Corpus Christi to Baffin Bay – The Long Run

Rich Gidrey and I put in at Billings Bait Stand in Corpus Christi at 6:30am in search of big Redfish and big Trout.  That is exactly what we found.  We knew that Baffin Bay would be the best target for a smoking hot fishing trip.

We had Tony D, our main cameraman on board to capture the event on Video for our up-and-coming Television Season.

 Our plan was to work the rocks and submerged barrier islands.  We used Live Croaker and Live Piggies and kept them alive on Oxygen in two separate live wells.  These baits are in season now and they are not that hearty.  Oxygen is a must.

We caught 6 Trout over 26 inches and the largest was 27 ¾.   We also caught over 30 keeper trout.  The big girls, sow trout, were released to fight another day.    The total on Reds was 5, but they were really big.  Largest was 33 inches. 

The ticket was structure and it usually is !!!!!

Anglers Note:

All in all the best fish were caught just where you would expect them to be, in and around structure.  We found that the prime targets were potholes adjacent to the submerged sea-grass, drop-offs, rocks, and the edges of submerged islands in 3 foot or less of water.

The ticket was to keep the bait from swimming down.  We used a technique of light pops of the rod to pull the bait up off the bottom or out of the grass.  This popping technique also makes the bait emit a grunting or croaking noise into the water.  This draws in the strike.  We used 40 lb braded line, remember there are rocks with sharp edges, and kept close contact with the bait.  You can feel them, braided line transmits the bait action, fluttering around.   Then you will feel a thump or a tightening of the line.  Our technique was to keep the rod tip high, when you feel the thump or a tighter line, bow the rod tip to the waters surface.  If you continue to feel line tightening, either let him run a bit or immediately set the hook.

Rich and I smoked them today.  This episode will air on television soon.  Stay tuned for our announcement of the time and television station for our new season. 

As we always say-------Thanks for your time today and I’ll see you on the water.

Dave 

May Fishing – Port A and Baffin Bay

The Inshore Fishing Crew was on the water in mid may searching for Redfish and Trout.  We fished the Port Aransas Area with live shrimp and found that the area was loaded with baitfish and birds working but the game-fish were illusive.

We covered a lot of water searching for the hook-up.  We tried drop-offs, ledges, points and grass-lines.  The ticket proved to be the flats with very well exposed pot-holes.  The shrimp was not really the ticket.  What worked for up on great red-fish was the Skip-Jack that we caught earlier in the day.  Skip-jack are also called poor man’s tarpin since they jump and tail walk as you fight them in.  They are excellent cut bait and casting a chunk into a pothole using a Carolina Rig with a size 5 Mustad style croaker hook proved to be the magic trick.

Day two of our fishing excursion was into Baffin Bay with life Croaker and Piggies.  The fishing was on right from the start.  The rocks of Baffin Bay, specifically the Badlands were on fire.  We caught trout in numbers and the biggest was 24 ½ inches.   The trick here was no leader and simply a size 5 Mustad style croaker hook.  Cast the bait as close to the rocks as possible and let the croaker do the trick.   Keep the rod tip high and pop the rod 2 times every once in a while.  We used 30 lb. braided line for sensitivity and kept in contact with the bait at all times.

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

Dave

Smoking----- Top-Water Assaults

Capt. LeeRoy Gonzales and I left the dock early to search for Trout and Reds of caliber with top-water lures.

The morning started with light winds out of the South East but soon enough we had completely slack wind.  We know that our window of time was short before the Northern that was scheduled for late afternoon would be upon us.  Winds were expected to be 30 plus and howling.

We kept moving in pursuit of fish of caliber.  Our first fish was this 23 inch Speck and the chrome and black Super Spook Jr. proved to be deadly.  The day seemed to fly by as we moved and covered water in search of a big finish for the television show we were making.  Tony D was on board shooting video and we were ready for the Red Fish to take the show to the next level.

Our plan was to work the potholes in search of Reds.  We found two solo’s in the open flats that were interested in the Mullet look-alike baits but the finale was just around the corner.

 Anglers Note:

The trip in Arroyo City with LeeRoy was smoking Hot.  The big finish was a barrier island shoreline that gave us one perfect drift that lasted 1 hour.  In that time we smoked 6 big reds.  Two provide us with a good fight but spit the hook. The other 4 were landed videoed and released.  It was an anglers dream to have the action that we had in that short period of time. 

Contact LeeRoy Gonzales at LGoutfitters.com or at 1-956-371-0220 and he can put you on fish of caliber too.

P.S. We even took an evening fishing outing and let Tony D catch Redfish.  Nice Job Tony !!!!

Thanks for your time today and I’ll see you -------  On The Water !!!!!!!!

Watch for this episode of Inshore Fishing With Super Dave® on television very soon.

Dave

LG Outfitters and Super Dave Fishing

This trip in March proved to be a Hunting and Fishing first for Inshore Fishing With Super Dave.

LeeRoy Gonzales and I traveled to several ranches in south Texas and we fished the waters of the Arroyo and South Padre Island.    The offering that we explored was awesome.

The wildlife in the Ranch system that LG Outfitters is connected with was impressive.  The fishing, as you can see from the pictures was smoking hot.  Our plans are to partner with LG Outfitters to offer Hunting and Fishing packages available to the anglers of South Texas and the region.

We completed, earlier in the year, a duck hunt, a deer hunt and we have scheduled several exotic hunts for the next few weeks.  Please visit LG Outfitters at LGOutfitters.com for a complete listing of their offering.  Both hunting and fishing and even cast and blast offerings are available on the same day.

More information will be provided soon as we schedule the hunts.

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

Dave