2022 Salty H20 Thread.... Let's go! Part 1

[panhandlehunter]

I like them when they’re smaller slot. The big ones just take too long to get in. Lol

[kevin nicholls]

I'm definitely a red guy. My wife likes trout so I try to be a good husband, but I'd much rather catch reds.

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Originally Posted by tmurray

Call me crazy, but I love redfish, maybe more than I love trout. Don't get me wrong, I'll fry the heck out of some trout, but man I love grilled redfish on the halfshell. I also enjoy the fight on my trout rods.

Cleaning them has become worlds easier since I discovered the cordless bubba blade with the 9" stiff blade.

I’m with you I’d rather catch reds over trout most any day, probably because I know how/where to find them.

Don’t get me wrong I LOVE some trout action too, but that first run of a 24-26” red is where it’s at.

[Walker]

I fish for reds. Trout are a bycatch for me.

[El General]

I like both. Does that make me bi?

[justletmein]

Originally Posted by El General

I like both. Does that make me bi?

Maybe not, they both smell like fish.

[fish4food]

Well, had planned on going in the morning when I got off work. But some dummy didn’t check the weather. High winds, lightning, and thunder this morning. Only had 1” lt rain out of the show.

Did go gigging this evening and fished off a pier. 10-12 dink’s, and only saw 1 flounder.

[El General]

Man I haven’t been gigging in years.

[Killer]

He caught a hammer today off the rigs in Port A.
69lbs Cobia

[txheartshot]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

I’ve heard the Sharks are thick this year.

I’m assuming y’all were in West bay somewhere close to greens? That’s the sharkiest place on the Texas coast.

No doubt about it! I won’t wade there without a bucket.


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[justletmein]

Originally Posted by fish4food

Well, had planned on going in the morning when I got off work. But some dummy didn’t check the weather. High winds, lightning, and thunder this morning. Only had 1” lt rain out of the show.

Did go gigging this evening and fished off a pier. 10-12 dink’s, and only saw 1 flounder.

Freaking love me some hunting of fishes. We got some gigging in during a brief wind break last weekend. Excuse the sand, wife is ruthless dropping flatties on the ground for some reason no matter how much I **** and moan. LOL... That's a 75qt Yeti for size reference.

[Capt Glenn]

We had a great topwater bite this morning wading with the majority being 17-20" fish. It lasted about an hour and a half and when the tide slowed so did the bite. We caught 'em on worms after that but most at that point were under 17". I bet I caught 10 over 17 this morning and no telling how many under.

Yesterday we caught 3 limits of trout out of the boat and released a bunch more. Lots of 14-16"ers.

What a difference a light wind makes, even if it is still a SW wind.

[Slew]

Originally Posted by fish4food

Well, had planned on going in the morning when I got off work. But some dummy didn’t check the weather. High winds, lightning, and thunder this morning. Only had 1” lt rain out of the show.

Did go gigging this evening and fished off a pier. 10-12 dink’s, and only saw 1 flounder.

That’s cool! I’m gonna take little man flounder gigging someday!!

[DUKFVR]

Congrats Glenn!

[fish4food]

Justletmein, goodness that’s a toad!!!

Congrats Capt!

Slew- let me know when you get down. There’s a few places to walk in. Have lights you can borrow as well.

I jacked around and didn’t fish yesterday morning, so made a trip last night. Light southwest wind, water way out. Surprisingly water was clean, tons of bait, but didn’t catch anything. Fished from 2100-2300.

Made a round with my mutts after a quick shower and got skunked again. Almost wish I’d stayed home.

[bboswell]

Originally Posted by justletmein

Freaking love me some hunting of fishes. We got some gigging in during a brief wind break last weekend. Excuse the sand, wife is ruthless dropping flatties on the ground for some reason no matter how much I **** and moan. LOL... That's a 75qt Yeti for size reference.

Who needs ice? Just throw your fish on top of the chicken and broccoli!

[kevin nicholls]

Originally Posted by bboswell

Who needs ice? Just throw your fish on top of the chicken and broccoli!

That's what I thought, one stop shopping lol. Nice work

[Kingfisher789]

Lol. That’s just wrong! You need peas to ice stuff down !

[Quackerbox]

With those flat fish might as well use the yard burd to catch crabs. Then you could stuff the flounder with crab and broccoli

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[Gclyde12]

Spending the weekend at my in-laws in sea isle, decided to hit the surf the morning, couldn’t have asked for better water. Nice sandy green with a couple ft of visibility. Had two blow ups on tops this morning at first light and that was it. Saw a couple guys throwing shrimp and only saw them catch a couple hard heads.

[kevin nicholls]

Got out the other day after work. Man the wind was making things tuff, only managed (2) short reds. I did a great job at spooking several out of the county though. At least I fished a new area that was holding them. Happy Memorial Day out there fellas.

[stickman]

Found a few fish to make a check today. Local Young Life “win third coast” tourney was great. Organized, family friendly, and for a great cause. 1st place trout and 4th place flounder.

[fish4food]

Awesome Job!

[DUKFVR]

Originally Posted by stickman

Found a few fish to make a check today. Local Young Life “win third coast” tourney was great. Organized, family friendly, and for a great cause. 1st place trout and 4th place flounder. Attachment 1090849
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Congrats!

[brokeno]

Oh no you killed a trout.

[justletmein]

Originally Posted by bboswell

Who needs ice? Just throw your fish on top of the chicken and broccoli!

Originally Posted by kevin nicholls

That's what I thought, one stop shopping lol. Nice work

lmao yeah I don't normally take fish pictures so that ended up terrible maybe I should practice more.
There's a little ice in the very bottom. lol

[stickman]

Originally Posted by brokeno

Oh no you killed a trout.

Lol, she was brought in alive. We worked pretty hard to keep our trout alive, also kept the flounder and reds alive too. I’m not against keeping them at all, we just don’t always keep them. Being 5 minutes from the boat ramp is nice and fresh fish trumps anything from the freezer. Pretty much only freeze our flounder from gigging trips.

[tmurray]

Caught limits of trout with Nathan Gray yesterday in Galveston. All solid fish, nothing over 22”

[tmurray]

Pic

[Mayhem]

Caught a couple red fish, had my wife Chauffeur me around and made her wade fish for the first time. She didn’t catch a fish but I think she had fun.





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[kingranch]

Limits of trout are almost too easy right now... we are finding that we can have our bag of keeper trout in a matter of minutes. I've fished the corpus coast my whole life and I can't remember it ever being this good w very few dinks.
The reds were nomads but we grind it out till we pick up a few

[Pin Oak DXT]

Originally Posted by kingranch

Limits of trout are almost too easy right now... we are finding that we can have our bag of keeper trout in a matter of minutes. I've fished the corpus coast my whole life and I can't remember it ever being this good w very few dinks.
The reds were nomads but we grind it out till we pick up a few

Glad to hear this.


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[fish4food]

Solid Box!!!

[BonesandArrow]

Originally Posted by stickman

Hit some spoils up along the ICW down near Baffin. Found reds and keeper trout in knee deep water on a heavy feed before the storm. Unfortunately, we got caught in the weather and that pretty much finished our day just shy of our limits. 2 trips I have thrown “the scammer” by Triggered Baits. Very impressed with the action of the bait and how the fish inhale it.

We got caught between Marker and Bird. I’ve never seen water change so quick and hope to never see it again. Couldn’t find shelter with a covered porch so we rode through it to Marker.

[TexasBob]

Ordered my trolling motor. Backordered until the end of July. Hope to have it by September when we have a Jamaica beach bay house rented.


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[Man]

I took the kiddo down to surfside to catch some crabs for a quick trip. 30 undersized crabs into it I tossed a piece of peeled shrimp into the ICW with a zebco to play around with some pinfish since I accepted defeat with the crabs. Immediately hit a keeper red, and then lost 6 other huge bull reds/black drum on peeled shrimp that the pre-spooled Zebco line just could hold on to. Its always when I don't plan for it ...always.

[kevin nicholls]

Man, sometimes their stuff is bigger than your stuff. You'll get em next time.

[fish4food]

Dang Man! Tough luck on that one. Bet your boy will remember that line peeling for a long time!

I snuck out this morning despite the dang wind. I stopped counting at 50, with at least 30 being in the 17-19” range. The rest were dink’s. Started out with a mirrodine, then switched over to an old Sea Devil.

Wife called me while fishing and asked how it was going, her mom and niece are visiting. Gave a report and she said they’d be there in 20 min. By the time they showed up, the bite had slowed down considerably. They still managed to catch around 10 between the 3 of them. They did lose some dink’s, along with 4-5 that would have kept.

[kevin nicholls]

You got your moneys worth out of that lure. Nice work

[DUKFVR]

Congrats to you fish!

[BBBGP]

Might need to do the ole supper glue trick on that one.

[bollomb]

Anyone hitting the surf in the morning?

[panhandlehunter]

Originally Posted by bollomb

Anyone hitting the surf in the morning?

Supposed to be good? Still calling for 3’ tomorrow.

[bollomb]

Originally Posted by panhandlehunter

Supposed to be good? Still calling for 3’ tomorrow.

Showing flat on Swell Info for tom

[Mossback]

Originally Posted by bollomb

Showing flat on Swell Info for tom

don't look at swell info, use magic seaweed.

[panhandlehunter]

Originally Posted by bollomb

Showing flat on Swell Info for tom

Hopefully it calms down. It says calm today and it’s way too rough for me to try it. Winds are light and supposed to stay light so tomorrow may be good.

[panhandlehunter]

Originally Posted by Mossback

don't look at swell info, use magic seaweed.

This is what I use and I find it to be the most accurate. Also money well spent is Saltwater Recon. Live cameras so you can verify forecast.

[bollomb]

Id feel little better if wind had some north in it before 6am but I still may go

[BBBGP]

So yalllike magic seaweed better Thant swell info?

[Mossback]

Originally Posted by BBBGP

So yalllike magic seaweed better Thant swell info?

Its leaps and bounds more accurate. Swell info used to be good its not anymore for some reason.