Rich Gidrey and I fished two days out of the Corpus Christi area. We were dealing with Winter Conditions and ---4 inches of new rain flow combined with high winds,……….. on our first day. It proved to be an impossible environment to find game fish. We left Marker 37 and we threw lures for hours…. and we caught –ZERO fish---it was bad.
The Name of the Game for my friend Rich and I has always been, Fish Strategically. We fished day two, in Nueces Bay, just outside of downtown Corpus Christi. We used the best of the best, at least in my approximation, look at the lures we used.
We SMOKED the Reds. We even caught a 19 in Speckled Trout by accident.
Look at the baits that we used and look at the fish that Rich and I caught.
As we face each other on the pics, smiling, look at the fish carefully, we caught over 17 big RED’s. Sometimes the day lines up for MASSIVE Rod Bending Action-----------This was our day…………. TODAY !!
Anglers Note---
The trick in the Winter time is---SLOW things down. We found that the Reefs in Nueces Bay were loaded with hungry fish. The trick is always keeping your bait suspended in the water column and not hung in the structure. The main structure her is Oyster Reefs. They are darted sporadically all over the bay system. Back to fishing techniques----- Keep the retrieve irratic, remember, these fish are in cold water—50 degrees is cold water—They will move slow to attack food sources with a slower movement.
Thanks for your time today…..and ….we’ll see you ---ON THE WATER !!
Dave -
