Arroyo City - Slow and Easy

Captain LeeRoy Gonzales and I fished the Arroyo City area today in search of Reds and Trout.  We had a great time on the water.

Arroyo City is located in the Rio Grande valley on the southern tip of Texas.  It is an unspoiled getaway for fishermen.  The area is situated on the Arroyo Colorado River.  The term “arroyo” means stream in Spanish.

Arroyo City was first settled by Mexican Cattle Herders in the early 1860’s.   By the 20^th Century, the area was basically abandoned.  As time progressed, by the 1950’s, the area was repopulated with fishermen like LeeRoy and I.    You can get to the Arroyo area by either the Harlington or Brownsville airports.

The pace here is slow and easy unless you are on the water.  If your on the water, the pace is escalated with some really hot fishing.

Anglers Note:

The area offers miles and miles of beautiful flats and barrier island complexes bisected with man made and natural cuts and channels.  We fished the channels for Speckled Trout and caught some great trout in numbers.  We fished the flats and potholes and caught some really nice Redfish.  Soft plastics were most effective for the Trout and the Reds were drawn in to bite on gold spoons. 

We predominately drift fished the area covering water to find our fish.  The soft plastics that worked best were a strait or split tail light green baits.  We worked it on and off the bottom to draw in the strike.  The spoons were used to cover water on the flats.  We used gold weed-less spoons and worked them just atop the sea-grass to attract the Reds.

Try out the Arroyo you will have a great experience too.  LeeRoy, of LG Outfitters can put you on some great fish.  Call him at 956-592-1116 to schedule your next fishing excursion.

Thanks for you time today, and…………. We’ll see you on the water !!

Dave

Brownsville Snook

Captain Bradley Borreaux and I set out a second time, for the Illusive Snook in the Brownsville Ship Channel in Texas.  This is the Southern most section of the state of Texas.

We used crank bait hard plastics to catch fish in and around the structure along the ship docking stations, back cuts and pilings.  We were looking for some real Rod Bending Action today………….Big Snook.

 Things started great, Bradley had a nice Jack Carville.  Then we were on some Mangrove Snapper.  The Big Finish was in our sights.

We fished all around structure.  In fact, LeeRoy Gonzales from LG Outfitters was on board with us to help us position the boat tight in the structure.  He manned the trolling motor and kept us in the strike zone………Thanks LeeRoy.

 

Anglers Note:

Our goal was to catch a big Snook.  These fish are predominately a Florida fish but they have been known to occupy these waters in South Texas. 

We worked hard and kept moving.  Finally, I casted the crank bait close to the metal structure that was an old docking station and he tried to take the rod from me.  I ran down the side of the boat from the stern to the bow and LeeRoy cranked the MinnKota to full speed and we got away from the structure as quick as we could.  These big Snook are strong and they will head for cover which for us… means break-offs.  It was a truly awesome team effort to land this fish.  We released the fish to, fight another day.

We shot this trip on tape for Television, Tony D, our main cameraman captured the entire trip.   Check out our website for the date and station it will air.

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

Dave