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