Watch Tides this week. I would fish the surf around the Sargent Cliffs on the Beach. Trout also are good on live shrimp over shell in East Matagorda bay all week. The Redfish run is starting to heat up around Mitchells cut too. Reds are really starting to run. Croaker are hot now too. If you never caught a two or three pound croaker this could be your time of the year to do it.
The Croaker run is going at full speed and they are huge. The kids really love catching them. I do too.
Click photo for Redfish Strategies
Remember There is no reason to keep huge Bull Redfish or Trout....
Sargent Maps and History
Way back in 1963 the Army Corp of Engineers decided to cut a channel into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent. This cut became known as McCabes Cut. As you can see from this 1944 photograph from the Texas Land office there was already an oxbow lake that is just like Old Dead Caney Creek.
McCabes cut was originaly 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep and over the years grew like a monster. The Cut in 1988 was 300 feet wide and 30 feet deep. By this time Barges and Boats were being sucked out into the Gulf when the tide was right. It was like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking...
Sargent News Fishing Report East Matagorda Bay Fall 2014
Sarent news and fall fishing report for Novemeber 2014. Redfish and flounder action really heating up around Mitchell's cut and East Matagorda Bay. This Sargent News report says come now! The fishing great. The first week in November has brought three cool fronts acros East Matagorda Bay which have lowered the water temperature. Bring you fishing pole and get in on the action. For Trout use Popping Cork. Croaker dead shrimp. Redfish live mullet.
Fishing with the Family is really easy this year because Croaker, Texas Flounder and Redfish...
The Tides and The rains came to Sargent these last two weeks and it is great to have this inflow of fresh water. That combined with October Tides and you are setting up for big fall action. Redfish will invade backwater lakes in October and November months looking for food. They love these high tides and really get turned on this time of the year.
This time of year use either dead shrimp with head on on leader with a slip sinker. Also, a live mullet on the end of a blood red leader really gets them bonkers and wanting plenty of action. Live shrimp works well but I found that the reds are hungry...
Summer winds have calmed. Good Tides this weekend. Live Bait very effective now. These are underwater views of how they are caught. You can get live bait anywhere around Sargent or East Matagorda Bay. Look for shallow water and away you go. Click link to see some cool underwater video
Texas Department of Wildlife Fisheries conducted Gill Net Survey. East Matagorda Sabine, Galviston and Matagorda Bay
Lesley Hartman Matagorda Bay's Ecosystem leader reported some "Monster Trout" in East Matagorda Bay near Sargent.
Chronicle Story!
Swing Bridge Sargent Texas is the last of it's kind in the State of Texas. It was slammed by Barge Yesterday.
Sting Ray Marina is still open so go have a nice lunch and watch them repair bridge. Ferry service is available to the Island on a limited basis.
Video!
East Matagorda Bay fall and winter fishing.
Came across this Article on Catching Trout over the Next 5 months and thought I would post it:
Some Good Ideas:
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http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/species/fish-species/winter-texas-seatrout-fishing Saltwater sportsman.
I took this photo a while back at the Bass Pro Shop entrance. It shows people displaying their Tarpon Catch from the old days. There used to be hundreds of fish in the old days that would visit the Gulf Coast from Mexico.
Slowly the fish are making a comeback and are starting to be caught offshore this time of the year.
Please fight for habitat preservation and studies to help these wonderful fish make their comeback to the numbers that used to be available in the old days.
