 years. It may be an early start to the season. Speaking of an early start...it seems that people are booking their trips early this year, so if you you are planning on getting out on the weekend, you may want to give Texas Charter Fleet a call to set up your trip. Inshore- Larry Kelley went out a few days this week and gave me the first solid report of trout. He caught a limit of trout for 2 people on Wednesday in about an hour and a half. The next day the wind picked up and the trout shut off. He also reported that the spring tides are here and that you need to check out some of the "new water" areas for the spread out fish. Flounder Gigging- Had the pleasure of getting out gigging with Tray Clark of Backstabber Guide service, once again he did not disappoint. In a quick hour and a half, we managed our limit of 10 sheephead and added 14 flounder. It should get better for the next couple of months as the flounder start coming back in the bays. As far as the sheephead, there were hundreds of them, so you can take your time and wait for some of the larger ones. As always, feel free to email or call if you have any questions or need to book a fishing trip.
March 24, 2008 OFFSHORE - The boats are starting to get into some fish out there, at least some good meat fish. The Iced Down made it out a couple of days this last week once the waves and winds subsided. He managed to get a mako shark on back to back days along with some kingfish and snapper the first day. On the second day, he went out further than the 26's and got limits of amberjack, 7 grouper, An African Pompano and some nice snapper to finish off the day.
All the fishing reports that I got said that the water was green and cold (66-67 degrees). Capt. Matt Haworth, who runs the private boat Madera, got into some blackfin at an early bite out deep at a rig and then pulled baits out to Dutra with no luck. He also managed some grouper. The Hale Yeah (Ronnie Hale) had a good weekend with a swordfish, tuna, and grouper. Congrats on the swordfish!! Inshore- I am finally starting to hear of some trout starting to show up with the warming water. Got some reports from the guides that they were getting into them around Traylor Island and redfish around Hog Island. Still a lot of black drum and sheep head out there too when the currents slow around the structure in the channel.
March 3, 2008 OFFSHORE-- Fishing offshore of Port Aransas has been good as long as the weather cooperates. This is usually the case for this time of year. I spoke with Capt. Nate Forbes of the Iced Down about his last couple of trips out. On the ICed Down, he was able to get some Amberjack, grouper and a 30lb ling. He did not have any luck on the wahoo but that can change literally overnight. He also ran a couple of party boat trips and they were able to get into some good numbers of blackfin tuna. He thinks that they should still be out there. If the blackfin tuna are there, then the possibility of hooking into a mako shark should be good. Inshore-- I got some good info from a couple of captains on the recent inshore fishing around Port Aransas. Capt. Frank Eicholz told me that there have been some good numbers of redfish and black drum around Hog Island, and plenty of sheephead at the jetties if th wind is not blowing too hard. These fish have been caught using shrimp. He said shrimp is fine to use due to the lack of pinfish (baitstealers). Capt. Ed Woodhouse said that the reds are showing up in the flats with the warmer weather/water. He has been able to trick them into biting with gold spoons, perch and shrimp. He is working areas of bait, mainly schools of mullet to catch his fish. He said there is a large amount of bait up on the flats. International--Just returned with a group from Quepos/Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica for a fun filled fishing week. The sailfish bite picked up as we were down there with the first two days releasing 3-4 sails a boat and seeing about 12-15. The sails weren't real excited to eat, but luckily some were hungry. The third day of fishing led to the release of 9 sailfish out of about 25 in the baits. There was also some yellowfin tuna in the 40-50# class range caught. The highlight of the fishing trip was the release of a black marlin estimated at 500lbs or better. It was a 2.5hr fight with only one jump. Below are some pics of the trip.
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