Sargent Texas and “Salty Sammy” Salty Sammy from Sargent Texas is good a dog. He lives in Sargent on the Gulf Coast and enjoys the outdoors. Springtime can be dangerous for Pets on the Gulf Coast You could say he is a local Star. Don’t get me wrong he is part Boxer and part Pit but is most of all he is all Sargent. Sometimes he thinks he is a tough guy because of his pedigree. Part Pitbull and part Boxer. He is handsome  cute and very much loved. He had some problems last spring in tall grass. His Best friend Logan Frederich. Salty  Sammy is spunky, happy and well behaved...

Greatest Winter Trout Bay on Texas Coast   2019  East Matagorda Bay Maps in and around Sargent give up some Big Wintertime Trout and Redfish. When the North Wind comes down from Canada those willing go to Sargent have some close encounters with the “Giant Size” EMBay Huge Trout and Redfish. Many people during  winter hunt for Ducks or Geese around Sargent in the San Bernard Wildlife Refuge and the Big Boggy Wildlife Refuge. Look at Daily SARGENT BEACH REPORTS If you're inclined to get out of your Duck Blind and get into your fishing Boat. East...

Sargent Mitchell's Cut From The Air This week we take to the air over Mitchell's Cut in Sargent. I have been working on my boat. So instead of writing about Sargent we got you up in the air for a  birds eye view of Mitchell's Cut. This incredible footage is  about 5 minutes long and really shows how wonderful Sargent is to be the gateway to the Gulf of Mexico and East Matagorda Bay.  I have loaded two Air Tours and one labels the Sargent Beach locations so you can enjoy the Second even more. The second is the best Arial footage I have seen of Sargent. Click this Video First to understand second...

Sargent, Texas is getting it’s own public  “Sargent Fishing Pier”. The new Sargent Fishing Pier will be a great resource for people who might  have somewhat limited access to the Gulf of Mexico from Sargent, Houston, Victoria and other areas. . This New pier will come at a time when the State also plans on replacing the last “Texas Swing Bridge” in Texas to Sargent Beach Island. Both these new attractions will increase traffic to Sargent.   While many people  thought the Pier would be located near Sargent Park it just didn’t happen. Still, others thought the County should build...

The Heroes  and Heroines of Sargent. These articles will be about people Heroes and Heroines that make a difference and improve our East Matagorda Bay and our Greater Sargent Ecosystem. Roy Tipps strode into the Meeting and many of the people attending were drinking beer. He approached the front table where the committee was sitting and dumped some Shrimp and live crabs on the Table.“This is our Bay Gentleman”.  Then he produced and bucket of Dredge Mud. He dumped the mud on top of the Shrimp and Crabs. “This is what they are doing to our Bay”. As he dumped the mud the Rowdy crowd...

Colorado River used to drain out at Sargent Beach About 1000 years ago the Colorado River which drains parts of the Hill country and Austin jumped out of its main channel at Glen Floral Texas. Then it headed to the Gulf though Caney Creek. In relatively recent geological time of the past 6,000 years  Texas Rivers  rivers would changed their course from time to time. The flow of the Colorado river would empty into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent Beach.. Now it flows to it’s latest exit into the Gulf of Mexico near  Matagorda Texas.  This happened in the last 6,000 years In North East Texas...

Downey's Caney Creek Club  Sargent's Subdivision Downey's Caney Creek Club is the closest subdivision to the riches of East Matagorda Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in the Sargent Area. The subdivision includes and extensive Canal infrastructure and an abundance of tidal fishing opportunities on Canals,  Inter-coastal Fishing and Caney Creek near East Matagorda Bay.  Drive time by boat from your dock on your waterfront property to the Gulf and Bay by water is shortest distance of any subdivision on the mainland.  This is the advantage of owning in this particular Sargent subdivision.  The...

New Sargent Bridge plans. Recently I came across a posted photo of the New Sargent Bridge. It is a "Corkscrew shaped Bridge" on 457 in Sargent Texas,the one that will replace our current Sargent Floating Swing Bridge.  It is supposed to  limit the Environmental impact with the new design.  When you look at it's footprint on the map it is very compact. It does not take up large Area and Surface. This will allow it to only cover approximately up to 7 acres. Double Click on plans. This view is looking from North to South. The State of Texas want to limit the impact of the Bridge on the "Greater...

The Cedar Lakes North of Sargent Texas A few people have asked me to post some information about the Cedar Lakes. The Cedar Lakes are a really wild part of the Texas Coast. They are located North of Sargent in the San Bernard Wildlife Preserve. They are very inaccessible and can be dangerous. . I have only fished in front of them from the Intracoastal and was very timid about going into them with my boat. I have fished the beach cut from the Gulf that goes into the lake closest to Sargent. That was fun without the boat. If you have fished the Cedar Lakes area in a boat or Kayak contact me. What...

Winter Fishing in Sargent Enjoy fishing while running out the Winter Boat Blues. Winter fishing around Sargent is really fun. It's time to fish for Sheepshead.  Sheepshead are really abundant and prolific around East Matagorda Bay and Sargent Texas. If you live on the Creek, Canal or on the intracoastal  you can catch them off of your docks. For the next 8 weeks the fish we call Sheepshead are prolific around Sargent. Their spawn usually is in the end of March. They love docks, structure, Oyster Reefs, rocks or any structure.. They love canals and piers and any rocks or Oyster Beds. They are close...