When I went out on saturday with 3 clients, the tide was falling pretty good so we took off for the backside of San Jose island to hit the cuts where the back lakes drain into Aransas Bay. Sure enough some redfish where sitting outside the cuts.
My clients fished from the boat so I drifted the front of the cuts. After some changing out I found the go-to lures were Devil Eyes in Gold Rush and Pink Hologram with a 1/16 oz jig.
The fish weren't just nailing the lures, and they were in a holding pattern on the shell-mixed mud, even though the water was still a little warm. The key was to find where the bait food was, because that was where the action was going to be.
Once we found that we started to see some good action and the clients caught 3 limits along with quite a few undersize redfish. Until spring, mud bottoms mixed with shell are where the bait food is and those are the areas where you need to go.
One of the things I notice on the water is people will run by an area, not see any bait and keep going. This time of the year I will stop the boat and take a long look or fish an area for 10 or 15 min. to see if there is any bait activity. I don't know how many times we have gotten into fish taking just a little time to really look over an area good.
The fish are cold this time of year and they don't move around the same as they do in the fall or summer, so you might only see a little movement every once in awhile, which still means enough fish could be holding there to catch a limit.
My clients fished from the boat so I drifted the front of the cuts. After some changing out I found the go-to lures were Devil Eyes in Gold Rush and Pink Hologram with a 1/16 oz jig.
The fish weren't just nailing the lures, and they were in a holding pattern on the shell-mixed mud, even though the water was still a little warm. The key was to find where the bait food was, because that was where the action was going to be.
Once we found that we started to see some good action and the clients caught 3 limits along with quite a few undersize redfish. Until spring, mud bottoms mixed with shell are where the bait food is and those are the areas where you need to go.
One of the things I notice on the water is people will run by an area, not see any bait and keep going. This time of the year I will stop the boat and take a long look or fish an area for 10 or 15 min. to see if there is any bait activity. I don't know how many times we have gotten into fish taking just a little time to really look over an area good.
The fish are cold this time of year and they don't move around the same as they do in the fall or summer, so you might only see a little movement every once in awhile, which still means enough fish could be holding there to catch a limit.
About the Author:
Captain Mike Caserta is a full-time fishing guide who specializes in wadefishing for big speckled trout and redfish in Texas, and uses Brown Lures' saltwater wade fishing supplies. Kyle suggests you try out some wade fishing supplies from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
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