Low Tides = Rod Bending

Mike Wilson and I left Woody’s Marina at 7am in search for deep water adjacent to flats.

This time of year, the fish can be congregated in big numbers since the tides are low and the water is cold.

We knew of several areas in the Port Aransas, Texas area where fish should be located.  Mike and I are strategic fishermen.  We fish the conditions and change our approach based on the time of year and the current weather and water conditions.  I recommend that you do the same.

The first place we fished was a shoreline adjacent to a channel.  This channel was a boat channel that connected two different water ways.  The good thing here was that we found good size keeper Black Drum in numbers, the bad thing was the fairly steady boat traffic.  When other anglers see you catching fish, they tend to move in and fish your area.  This can cause you to have fewer and fewer places to relocate if the bite turns off where you are anchored.   After some real Rod-Bending Black Drum action, we decided to make a move and find some Red’s.

 We fished a bay that had some holes that we thought would hold some nice Redfish.  When we got there, we found 6 or 7 other boats in the area.  We found us a spot and dropped the hook and began to fish.  We saw some other boats catching small reds but nothing of real size so we kicked it in the tail and made a big move to another area.

The area we fished next was a channel that had almost completely emptied flats on one side and a flat with 3 inches of water on the other.  That proved to be the honey hole.  We smoked top of the slot Redfish and oversized Reds.  It was dynamite.

Anglers Note—

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The tip of the day is as follows, Mike Wilson and I used dead shrimp rigged Carolina Style.  We used 30 lb braided line, 3 foot mono leaders (30lb) and size 5 Mustad Hooks.  Keep the bait adjacent to grass-lines but not in the grass.  DO NOT place the rod in a rod holder, stay on the rod and feel for the action at the end of the line.  Move the bait ever so slightly along the bottom occasionally to stay in touch with the bait.  If you feel some taps, be patient, do not set the hook until the line lightens up or begins to move across the water.  When that occurs set the hook………… and hang on.

Special Thanks to Mike Wilson Guide Service for the fishing action.                  

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Until next time, I’ll see you on the water.

Dave