Smoking Hot Fishing—In Cold Weather

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 !!

We shot this day on video and made an AWESOME Fishing Show for television.  We will air it soon on National TV and we post a short 2 minute sample on our website.

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 -

Guatemala Sports Fishing

Guatemala is recognized all over the world for its high concentration of sailfish and is constantly referred to as the “Sailfish Capital of the World”. We fished with the Allure Fishing Team out of  Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala.   Below the mountain chains that run the length of Guatemala, from Mexico down to El Salvador, the land gently slopes off and flattens out before meeting the Pacific Ocean. This is a hot and steamy agricultural region with large sugar-cane, pineapple, and banana plantations.

 

 

As “Sailfishing Capital of the World”, the Pacific Coast of Guatemala has the highest concentrations of Pacific Sailfish found anywhere on the planet making it a fisherman’s paradise. Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Mahi Mahi, Sailfish, and Tuna are found in such abundance it’s bound to make your Guatemala fishing adventure off our pacific coast a trip of a lifetime.

Puerto Quetzal is Guatemala's largest Pacific Ocean port.  Were 50 miles South of Guatamala City.   Were between Costa Rica to our South and Alcopulco to the North.  On the Western Coastline facing the Pacific Ocean.    Were about 2000 miles South of Mazatlan Mexico and were about 2000 miles North of Colombia South America.

Selected as one of Men's Journal's "100 Greatest Adventures" in the world, Sailfish Bay is Guatemala Fishing at its finest.  Guatemala's Pacific Coast is Literally Sailfish Heaven!

Anglers Note:

The Pacific coast of Guatemala, has strong west-to-east currents that come down from Mexico and meet with the east-to-west currents from the coast of El Salvador. Together these currents create an enormous, natural occurring eddy rich in bait and pelagic fish making it a perfect place to find sailfish, marlin, dorado and many other species in tremendous numbers.  It was these currents and the team approach of the Allure Team that enabled us to smoke some really hot Sailfish  and Dorado.  

We used teasers to draw up the fish from over 1,500 foot of water.  Then we pulled in the teasers and replaced them with either dead bait or flys on the fly rod.  We used 20 lb line on the conventional reels, light tackle, and we used fly rods to catch these awesome fish.  They went to the air far from the boat after a long run and then preformed aerobatic jumps right by the boat too.  It was smoking hot fishing.

Contact team --- the Allure Fishing Team ------ at 281-795-4114 , -----or visit them at -www.allureguatemala.com-----to put you on some hot rod bending action too.  This show was shot on video and will air on our television show in the future. --- Be on the look out for it.

Thanks for your time today ………………..and ………..I’ll see you on the water.

Dave

Fishing Port Aransas and the Laguna

 On this trip, we fished with Tommy and Chris of “At Home Concepts”.  They provide the Inshore Fishing Team with our electronics support in our show studios and in our personal home entertainment environments.

 

We fished two days and caught Redfish and Trout in the shallow waters of both Port Aransas and the Laguna close to Corpus Christi.

Rich Gidrey was on board one day to help us locate some good fish in the Laguna.

Anglers Notes:

The trick on these two days was to find structure holding fish.  We covered a lot of water to find fish.  The conditions were good, we had moving water and stained water for cover but the fish were not that aggressive.  We found the reds in the flats---- just up on the flats as the tide came back in.

The trick on the Port A trip was to find deeper water close to a flats and find dolphins at work smashing bait on the surface.  We had some birds but they were of the pelican variety, not the seagull variety.   There we smoked over 50 Sand Trout.  They make for some excellent eating.  Just make sure you plan for a big fish fry since they do not freeze that well.

On a final note---Contact Tommy and Chris at 210-XXX-xXXX for all of your audio and visual home entertainment needs.  They provide a top quality offering at the best prices you’ll find anywhere.

Thanks for your time today and I’ll see you on the water.

Arroyo Style

We fished the Arroyo Colorado area with LG Outfitters in late October and smoked the fish on artificial lures with LeeRoy Gonzales.

The conditions were textbook, we had light winds out of the South East and we had moderately stained water.  The baits of choice were top-water and soft plastics.

We drift fished and covered water and really put it on the fish.  LeeRoy and I caught Snook, Jacks, Redfish, Mangrove Snapper and Speckled Trout.

This trip was caught on video camera for television by Alexis.   Her passion for fishing and steady arm produced some great footage for our fishing shows.  Thanks Alexis.

 

Anglers Note:

The trick today was to fish the lures as if a fish was following the bait.  This will keep you on top of your game.  If you envision that every time you cast, you have a fish or two following your bait, you will be more careful to make the best presentation possible.  Don’t  just move the bait back to the boat as you always do.  Give it some finesse.   Make every cast count and fish the Strike Zones, which are the transions between different bottom types.  Work the drop offs, the points, the ledges and grass-lines.  Anticipate the strike and keep your rod tip down so you are ready to set the hook.  These tips will enable you to catch more fish

Thanks for your time today ………….and……… I’ll see you on the water.

Dave