Specks – Aransas Bay / Redfish Bay, TX

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Mark
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Date: August 18, 2007, Saturday
Portage: Cove Harbor , Rockport, TX
General Area : Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay/Estes Flats (Redfish Bay Scientific Area)
Moon : 29% waxing
Weather : Warm – highs in the high eighties, cloudy, winds 14 to 20 mph, SE., scattered showers
Surface Water Temp :about 87 – 89 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Kevin, Doug

A nice start – everyone up-and-at-’em by 6:00. Arriving at the Cove Harbor marina around 7:30 or so and in the water at around 8:00am. We were disappointed by the lack of live shrimp, but loaded up on live mullet and live croaker. ….read about the rest of the day

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Night Fishing – Copano Bay, TX

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Mark

Date: August 17, 2007 Friday
Portage: Copano Bay Causeway – Rockport, Tx
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : 21% waxing
Weather : Night time – cloudy, winds at 12-17 mph, Southeasterly, scattered showers
Surface Water Temp :about 87 – 89 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Kevin, Doug

Out of town at about 3:00 pm and crossing the causeway at around 7:30, we met Doug (down from Houston) at the boat ramp, after having gotten some live shrimp and croaker at Sea Gun, on the North side of the Causeway. …..read about the rest of the evening

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Specks, Reds, and Black Drum – Copano Bay, TX

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Mark

Date: July 22, 2007, Sunday
Portage: Copano Bay Causeway, Rockport, TX
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : First Quarter (50% Waxing)
Weather : Warm – highs in the High eighties, Mostly Sunny
Surface Water Temp : about 81 degrees
Team : Mark, Mike

Up again at 5:30am with even a better night’s sleep and we were in at the Copano Bay Causeway and in the water by 7:30am. We went to Sea Gun for bait – only had Live Shrimp available – that’s okay. I threw the cast net at the ramp for some croaker. I got few, but mostly I was catching 26-30 size shrimp! Well, we already had some, and it’s illegal to take shrimp from Copano Bay, anyway. ….read about the rest of the day

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Sand Trout – Aransas Bay, TX

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Mark

Date:July 21 , 2007, Saturday
Portage: Cove Harbor , Rockport, TX
General Area : Aransas Bay, Redfish Bay/Estes Flats (Redfish Bay Scientific Area)
Moon : 45% Waxing
Weather : Warm – highs in the high eighties, cloudy, winds 5 to 10 mph, SE.
Surface Water Temp : about 81 degrees
Team : Mark, Mike

The forecast was 10 to 20 mph winds for today. As such we decided to drift the flats during the winds. Sunday was predicted to be friendly in the wind department, so the plan is to do Copano Bay on Sunday. ….read about the rest of the day

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Copano Bay, TX

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Mark

Date: July 20,, 2007 Friday
Portage: Copano Bay Causeway – Rockport, Tx
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : 35% Waxing
Weather : Night time – cloudy, winds at 8-12 mph, Southeasterly
Surface Water Temp : about 81 degrees
Team : Mark, Mike

First of all, I have known Mike for over 25 years, and this is actually the first time that we have fished together, to the best of my recollection.

Second of all, this weekend was prefaced by an extreme amount of rain and flooding, not only in the Hill Country and San Antonio, but the Rockport area had seen 10″ of rain over the past several days. The forecast was miserable, but we packed our rain gear, and went for it. Several fishing reports that I was able to observe indicated that the bays were turning brackish, but the fish were still hangin’ around. Another note is that it seems that the rain and floods had reduced the water temperature about five degrees since our last visit, a couple of weeks ago. ….read about the rest of the evening

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Redfish Bay / Estes Flats, TX

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Mark

Date: July 1, 2007, Sunday
Portage: Cove Harbor , Rockport, TX
General Area : Redfish Bay / Estes Flats
Moon : 98% waning
Weather : Moderate – highs in the low eighties, cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and showers, winds 8 to 20 mph, E to S depending on the passing storms.
Surface Water Temp : about 86 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Kevin

Another amazing show for this crew, up at 6:30am and in the water at about 8:30am. The ramp on the south side of Cove Harbor is shut for parking lot repairs. We headed over Palm Harbor where I learned the ramp is there no more – it’s all a trailer park. By asking some passer’s by, we were directed to the North entrance of Cove harbor, where we found a wonderful facility and boat ramp. Gee, if it was a snake, I’d be dead! ….read about the rest of the day

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Black Drum, Specks – Copano Bay, TX

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Mark

Date: June 30, 2007, Saturday
Portage: Copano Bay Causeway , Rockport, TX
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : FULL

Weather : Moderate – highs in the low eighties, cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and showers, winds 8 to 15 mph, E to S depending on the passing storms.
Surface Water Temp : about 86 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Kevin

An amazing start by 8:00am for this crew (up at 6:00am), and we put in at Copano Causeway once again in anticipation of the 50/50 hole in consideration of last night’s performance. The morning however did not prove as productive. ….read about the rest of the day

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Night Fish / Black Drum – Copano Bay, TX

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Mark

Portage: Copano Bay Causeway – Rockport, Tx
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : 99% Waxing (full)
Weather : Night time – partly cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms (nearby). winds at 8-12 mph, Southerly
Surface Water Temp : about 86 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Kevin

After a surprisingly early start from Austin, we found ourselves crossing the Copano Bay Causeway during daylight at about 8:00 – 8:30 pm, and decided to put in and try for the big Black Drum that is typical fare after dark at Fred’s Pier. The Copano Causway State Park baithouse had plenty of live shrimp and dead shrimp (the bait of my choice for night fishing drum) so provisioning and put-in was expedient. It is noted that the tide was really high, likely amplified by the Easterly prevailing winds resulting from the tropical flow to a stationary low pressure system, that BTW is resulting in some amazing flooding in the Hill Country, and North Texas. ….read about the rest of the evening

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Redfish – Copano Bay, TX

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Mark

Date: May 20, 2007 Sunday
Portage: Copano Bay Causeway State Park, Rockport, TX
General Area : Copano Bay
Moon : 20% Waxing
Weather : Cool – Highs in the mid 80′s, partly cloudy. Winds out of the East at 6 – 12mph.
Surface Water Temp : about 73 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Jason

Another late start 8:30a, putting in at the Copano Bay Causeway State Park. The winds were forecast to subside, however we were not impressed with the improvement. The winds were still Easterly and brisk which effectively scrubbed any venture to the West end of Copano Reef. So the usual targets were on the agenda. …. read about the rest of the day

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Redfish Bay / Estes Flats, TX

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Mark

Date: May 19, 2007 Saturday
Portage: Cove Harbor – Rockport, Tx
General Area : Estes Flats / California Hole
Moon : 12 % Waxing
Weather : Cool – Highs in the mid 80′s, partly cloudy. Winds out of the East at 10 – 16 mph.
Surface Water Temp : about 73 degrees
Team : Mark, Roger, Jason

The Trout are advertised to be spawning and the Menhaden are coming into the bays. There are many reports of good stringers of Speckled Trout in the previous week. The past several weeks had been disturbed by high winds resulting from simultaneous weather systems tracking through the midwest. This weekend was the first weekend since that winds allowed for reasonable navigation, according to reports. Nonetheless, 15 mph winds were not optimum. As such, the original float plan to run north of Traylor Island and work NE towards Mud Island was pretty much scrapped for a morning/afternoon in Estes Flats. ….read about the rest of the day

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