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8/7/07- General Offshore - Offshore fishing continues to stay hot. Last week the Git Er Dun managed to get into some of the blackfin tuna behind some shrimpers. The impressive thing was that some of these blackfin were between 25-28lbs. He also got a handful of ling, a shark, and a couple of chicken dolphin. Overall, the meat/bottom fishing has been very good. Boats that have been trolling have been catching numerous dolphin and wahoo on weedlines from 70 -300 fathoms. Billfishing boats have been reporting enormous amounts of bait just about everywhere. It looks like we could be getting into a breat billfish bite for the next couple of months as long as the weather holds out.

Down south at TIFT the fishing was a bit slow. It did seem that there were a fair amount of white marlin being caught. There was a lot of grass offshore the canyons, so there will be plenty of weedlines in the future off of Port Aransas. I fished on the Cherokee and below is a picture of the white marlin that we released.



7/31/07 - General Offshore- After a wet start to the summer, the fishing has been nothing short of excellent the last few weeks. The captains have been catching just about every species available. Both Iced Down and High Bid have stated that fishing is wide open. On yesterday's trip, Aaron Chambers on the High Bid caught good "turkey" dolphin, limits of kings, snapper, ling and blackfin tuna behind some of the working shrimp boats. Capt. Nate on the Iced Down has been seeing some similar catches. Nate also fished the Rockport Offshore Challenge and managed to catch a sailfish, white marlin and missed 3 other billfish. He also weighed in a 53lb kingfish, tuna, wahoo, snapper and dolphin.



Butch Findley on the El Gato brought in 180lbs of dolphin last week on a solid troliing trip. That seems to be what a lot of the boats have been having luck with, probably due to the amount of grass and rips offshore. One weedline that has been very productive for decent dolphin and kingfish has been as close as 15 miles. The water is reported to be very nice in shore as well as offshore.

The shrimp boats have been producing some blackfin tuna and the charters are taking advantage of it. The charters have been getting their chum from the inshore boats at anchor, and then hitting up the dragging boats offshore.

It seems like the bill fishing finally hit full stride this last week for the ROC. There were many blue and sails caught with some whites thrown in. The billfish were caught just about everywhere, from Dutra to the fairway to Colt and as far as the floater 120 miles off of South Padre. There were also a large number of big dolphin (30lbs+) brought in with the winning dolphin being 52lbs. The large wahoo came in at 63lbs. The large Yellowfin was caught by the Wet & Ready at 167lbs, heck of a catch.

There are now 2 more very nice boats that are available to charter, the Mo Azul (43' Cabo) and the Wet & Ready (47' Riviera). Some pictures of the Mo Azul's last charter are below. Check out offshore boats for info.



General Inshore - The bay fishing has been overall good with its usual ups and downs. With all of the rain earlier in the summer, the guides have been looking for some good water. Talking with the guides, it seems that it is improving. The most recent reports have been of good catches of trout. I know that some of the guides who normally knock off their red limits are targeting trout right now. With the summer pattern in full swing, the guides are ready to get out into the surf for some exciting fishing.

Jackson Hole- Made a trip up to Jackson Hole for a friend's wedding and had a chance to try some fly fishing. What a wonderful time, it was my first time with the fly and it was a blast. We went out with Matt Elliott of Westbank Anglers and he put us in great water on the whole float. He was also very good in helping a beginner like me. We ended up releasing about 15 native Snake river Cutthroats up to 16 inches. Give me a call if you have any questions about the area. I would also highly encourage a trip to Yellowstone National Park.

6/18/07 - General Offshore- Good reports from the offshore boats. There seems to be something for everyone. Red snapper fishing has been good and the kingfish are moving in closer now. A lot of boats catching them at the anchorage and even a report of a some caught at the 3rd buoy. There have also been many ling caught in close as well, so hit those weed patches and rigs to get you some. In the deeper water, the wahoo have been the story, lots of "wee-hoos" with some larger ones thrown in. Do not let the green water scare you (green to Falcon) there are plenty of fish and bait past the rigs in the green water. It seems that the blue water is out around Dutra and the Dumps. One boat reported a major color change in about 200 fathoms. Cherokee has been out a couple of times with some good results.   Captain Tray has brought in some large wahoo, AJ's, dolphin, tuna and seen a couple of blues. The High Bid has been bringing in wahoo, ling, barracuda, dog snapper, red snapper and chicken dolphin. The Git Er Dun has been very successful this year as well, Capt. Jim Harmon always seems to get on the fish,The boats are ready to fish and the weatehr is looking good, so call to set up a trip. PICTURES BELOW.

Inshore Fishing- The bay fishing has been fairly consistent with reports of a variety of different species being caught. I have had a few guides catch limits of trout one day and then get there reds the next day. Redfish seem to be the predominant species overall. One bay guide did catch a shark and kingfish at the jetties this week when it was nice.



5/31/07 - General Offshore - The offshore season is in full swing. There have been many reports of wahoo being caught on some of the trips that are going out further. Most of the fish have been found around pods of grass or floating objects. There has not been a problem with finding weedlines, but the problem is that sometimes there can be too much grass to be able to troll how you would like to..   The bottom fishing has been producing snapper and amberjack as long as the current is not too strong, as it was last weekend. There have been a couple of billfish seen and it won't be long before we get some good numbers caught. There are still a lot of openings for the boats, but now that school is out, they won't last long.

General Inshore - The trips have still been successful with trout and reds coming into the docks. There was a large amount of water in the bays which made it a little more difficult for the guides to pinpoint where the fish were. Wadefishermen better keep an eye out in the deeper water, a 513 lb Bull shark was caught in the Lydia Ann Channel off Mud Island last week.

4/23/07 - General Offshore- Snapper season has started and the boats are bringing in their limits. We are getting into the transition period for summer and looking at last years reports, the fishing should be getting better and better with the warmer weather and water making its way into the area. This is the time to be looking for some weedlines and picking up some ling, wahoo and chicken dolphin in some of the deeper waters. Nate on the Iced Down reported catches of numerous grouper, some African Pompano, limits of amberjack and of course snapper. He has not seen any kings or sharks recently.

Quepos, Costa Rica - What a trip we had. We made it down there for a week and managed to catch sailfish, a couple of blue marlin, big mahi mahi, roosterfish, cubera snapper, grouper and a few other species. The best was that for a good number of the group, it was their first billfish. One of the girls even caught here first Blue and first sail on the same day...she thinks it is easy now. Here are some pics. Shoot me an email if you have any questions about Costa Rica or if you are interested in making a trip down there.

General Inshore- Redfish seem to be getting thicker out in the flats. I had some reports of limits and numerous releases from some of the captains. Capt. Frank Eicholz caught 19 reds (released once hit limit) on one trip along with a 26.5 inch trout. HE also saw a school of jackfish up in the flats last week tormenting the baitfish. Sounds like it is almost summer.

4/02/07- General Offshore- Lots of different fish being caught over the last month. There were a few shrimp boats out near the rocks holding quite a bit of tuna, but have since left. It seems like the most recent trips have had most success at snapper (state) and lots of ling moving through in "shallower" waters. Both Iced Down and High Bid have been out regularly and have had overall good success as long as the weather does not dictate fishing.

General Inshore - All of the guides are reporting more consistent fishing the last couple of weeks. Mark Jones had limits of redfish over the weekend and also started to catch some nice trout. One trout was 26". The guides have been mentioning lots of bait starting to show up, so things will be in full swing any day now.

   3/07/07 - General Offshore- The wahoo bite is beginning to materialize at Baker and Southern. Iced Down had a day that the captain claimed was one of the craziest days of fishing he has experienced. They caught limits of amberjack, a couple of African pompano, grouper, kingfish, jackfish, and wahoo. They had a 300lb mako by the boat eating on there wahoo but could not get a hook in it. On a triple hook up, the last bait was being reeled in when a 50lb wahoo went airborne and landed on the transom and was "teetering" but went back to where she came from. They ended up with 7 wahoo that went 30-50lbs each, with 3 others ending up in the Mako's belly.    The boats have been getting out there whenever the weather has cooperated and they have been producing. The offshore boats have been booking up fast for the summer, so call early so you are not left at the dock.

Got a report yesterday 3/06/07 from a group in Costa Rica. It looks like the sails have finally shown up. Robert "El Rey" Hart and his father had to call it quits early after releasing 15 sails between the two of them. Looks like three days of that may wear them out. I think they are looking forward to there round on the golf course. Pura Vida!!

Inshore is starting to heat up. The warmer temperatures will get these fish moving and feeding. The fishing has been up and down, but that is fishing. The guides are getting ready for the trout to move back in to add to there redfish that they have been catching

2/21/07 - General Offshore - Not a whole lot of boats going out due to the weather in the last week. Looking back at last year at this time, you can expect to fish for kingfish, wahoo, tuna, amberjack and some grouper. If you can time the weather, the fishing can be very rewarding.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico (Cancun)- The season is in full swing with the docks full of sportfishing boats. Some reports of days with 50+ bites from sailfish. The best part is that it is only about a 10 mile run to the fishing grounds. We got one day in on a quick trip and went 7 for 14 on sails. If you want an easy trip with great fishing, give a call for details.



General Inshore- There have been some reports of some decent catches of redfish. One from Capt. Frank Eicholz, he caught three limits of redfish while releasing numerous undersized. The tides have been low so the guides have been fishing the drop offs. With the improving weather and return of higher tides, the fishing should only improve.

2/07/07 - General Offshore - Iced Down made it out during this window of decent weather. The group was rewarded with wahoo, amberjack and some grouper. The largest of the wahoo went 47 pounds with a handful of others averaging about 30lbs. He also caught limits of amberjack up to 30lbs. On the way in, they stopped to get their state water snapper limits too. Git Er Dun made it out as well and found a couple of wahoo, one of which was greater than 50lbs. They also managed to hook a 35lb dolphin. The most difficult part of the trip was staying away from the kinfish and jackfish.

General Bay- The weather has not been favorable in the bay as well. A few guides have been going out and have had to work hard for their catch. The weather is starting to warm up which will get the fish active again.

Flounder start heading back into the bays in a few weeks and it is usually a good time to get out. During the spring, sheephead and black drum are also more numerous if you want to go out and gig .

1/30/07   - General Offshore - Happy new year to everyone!! Not a whole lot of fishing going on due to the weather, but when the boats have been going out, they have been catching. There have been a few scattered reports of wahoo at Southern and Baker rigs. But this last weekend, those spots were covered up with kingfish and jackfish. Capt. Nate on the Iced Down went out and couldn't get away from the kingfish while trolling. He also managed to get a few amberjack up to 35 lbs and some state water snapper.

I am starting to get a few reports from down south. It looks like the sailfish are starting to turn on in Isla Mujeres with the Let It Ride releasing 20+ on the troll a couple of days ago. Just wait until they start schooling up. The Royal Flush should be down there in a couple of days as well as a few other local boats.

The seasons in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama are also in full stride and will continue to be hot through May.

8/7/06 - General Offshore -   Thought I would get out a Port Aransas Fishing Report before everyone went back to school. Sorry about the delay, but things have been non stop. In the last few weeks since the last report, the shrimpers seem to dictate the fishing offshore. All of the boats on the 8 hour deep sea fishing trips seem to be hitting the the shrimp boats for kingfish, ling, sharks, and chicken dolphin. There have also been numerous reports of sailfish around a lot of the boats. When you can find a shrimper in deeper water, the blackfin tuna have been the catch. Snapper has also seen a comeback on a lot of the trips with Iced Down throwing in some good Dog snapper too. All of the Port Aransas fishing boats have been very consistent. On the trolling side, the weedlines are becoming a little bit more scarce. Talking with the boats from the last weekend, most of the fish caught were in close, just offshore the rocks. A lot of boats fished the Texas International Fishing Tournament T.I.F.T. with Ambush catching an impressive 71lb wahoo, only to be outdone by an 80lb monster on Saturday. This time last year, the fairway started to get hot with pods of bait being the thing to look for on the depth machine. Something unusual has been happening offshore the past few weeks, SWORDFISH. I have heard of at least 6 boats that have managed to bring one to the boat.   It seems that with the improved technology, more boats have the capability to stay overnight and fish for these nocturnal beasts. Remember, it is not known just how the population is doing , so if you don't have to kill it, get a picture and let it go...and remember "no light, no bite."

General Inshore - I have been hearing the guides talking about a fairly solid trout bite, and a good redfish bite with the incoming tide. This is the time of year the guides like to get out in the surf to catch some of those fat trout. There have also been reports of tarpon starting to show up in good numbers at the jetties.

7/17/06 - General Offshore- All I can say about the offshore fishing is FANTASTIC! Since the last report, the rain has subsided along with the seas. The weather has been calm and hot, just like the fishing. During the Deep Sea Roundup, the billfish bite was "in close" at about 50-80 fathoms. There were large schools of bait in the cooler water along with sails and blues. Some notable catches were from the Hook 'Em with two Blues and a sail released on day two. Outacontrol also released 2 blues and a sail as well as jumping off a sail. Coco Mialjo caught a blue and 4 sails. Madera, Bottom Dollar and Francesca all released two blues. It seems that there were about 20-25 blues caught and roughly the same number of sails over the weekend. The meat fish catches were very good with a 59lb wahoo taking top honors, and a 45 lb dolphin took first place. Cherokee did not fish the roundup, but did catch 3 blue marlin over the weekend, with one of the releases looking well over 400lbs.

This last weekend's featured tournament was the POCO BUENO. Congrats to "Hot Rod" for taking first place with a 583lb and a 311lb blue marlin weighed. Most of the fish were caught at the deep water rigs Tequila, Cerveza rigs, Little Sister, Gunnison, Diana... A few fish were caught around Falcon and Baker too. One report of a spearfish released on the Seay Goddess, I am working on pics to confirm the report, just to make sure it wasn't post POCO festivities affecting Eddie's story.

Reports of some very nice rips near north Baker to Falcon produced many dolphin and wahoo for the Reel Easy.

Temptation reported a good weed line inshore southern that produced some dolphin and jumped a sailfish on it. He also reported that the inshore kingfish bite is hot.

The Git Er Dun has been having great success with kingfish, ling, sharks, some snapper, spanish mackeral and even caught a sailfish.

The Fishin Impossible had a successful weekend catching kingfish, dolphin, ling, snapper, jackfish and had a sailfish come looking but not taking.

Iced Down continues to have good trips out. Nate and Jamie have been bringing in wahoo and dolphin to compliment their kings, lings, snapper and grouper.

General Bay - Once again the guides have been able to get out past the jetties and have been adding kingfish to their stringers of reds and trout. The trout have been coming from the surf, and the reds from the flats. It has been very still and hot so be ready with plenty of fluids and sunscreen. Rumors of tarpon rolling at the jetties are starting to come in, I will have to check it out...all work no play, what am I to do.

7/6/06- General offshore - The pictures below pretty much sum up how the last week of fishing has been. Some boats have been making it out dodging the storms. Iced Down reported that he had one of his better weeks with large amberjack at the deeper rigs and also caught a 65 grouper along with a sailfish at the rocks. Kings have been thick just about everywhere. The Deep Sea Roundup is this weekend, so there should be a whole lot of fishing reports/stories next week.

General Bay - The guides have been fighting the weather as well, but they have been doing very well when they get a chance to fish. I have heard different reports from different guides. Some are catching reds in the flats, others are catching trout in the surf. Still a few kingfish around the jetties as well.

6/26/06 - General offshore-   The offshore fishing continues to be red hot this past week with calm weather and cooperating fish. Once again the kings moved in to jetties. The shorter trips have been consistent with the kingfish, sharks and snapper. The boats getting out further have added dorado and wahoo. The billfish trips have had great success with good catches of dolphin and wahoo along with some billfish releases. There have been a large amount of billfish caught along weedlines from 85 fathoms to offshore Dutra.

Meat Haul- Huge congratulations to the Meat Haul crew catching a GRAND SLAM Saturday going 3 for 7 on billfish. They caught the white and sail early and finished with the blue in the afternoon. It was extra nice for Dave Sullivan who caught all three himself, making it a personal slam!!!!!

Cherokee- Congratulations in order to the Cherokee who are champions of the Masters Invitational. Releasing two blues at Tequila to take top honors!

Temptation - Had a great billfish trip Sunday with a released sailfish, 5 wahoo and 6 dolphin up to 38 lbs.

Iced Down - Still going strong with great catches of snapper, kings, sharks and ling nearshore. They seem to bring in wahoo on about every trip as well. Thet have been catching more dolphin and wahoo on the longer trips.

Git Er Dun - Capt Jim is up to his usual self bring in 350lbs of meat on one of his trips this last weekend. It included shark, kingfish, snapper, ling and some dolphin.

Reel Easy- Talk about the one that got away...well sort of, before the Reel Easy made it out Saturday, Greg went online and entered the STAR tournament, unfortunately his buddy Jason Albrecht did not. Below is a picture of a weighed 45lb dolphin which I believe would be in first. Too bad that the Contender got away.

General inshore- With the light winds, the guides have been able to fish around the jetties for kingfish with great success. Capt. Frank Eicholz had limits on two trips in one day. When they are not fishing the jetties. The reds have been schooling up because of the low tides. If you can find them, you can catch them quickly.

6/20/06 - General Offshore- The weather can't seem to make up its mind right now. We had two amazing weeks of good weather followed by some of the roughest four days anyone would want to be out on. It does look like the forecast is excellent for this weekend. Before the weekend blow, there were some fish caught just about everywhere. The jetties were holding kingfish, most of the bay guides were taking advantage by bringing in limits of kings along with redfish. Charlie Barrett of C&T charters caught a 41lb ling at the 3rd buoy. Further offshore, a solid rip inshore Falcon was producing blues, wahoo and dolphin. It seems that the bite is in about 150 fathoms, so keep an eye out for anything that looks fishy.

Ambush - Capt. Dennis has been having great success trolling the blue. Last week he made it out and released 1 blue marlin and jumped another and had a third in the baits. Also on the trip, a sailfish released, yellowfin tuna, dolphin and wahoo. That makes for a second week in a row that he has released a blue.

Cherokee - Went offshore this last week and brought back wahoo and dolphin. They spent a some time going after the AJ's but couldn't keep the sharks off the baits. Below are some pics from the previous weeks trip (see report below)

Iced Down - Nate had a great trip before the winds picked up. He released a blue, and brought back a boatload of wahoo, a dolphin, huge AJ grouper ....

Temptation - The Temptation is back on the water with Capt. Brian Cibulka. He made his maiden voyage on the Temptation this week in some rough seas. He managed to keep the customers busy with some amberjack, ling, kingfish and red snapper. His dates are wide open right now, so if you want to get out, call before he gets booked up.

General Inshore - The guides were doing well when the weather was cooperating. With the light winds a lot of the guides were targeting trout from the wells to the beaches. As mentioned above, quite a few got into the kingfish bite around the jetties when the weather permitted. Once the wind picked up, they went back to bringing in plenty of redfish.

6/12/06 - General offshore - I think I could copy last weeks report and there wouldn't be too many differences. If you have ever wanted to get a good shot at a blue marlin now is the time. There were many caught this last week by both charter boats and private boats. Just about everywhere was hot, most fish caught seemed to be in and around Dutra. There are some good weedlines holding bait. Other fish seemed to be caught in the open water with nothing significant holding them. The snapper came on strong this week for those on the 8 hours trips. Kingfish are solid just about everywhere, including the jetties. Report of one guide said he saw a free jumping sail on the outgoing tide line 2 miles off the jetty. Rumor has it that one guide caught a 51lb wahoo at the ships 7 miles off the jetties. The weather for the week looks great. Check out all the pics below.

Ambush - Besides catching red snapper, dog snapper, ling and kingfish on his 8 hour charters, Capt. Dennis got a chance to go find the man in the blue suit. He found him inshore the Dumps in 120 fathoms. He also got some good dolphin on a weedline.

Cherokee - Heck of a week for the crew on the Cherokee and their charters. On Friday, they went deep and it paid off. They caught a first blue marlin for customer Brian Schaffer along with a couple of 30lb yellowfin, wahoo, snapper, dolphin and baracuda. He then followed up a successful billfish trip with a meat haul the next day with 230lbs of fish which included good sow snapper, kingfish triggerfish, shark and what appears to be 7,354 chicken dolphin.

High Bid - They mixed up the trips as well this week and saw good action both bottom fishing and trolling. On the shorter trips they brought back kings, sharks some good sized ling and snapper. On the billfish trip, they got into some yellowfin around a whale shark and brought in a 36.5 lb dolphin and some wahoo.

Iced down- It is starting to sound redundant, but when it comes to catching fish, that is a good thing. The Iced Down has been having a tremendous year. They have been consistent on the shorter trips with kings, ling, and snapper. On a 12 hour trip, they got on a rip inside Falcon and pulled out a handful of wahoo and dolphin. They even got the attention of a blue marlin that wanted to check out their wahoo next to the boat.

Royal Flush - Capt. Richard Stiers had his shakedown run on Saturday. Quite a trip it was. He ended up releasing 3 out of 4 blue marlin and also released a sailfish. He started about 75 fathoms and found a grass line and stayed with it for his success. He said they marlin were about 100lbs, and the other two were about 200lbs. Congrats on a great day.

Outta Control - Fished from Dutra to the Dumps and caught a 20lb dolphin, 25 lb wahoo and a blue marlin in about 160 fathoms.

General Inshore - The calm weather has been good for the trout fishing. Some of the guides are running the beach catching trout when it is calm. They are also bringing out some bigger rigs to catch some of the kingfish around the jetties. In the bays, the bite sems to be a late one with the outgoing tide right now.

6/6/06 - General Offshore- Summer is here and it has been beautiful. This last week made up for all the wind during may. I think every boat made it out this last weekend with excellent results. The 8 hour trips were catching kingfish, snapper, ling, wahoo, dolphin and sharks. As far as billfishing, it is on!!! Most boats that spent the day trolling got into something with a stick on its nose. I would guess that about 8-10 blues were caught, same amount of sails and even a few white marlin. Most boats saw at least 2 billfish and many blues were jumped off. A lot of the action, including billfish bycatch (tuna, wahoo, dolphin) was around the rocks from Southern to Baker.    There were also releases at Dutra and the Dumps. Even though there were no significant rips, there was a lot of bait being reported "shallow". The Meat Haul is trying to get their third STAR winning dolphin by starting the season with a 42.2lb bull. THe weather for the rest of the week looks tremendous, so if you got the itch, pull the trigger and get on down here.

Iced Down- Another solid week of fishing for Capt. Nate and mate Jaime. Most of the trips were 8 hours and he managed to catch limits of snapper, kingfish, some ling, bull tiger sharks, and some good sized wahoo. He even wore out one charter before the eight hours and got to the dock early for an afternoon siesta.

High Bid - Capt. Aaron has been tormenting the fish out there all week long. On the shorter trips, he has been hammering the kingfish and shark along with red snapper, ling, and chicken dolphin. On a 12hr, he caught all those listed above along with an 9 foot hammerhead (released) and raised a sailfish.

Cherokee - Had a fun filled day on the water catching red snapper and a large wahoo.



General Bay - The guides have been doing well this last week under difficult conditions due to the heavy rains leading into the light winds. According to Capt. Frank Eicholz the redfish have been solid as long as you have the correct bait. He has been switching from mullet to perch to menhaden to get them on the line. Some of the guides have been doing well catching trout when croaker is available. Capt. Ralph Ray reported numerous oversized redfish at the jetties using menhaden for bait.

Flounder Gigging - Maybe you have not thought about it, but all three of the flounder boats were out with trips this last weekend and did extremely well. Capt. Max had two limits for his couple celebrating their anniversary. Capt. Gerry gigged 15 but saw about 15 more that got away. Capt. Tray even made it out between offshore trips and got his charter 26. So when the conditions are favorable, the fish are out there. These guys can also go out of the Rockport area.

5/30/06 - General Offshore- Looks like the weather pattern is finally changing with lighter winds this week and isolated storms. This weekend was still a little bit bumpy ofshore. The boats still made it out and caught limits of red snapper and kingfish with a few sharpnose sharks on the 8 hour trips. Cherokee made it out for a 36 hour trip. He was able to load up on many different species. He made it out to the east breaks and Dutra but did not report on any weedlines out that direction. There are also reports that the kingfish have moved in, yet another sign that summer is here. All the captains have been mentioning a strong current about 25 miles off that has come into play on how they fish. This weekend's forecast is for light winds and seas 2-3 feet.

Cherokee- Capt. Tray Clark took out a group of 4 on a 36 hour trip. They ended up bring back about 350 pounds of fish. Included in the catch was wahoo, kingfish, amberjack, ling, snapper, barracuda and rainbow runners.

General Bay - If the winds lighten up, some of the guides have been hitting the wells with croaker for some good catches of trout. The reds are around with many reports of limits from the guides, although some moving from spot to spot to find them has been needed. There have been some reports of a tarpon or two being seen and jumped off at the jetties along with a good number of kings last week when the weather calmed and tides brought clean water in.

5/24/06 - General Offshore- It is starting to look like summer out there with all of the catches being brought to the dock. Not many reports of weedlines out there but there is lots of grass. Reports of big wahoo being caught around some of the rigs around 26 miles out. Lots of snapper being caught with an unusual amount of dog (cubera) snapper averaging 10lbs being caught. Saw a good dolphin come to the dock last week taken off a weedline by southern loaded with bait. Cherokee is on a 36hr trip as I type this up, so there should be a thorough report from him for next week.

Iced Down - Capt. Nate has been consistently bringing in godd numbers of fish including sow snappers, kingfish, sharks and some large wahoo. Take a look at these trophy wahoo.

High Bid - Capt. Aaron has been doing extremely well with the snapper on the 8 hour trips. He even managed to bring back about 10 dog snapper on one of the trips. He is also seeing kingfish, ling and some sharks.

Ambush- Caught o good variety of fish on Saturday red snapper, dog snapper, kingfish, and sharks. Dennis always seems to have a great time on the water and can bring back a good catch.

Cabo San Lucas- Had a great trip to Cabo San Lucas this past weekend. We made it out three days and released 4 stripe marlin. Three of the stripes were firsts for the anglers. We saw about 30 marlin over the three days, but they were not real hungry for any of the live bait. The captain and mate were hard working with top of the line equipment. Here are some highlights.



General Inshore - It sounds like the recent high tides have scattered out the redfish but have also brought some good trout. Larry Kelley has reported a handful of redfish on his trips but has been having more luck with the trout using croakers. He had 25 keeper trout yesterday. Frank Eicholz has also been catching reds with a couple of limits on each trip and has even been releasing some oversized on a few trips.

5/17/06 - General Offshore- Things are starting to turn on offshore. The boats that made it out this last week had some great success with a variety of different fish. Most of the fishing was for snapper, shark, ling... There has not been any billfish/trolling trips recently. Some of the reports that I got from captains that made it out as far as Baker said it was green water with lots of grass. The water ought to get better as soon as these fronts stop coming through.

Yellowfin- Tommy made a few trips out and had success on snapper, grouper, and small amberjack. Check out his grouper.

High Bid - Capt. Aaron Chambers had some excellent trips out this last week. On one trip he caught limits of snapper, two 60lb blacktip sharks, limit of sharpnose sharks, a dog snapper (cubera), beeliners, strawberry grouper, chicken dolphin and about a million triggerfish. On a trip yesterday, he brought back 10 dog snapper all about 8-10lbs, red snapper, sharks, and 2 ling up to 35 lbs.

Iced Down - Reports from Capt. Nate Forbes are that he got into some good sow snappers this last week. He also had a lot of amberjack that were a little too small to keep.

Fishing Impossible - Captain Randy Feikls made it out this weekend and brought back some snapper, barracuda, ling, chicken dolphin and broke off a wahoo.

General Inshore- The captains have been having good success on reds on the flats using everything from cut menhaden to artificials. Croakers are starting to show up at the bait stands for those going after trout. One guide has been having good success with the Berkely Gulp ( I wish I would get paid for the promotion).Catch of the week was from Charles Bujan who caught 14 keeper reds on Saturday and a few trout thrown in.

5/8/06 - General Offshore- Not a whole lot different from last week. Some of the boats that made it out last week were Cherokee, Iced Down, Yellowfin, Fishin Impossible and Git Er Dun. They all brought in good numbers of snapper along with some AJ's and sharks. Not too many boats have had any longer trolling trips. It looks like a good push of warm water came into about 50 fathoms. We should get some very interesting reports in the coming few weeks.

General Bay- All of the guides have been doing well with reds. Some of the guides that are giving me their reports are catching limits of reds and a few trout are Larry Kelley, David Kern, Frank Eicholz, and Jimmy Simmons. All of the guides have been on the water consistently and have been able to stay on the fish.

5/1/06 - General Offshore - It looks like everything is changing according to the season offshore. The wind is coming from the south and bringing lots of sargassum in the warm currents.   The good thing about it is that the warm water is getting pushed up this way and the pelagic fish are starting to move in. For the boats that have been making it out, they have been doing very well. Limits of snapper are consistent along with a very good blacktip shark bite. Many reports of ling being brought in and even some chicken dolphin on near shore weedlines. One boat even had a sailfish come up in their chum in 70 foot of water.

High Bid - Capt. Aaron Chambers has been wearing the clients out by getting limits of snapper, multiple releases of blacktip, limits of sharpnose, and some ling. One of the trips he caught 12 of 17 blacktip shark releasing all but one of them (125lbs).

Ambush - Capt. Dennis Lugg made it out yesterday and brought back 5 limits of red snapper, 6 sharpnose sharks, a 70lb Ling, chicken dolphin and even had a sailfish eating the chum on a weedline.

Iced Down - Capt. Nate Forbes made it out a couple of times this last week and here are the highlights in no particular order: limits of snapper, 50lb warsaw grouper, 65lb warsaw grouper, 70lb amberjack, numerous scamp grouper, blacktip sharks, sharpnose sharks and few ling.

General Bay - The guides are reporting some bigger trout catches along with the redfish this week. The bait with the most success seems to be live menhaden and then cut menhaden. This has been working for both reds and trout.

Frank Eicholz - Reports that he has been having success around the Hog Island flats with live menhaden. Usually bring back around 2 limits of reds on the trips.

Claude " Cowboy" Ward- Had a very productive weekend. On Friday he brought in 11 redfish and a 26" trout. Saturday he had 12 reds and 4 trout. Sunday's catch consisted of 6 redfish and 14 trout for 2 people. The trout have been between 18 and 23".

4/24/06 - General Offshore- Fishing is heating up. A lot of boats made it out this last weekend with the opening of Red Snapper season in the federal waters. There was a productive weed line in about 30-35 fathoms that produced some wahoo and chicken dolphin. Some wahoo were taken off large pods of grass around the 26's. It seems that the winds are backing off a little bit, so it is time to get down here and see what you can catch offshore.

Yellowfin - Capt. Tommy had some very productive days this weekend making it out three days. He brought back limits of red snapper everyday. He also managed to find a variety of other species out there. On Saturday he caught 6 wahoo, kingfish, dolphin, ling, grouper and snapper.

High Bid - Had some good trips over the weekend, they caught limits of snapper up to 14lbs, along with 4 blacktip sharks between 70 and 110lbs.    THey also caught their limit of sharpose sharks both days.

Iced Down - Capt. Nate Forbes made it out as well this weekend with some good snapper trips. He also managed to catch a bunch of AJ's, unfortunately they were a little bit to small.

General Inshore - All of the bay guides se m to be doing very well this last week. It sounds like there is a lot of bait/menhaden moving in and the trout are following. I can sense a little bit more excitement from the guides when asking about their catches.

David Kern - Has been catching limits of reds on his trips and some very good size trout. One trout he brought in was 28 inches

Butch Findley - Has reported good numbers and size of trout in his catches. He always manages to get his limits of reds as well.

Ralph Ray - Ralph has been consitent with the redfish catches behind Hog Island

4/17/06 - General Offshore - Not too many reports this last week from offshore. Things should change this week with snapper season opening on Thursday. Looking at some offshore temperatures shows that things are warming up quickly with water temps of 73 degrees out at the rocks.   The first good current from the south looks to be just south of the border so it will only be a couple of weeks before it gets up in our fishing area.   When it calms down, there has been some pretty green water coming in the jetties bringing plenty of bait. There have been a few boats targeting the blacktip sharks that hang around the shrimpers.

General Inshore- The guides have had some good success on reds this last week. It is much easier when the wind is not blowing.   Some reports from some friends that the jackfish are aggressive early morning and late afternoon at the jetties on lures. It helps when there is calm winds and clean water.

Ralph Ray- Caught limits of redfish at Hog Island. He did warn of plenty of oysters that can cut you off, so be prepared to lose a fish or two.

Don Miller- Brought in 47 lbs of fish on Saturday despite the strong winds

4/10/06 - General Offshore - Offshore has been a little windy the last couple of weeks. Some boats have made it out there in between the fronts withsome good results. It looks like there have been some currents out there swirling around.   Tommy Gueldner had pretty blue water around the 26's but then colder green water out at Southern. Snapper season should be great in a couple of weeks when it opens on the 21st of April. Lots of scattered grass offshore.

Yellowfin - Has been getting some AJ's on his trips. The wahoo bite has slowed down, probably due to the green water. Everything should pick up with some warmer water.

Ambush - Had a very good near shore trip on Friday. Capt. Dennis Lugg caught limits of state water snapper and then had some fun with sharks, jacks and mackerals.

Iced Down - Caught limits of Amberjack on there last trip and then threw in some state water snapper.

Inshore- Reds are the main story with a few guides reporting increasing amount of trout. The water temperature is warm enough for the baitfish to move on in. The sheephead bite continues to be strong. One friend saw a few ling on the north jetty and managed to hook one with a fly.

Frank Eicholz - Has been catching 5 or 6 reds with numerous throwbacks. Also seeing a few black drum.

Larry Kelly - The reds have been very consistent on the flats. He has been bringing back 2 -3 limits on his trips.

Ed Woodhouse - Reports that there are some good size trout starting to show up with the warmer water.

Backstabber - The flounder are starting to come back into the bays, so if you did not get to go out in the fall, now is the time. Capt. Tray Clark has also been seeing a good amount of sheephead and drum

3/21/06 - General Offshore- There have been a lot of reports of larger wahoo being caught nears the rigs. The water temperature is in the upper 60's around Southern and about 63 degrees a few miles inside. Some boats report seeing lots of different species including blackfin tuna, wahoo, dorado, kingfish, amberjack and even a large hammerhead cruising around. With so many large wahoo being caught, we must remember that we need to be responsible and think about the future wahoo populations.   Just remember to only keep what you are going to eat.

3/17/06 - Yellowfin- Numerous wahoo caught before 10:30am. Total poundage of 481 lbs. Tommy said that the blue water was lurking a mile or two offshore southern.

3/17/06 - Iced Down - Capt. Nate got into the wahoo action with 16 caught and a total of 450 lbs. He has also come across some kingfish and amberjack.

General Bay- Overall consensus from the bay guides was slow fishing over the last full moon.   But knowing these guides expectations, they are not happy unless everyone limits on every trip. They have been catching reds, drum, and some trout. For those fishing for sheepshead, they have been well rewarded. There have been some reports of trout over 25" form a couple of guides. Bay fishing will be getting better and better as the water temperatures increase.

3/7/06- Hey everyone!!!! Just waking up from hibernation with some nice reports.

General Offshore-- When the boats have been able to get out there, they have been getting into a variety of fish. The rocks have been thick with kingfish all winter. Amberjacks have been very numerous recently and consistent reports on wahoo.

Yellowfin - Made it out Saturday and reported catching amberjack, a few wahoo, kingfish and a couple of blackfin tuna.

Iced Down - Capt. Nate Forbes just brought this boat to town and "broke the ice" on the new boat with and excellent trip. He brought back a very good catch of amberjack, grouper, wahoo and tuna. Check out some of his catch below.

Larry Kelley, Frank Eicholz, and Jimy Simmons took out a group for a half day of bayfishing and returned with a nice catch of redfish with some drum and sheephead thrown in for fun. Randy Seidel reports that he has been catching linits of reds on his trips around Port A, but has had to travel down to the King Ranch shoreline to find some good 20"-28" trout.

Keep checking the Fishing Report, it will continue to be updated frequently now that the weather is turning favorable. Now I gotta go find the fish.

1/3/06- Happy New Year!!!

General Offshore-

Temptation-Capt. Matt Haworth has been out on a few different trips on his boat yesterday he caught 7 wahoo up to 50lbs, a 51 lb Warsaw grouper, and amberjack up to 50lbs. He said half of the wahoo were mangled by barracuda on the way to the boat. Matt also went on some longrange trips with the Gulf Eagle and had some yellowfin up to 100lbs out at Boomvang and a wahoo that was caught on Friday and weighed on Sunday that went 86 pounds. Sounds like there a re a few fish out there when the weather is nice.

Got a report of a boat out of Freeport that went to the floaters and released 2 blues on New Years Eve day. One estimated at 275lbs, the other at 75lbs. Congratulations!!

El Rey- Fished a week before Christmas and was at Southern at daybreak hoping for the Wahoo bite. It never materialized. They did manage a couple of nice wahoo in about 50 fathoms and picked up some blackfin tuna at the Baker Rigs.

Yellowfin- Tommy went out on December 23 with perfect conditions and had one on the best days of the year for meat fish. He brought back 14 kingfish, 7 blackfin, 7 Amberjack, and three 15lb dolphin. The total poundage was 405lbs.

Git Er Dun- Capt Jim fished the Baker rigs and ended up with 8 wahoo between 35 and 79 lbs. I guess you just got to hit the right day.

Reports from Larry Kelly and David Kearn say that the bay fishing has been very good with lots of redfish. The recent low tides have bunched up the fish making it easy pickings. There have also been a large number of sheephead at the jetties. Charles Bujan even brought a 24" Red Snapper in from the jetty.

International reports are indicating a hot bite in Guatemala with the sailfish. One boat reported a Christmas blue marlin and many dolphin in Costa Rica. Panama has had some great fishing for yellowfin and wahoo. Expect the sailfish and marlin number to increase dramtically in the next few months at these exotic locations.

11/07/05-General Offshore- Not a whole lot of charters the past couple of weeks due to weather and snapper season closing. I have heard that there is still some good fishing when you can get out there. Reports of some weedlines and color changes around the rocks and offshore that are still holding some dolphin. Some tuna have been caught in open water and behind the shrimpers that are few and far between. I have not heard of any billfish being caught recently, but I will not be surprised if one or two are caught before the end of the year. Look back at last year and you will see why.

Yellowfin- Capt. Tommy Gueldner made it out a couple of times this last week and found a bunch of Amberjack. He also managed to catch some tuna, wahoo, and a good size barracuda.

General Inshore- Good reports of redfish showing up in the flats. There had been quite a run out at the jetties if the seas permit.

Ralph Ray-Limits of redfish on a few of the trips. Also caught some oversized reds. Caught fish at both the jetties and in the flats.

Ed Woodhouse- Reports that the reds are back on the flats with the cooler weather. He had a couple trips this week which he had limits of reds within an hour.    On one of the trips he drift fished using a gold spoon and said the action was fast and furious.

10/23/05 General Offshore- Fishing has not skipped a beat this last week. The boats that got out there reported dolphin and wahoo on some deep water rips. Some steady snapper and even some good numbers of tuna. Still lots of floating debris so do not go out in the dark. A good front this week should only get the tuna fishing to improve as long as the weather cooperates. There just aren't big numbers of shrimpers out there, so finding the right boat makes it tough.

High Bid- A couple of trips this week with some excellent catches of tuna. 30+ blackfin on each trip with a 151 lb yellowfin thrown in as well, just in case they did not get enough to eat.

Git Er Dun- Got out yesterday and got into some of the tuna, as well as snapper, barracuda and some good size sharks behind a shrimper.

Flounder Gigging- Both Tray Clark of Backstabber Guide Service and Gerry Keene with the F.A.V. (Flounder Assault Vehicle) made it out this last week. They have been bringing back 15-25 flounder per trip and are seeing numerous ones that are too small. That means the bigger ones are not too far behind. The cold front this week should get the flounder run in full gear, so do not wait if you want to get out.

Ralph Ray- Some of the best fishing this year over the weekend. He had limits of reds and many releases Friday and Sunday with the best success coming at the jetties. Stayed in the bays on Saturday and managed a few decent reds and some small trout and rat reds.

10/18/05-General Offshore- Word from the captains is that the fishing remains strong as long as you avoid all of the trash offshore. There are many reports of large debris from telephone poles, roofs, ice chests, trees, floating docks, rope and even an iceberg. Seriously though, I would not recommend running at night at all, or with auto pilot. A couple of boats tried to fish the trash line at Baker but said it was too tough/dangerous because of all the flotsam. There was a sailfish caught around Baker and rumors of a blue being jumped off at Aransas Rocks. Snapper are good on the rocks, especially with a club soda and a twist of lime.

Royal Flush-Managed a few wahoo out at Falcon. Tried to fish the trash line but said it was too tough.

Irresistible- Caught limits of snapper for 6pp and a 104lb shark. Better get the snapper before the season closes at the end of the month.

General Inshore-School is in session at the jetties with many oversize being caught. There were a few reports that you caught as many reds as you had live mullet. Water has been very pretty with the light winds. In the bays the redfish have been sporadic with limits one day and all throwbacks the next.

Larry Kelley-9 slot reds, 2 oversized, numerous rats, 6 mangrove snapper and a few trout on Sunday. Good eats from that trip.

Backstabber- I had the opportunity to go out with Tray on one of the pretties nights of gigging he or I have seen. Water clarity was better than 10 foot in most places. It was an aquarium out there. We ended up getting a couple of limits up to 24 inches and 6 sheephead. We were also lucky enough to view the WWI ship wreck across from the lighthouse and what Tray claims "the wheels of a model T Ford" at the original Port Aransas ferry landing. I recommend getting out there with Tray for a very unique experience.

10/10/05 - General Offshore - The tuna are coming, the tuna are coming!!! A few more reports on the tuna showing up behind some shrimp boats. Big seas kept most boats in their slips last week but a couple did manage to get offshore Saturday even with the Texas/OU game. Dock talk has also involved the increased amount of debris offshore, so be careful if you are running and keep your eyes open. If you can time the weather, the fishing is still very good. Weather looks good for this week, so give a call to see if the tuna are still around.

Temptation- 15 blackfin on Saturday with a few sharks and Kingfish thrown in. On Sunday they caught 18 blackfin, 3 Wahoo (75lbs, 30lbs, 15lbs) kingfish and sharks. Looks like they found a good shrimp boat.

General Bay- Extremely high tides made the fishing a little bit tougher last week until the cold front came through. Once the bays started to dump out, the reds holed up and were easier to catch. Look for the reds to get back into the flats and bait to start moving with the decrease in temperatures.

Backstabber- Tray had a couple of flounder gigging trips this last week boating 16 one night and 10 the next night. He also had a handful of sheephead and black drum. Some of the flounder were up to 4lbs. According to his calendar, things should get extremely hot starting next week and last through November.

10/03/05-General Offshore- Well the hurricane did not seem to mess up the fishing around here. Although it was not a real busy week, there were some good catches by the boats that did make it out. The blue water is out past 60 fathoms but there is a lot of flying fish. One boat fished a rip offshore Baker and pulled some chicken dolphin but did not stick around to see if anything bigger was at home. What were you thinking Perry? Some talk around the docks of some boats pulling tuna from behind a shrimper. Lots of variety near shore as well.

Royal Flush- Do not bet against these guys when it comes to catching billfish. They released one sail and had a blue on for about 10 minutes before it came unbuttoned. They were also able to boat a 50lb wahoo, and a couple of nice dolphin to 25lbs. They fished from Baker to Falcon.

High Bid-Did their usual meat haul by catching dolphin, limits of snapper, barracuda, kingfish and a mix of sharks.

Yellowfin- Reported limits of snapper and a few kings on the shorter trips. Did catch a some nice wahoo as well over the weekend out about 55 fathoms.

General Inshore- Excellent weekend for the bay boats. They have been into he schools of reds and catching some trout as well. Some of the guys that reported great catches were: Frank Eicholz, Ralph Ray (70lbs), David Kern (66lbs), Larry Kelley, and Ed Woodhouse.   With a norther coming this week, it ought to get the reds in the flats and the baitfish moving. All of the guides are excited to be getting into the best time of year. Tray Clark has had some very good success with the flounder gigging and bow fishing with reports of about 15 flounder per trip along with a handful of sheephead and black drum as well.

The Jetties are going off right now with all sorts of action. Slot and oversized reds have been numerous. One friend caught a ling, tarpon and snook all in the same day standing on the jetty. Lots of tarpon rolling with live mullet being the bait of choice. It should only improve after a cold front comes through.

9/26/05 - General Offshore- A little bit bumpy this last week offshore so not many reports. Some fish tales I did hear about before the storm were quite interesting. One rumor of a boat that fished a rip near the 26 mile rigs had 8 shots at sails. Apparently released 4. Caught wahoo and dolphin as well. Also, the redfish at some of the local jetties were biting pre-Rita arrival. Some friends were catching all they could with live mullet on top of the surface. I personally saw the pelicans and frigate birds boarding up and getting the hell out of here. I did see top buoy waves of 38 feet at 13 seconds.

9/19/05-General Offshore- Lots of boats made it out this week and had a lot of success. The water is green out to about 50 fathoms. It did not seem to hurt the snapper fishing. The kingfish are not as plentiful as they were a couple of weeks ago, but there are still some being caught. The billfish slowed a little bit, but there was a weedline at 65 fathoms off the rocks that produced some dolphin, wahoo and a few blues that jumped off. Reports of whales sharks and tuna in 150 fathoms off of Southern.

9/19/05- Hale Yeah- Limits of snapper, a few kingfish, barracuda and jumped a Mako shark about 250lbs. They withdrew their fish from Aransas Bank.

9/19/05- Royal Flush- Keeping their string alive with another sailfish release. They missed another and also boated some dolphin and a wahoo.

9/19/05-Cherokee-They had a couple of good days meat fishing this last weekend. Their catch consisted of three big AJ's up to 65lbs, a good number of snapper, kingfish, rainbow runners, sharks, barracuda and a ling.

9/19/05 -High Bid-Limits of snapper, bull and blacktip sharks and some ling.

9/19/05- Irresistible-Snapper kings and a 150lb hammerhead shark.

9/19/05-Git Er Dun- Kingfish, snapper, bull tiger sharks, and a 5 and a half foot blacktip.

9/19/05-Yellowfin-Limits of snapper, some sharks. Kingfish have been a little tough to find recently. Has caught some dolphin off of the rip offshore.

9/19/05-Outa Control- Fairly busy day on Saturday. Caught a wahoo, a few dolphin, pulled the hook on a 60lb+ wahoo at the boat. Caught a dozen or so blackfin and skipjack tuna while fishing around some whale sharks in 150 fathoms. The picture below has the mouth of a whale shark in the middle of it.

9/19/05-General Inshore-The redfish have been very strong when the conditions are favorable. Limits of redfish were brought in on Friday, but the wind turned on Saturday which made it very difficult for most of the guides. They still caught fish but had to work hard at it. One report from Sunday was that there were some huge schools in the East Flats. The schools were very aggressive and could not be spooked. Sounds like once you find them, it can change your day quickly.

9/12/05 - General - Not much going on this week due to the weather. Big seas during the week and storms over the weekend made kept most of the fleet at the docks. A few reports from boats that made it out consisted of snapper limits, kingfish limits, a few sharks, a couple of grouper and a sailfish around the rocks. There are shrimp boats out there but they are not holding any tuna yet. I guess it needs to cool down a little bit more. Congrats to the Cherokee for winning the STAR tournament for dolphin, 46lbs.

In the bay it is still redfish that are the predominant catch. Some reports of some huge schools in the East Flats.

9/06/05 - Offshore General- It is the same pattern for fishing right now. The billfishing had been excellent with many boats seeing and releasing agood number of sails with a few blues and whites mixed in. The hot bite remains in about 60 fathoms (360 feet for the landlubbers). The sails have been around pods of bait, just a matter of time before you get one in the spread. The meat trips are getting their share of snapper, kingfish and dolphin.

9/06/05 - Temptation- One of Capt. Matt's trips this week returned with limits of snapper, limits of kingfish, some blackfin tuna, and a few dolphin.

9/06/05 - High Bid -What didn't these guys catch this week? King and snapper limits. A good wahoo, ling, sharks dolphin and a sailfish for good measure. I heard a rumor they had a killer whale spit the hook.

9/06/05 - Reel Easy- Fished a rip off of Baker and caught a handful of good dolphin, a couple of wahoo over 35 pounds and a blue marlin attacking some chicken dolphin in the baits.

9/6/05 - Outa Control-If the girls had been awake offshore this weekend, they would have seen 4 sailfish released. Congrats to Christine for her first sailfish release.

9/06/05- Cherokee- Capt. Tray Clark was on a mission this weekend catching anything that swam within 10 miles of the boat. He brought in some snapper, barracuda, amberjack, dolphin wahoo, kingfish, sailfish and a 10 point buck. Looks like they are stocking up the fridge for a long winter.

9/6/05 - Irresitible - Got in on the billfish action with a released sailfish and missd a couple of blues.

9/6/05 - Rockin and Reelin-Released 3 sailfish and 2 white marlin on Saturday. Way to go!

9/6/05 - Ms. Diane- Caught 2 blues and 4 sails over a couple of days this weekend.

9/6/05 - General Inshore- Same old story. The reds are the center of attention for the guides. They are still schooling up. They are also getting into some smaller trout. Not a lot of mullet (fish) running at the jetties yet.

8/29/05 - Offshore General-Excellent weather all week allowed for the boats to get out everyday. Snapper and kingfish are the name of the game for the shorter trips.   Some good sharks are being caught as well. Some of the shrimpers are holding tuna but you have to travel far to get them. The billfish have been thick in about 50 fathoms. TWAT had 29 billfish released on Saturday. Lots of boats had numerous shots on sails, blues and whites. Now is the time to get out billfishing, they are schooling up. One boat reportedly had 14 shots on Saturday, and I don't mean shots of Tequila. But come to think of it, it was TWAT weekend.

8/29/05 - Irresistible- Limits of kingfish and snapper on this weekend's trips. Also caught a few grouper.

8/29/05 - Git Er Dun - Lots of kingfish on the rocks. Had limits of snapper as well all week long. Threw in a few sharks for fun.

8/29/05- Yellowfin- 2 for 8 on sailfish Saturday just off the rocks in 50 fathoms. Had three fish in the baits at one time.

8/29/05 - Meat Haul - Released a sail and pulled the hooks on a blue in 50 - 60 fathoms. Caught tuna and dolphin as well. Saw a feeding frenzy with (5) 250-300lb sharks tearing up some bait.

8/29/05-High Bid-Caught 21 blackfin on one trip at a shrimp boat 60 miles to the south. Time to start planning your tuna trips.

8/29/05-General Inshore- Same story for the bay fishing...if you can find the schools of reds, it is real easy. Have to work at it for a while if you are out of the rodeo.

8/22/05 - Offshore General- Fishing has been very good for all species this last week. Kingfish, snapper and sharks are the story on the shorter trips. Billfish are still around in strong numbers on the longer trolling trips. One report of a sail caught 8 miles out this morning on a current change.

8/22/05 - Temptation- Congratulations are in order for Capt. Matt Haworth for putting his clients on a state record Tilefish of 23.4lbs. Shattering the old mark of 4 lbs. Also caught snapper, kingfish, black drift fish (yea, I don't know either) a seven gilled shark, and a scorpion fish. Where is he fishing at?

8/22/05 - High Bid - Limits of snapper, kingfish and sharks on most of the trips. Weather is starting to get real nice again.

8/22/05 - Git Er Dun- Has been bringing back kingfish, ling, snapper, sharks and a few little dophin as well

8/22/05 - Royal Flush- Released 3 sailfish on a 12 hour trip this weekend. Way to go Capt. Chris! Also missed two blues, actually pulled the eyeball back from one of the blues. So if anyone sees a blue without an eyeball, that is Chris' fish.

8/22/05 - Cherokee - One sail released this weekend out of 5 shots. Sounds like the billfish are around in strong numbers. Also caught big snapper, kings, and a world class bonita. Pretty work on the bonita Trey!

8/22/05 - General Inshore- Redfish are still schooling up. If you can't find the schools, it will be difficult fishing. A few trout are being mixed in too.

8/22/05 - Claude Ward - 11 trout and 2 reds on Friday. 6 reds and 4 trout on Saturday.

08/15/05 - Offshore General - Despite the wind picking up, the shorter trips have been producing limits of kings and snapper with some good sized blacktip sharks being caught. A solid kingfish bite on the rocks from Southern to North Baker.   Some reports of Blackfin tuna being caught behind some shrimp boats this week. The billfish are still around with reports of sails and blues being released from Baker to the East Breaks. A few dolphin and wahoo thrown in for the grill.

08/15/05 - Finatik- Had a very good week with several trips. Released a sail on Thursday along with a nice wahoo. Raised a blue on Friday and put some snapper, kingfish, and dolphin in the box.

08/15/05 - Git Er Dun- Was able to catch their limits of kingfish and shark despite calling the trips early due to weather conditions.

08/15/05 - Cherokee - Released 2 sailfish on Saturday and put some snapper, dolphin and wahoo on ice.

08/15/05 - Hale Yeah- Limits of kingfish on Saturday along with 72, 68, and 58 pound blacktip. Picture of last weeks Blue on Hale Yeah.

08/15/05- Temptation, Yellowfin and Taryn It Up- Great trip day for this group, kingfish, snapper, blackfin tuna, Amberjack and dolphin. The largest kingfish was 54lbs.

08/15/05- High Bid-Limits of kingfish (35lbs, 28lbs), red snapper (5 between 10-15lbs), a 35lb. ling, dolphin, lane snapper, and dog snapper.

08/15/05 - General Inshore- Most reports from the bay guides are of schooling redfish. If you can find the rodeo, you can get your limits fairly quicjkly as long as you cooperate with everyone else.

08/15/05-Ralph Ray- Limits of reds on Saturday for a grandfather and his 8 year old grandson.

08/08/05 - Offshore General - Overall fishing is very good with just about every type of fish being caught and the weather being very cooperative. The rocks have been holding snapper and kingfish in good numbers. Some amberjack have been coming in off the deeper rigs at Baker. A few reports of tuna showing up behind a shrimp boat or two. There are still numerous rips and weedlines offshore the rocks from Falcon to East Breaks to offshore Southern. Not a whole lot of bait on the rips, but still some dolphin and wahoo being caught. The majority of the billfishing took place down at TIFT this last week with over 90 billfish released. Largest brought to the dock was 463 lbs.

08/08/05 - Hale Yeah - Caught 10 different species of fish on one trip this week. Fished around the rocks. Also released a Blue Marlin that was estimated at 450lbs on a 12hr billfish trip. Caught dolphin and tuna on the same trip.

08/08/05 - High Bid - Had a very good week with limits of kingfish, red snapper and sharks on their trips. The weather has been excellent for all of the charters.

08/08/05 - Git Er Dun- Caught their limits of snapper and kinfish this week. Also brought in 2 100lb blacktip sharks. Came across some ling as well.

08/08/05- Irresistible - Fished TIFT and went 1 for 5 on blues. Also caught their share of wahoo, tuna and dolphin.

08/08/05 - Meat Haul- Released a white marlin near 100 fathoms and a sail offshore Southern this weekend.

General Bay- Reds are starting to school around South Bay and Dagger. You are either in them or your not. A lot of boats have been fishing the surf with good success. Most of the boats are heading to Cebar Bayou.

08/08/05 - Ralph Ray- Fished the surf three days this last week and caught a good number of trout to go along with limits of reds and a couple of small blacktips.

08/08/05 - Don Miller - HE has been fishing the schools of redfish with success. He said the trout fishing in the bays are getting tough. Lots of undersized trout to weed through in order to get the keepers.

08/08/05 - Larry Kelley - Consistent trout and reds in the surf near Cedar Bayou and a few of the shrimp boat wrecks along San Jose surf. One trout of 26 inches caught in the surf. Also hung into a couple of blacktips.

08/1/05 - Offshore General - The offshore bite has been very good along with the sea conditions. Reports of many rips from the rocks to 400 fathoms. One boat released 3 whites and 2 sails over the weekend at the Dumps. Kingfish have shown up on the rocks. A few boats have tried to chum up some tuna behind