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[Armadilla]

Hi to All.

The fishing in this area coupled with the spring-like weather (minus the high winds) has been exceptional. I'm currently on the start of a 2 week vacation which will have me on the water for most of it trying to catch a trophy 30" inch trout.

So far in my endeavor the last 3 outings has yielded 17 trout over 20" with most of them between 21" and 24". My biggest trout was a 26" heavy fish caught today. I've also caught about 20 slot reds and 1 oversized at 28.5".

I plan to try Copano and Port Bay, and then down to the ULM/Baffin before it's time to go back to work.

Tight Lines!

[AcousTennis]

Keep plugging away and that 30" will show up eventually, im still looking for this years, kind of feels like big girl season hasnt even started yet with the warm weather weve been having

[ironmanstan]

Good luck on your trip.
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[ccfishingcoach]

Good luck and tight lines
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[Armadilla]

Thanks, Guys!

@AT - I've been fishing for big trout more seriously with lures for about 4 years. I've caught around 15 to 20 fish between 26" and 28.5". I just don't know how many big fish reside up in the AP/Rockport area. My goal was to pull a 30" out of these waters, but as rare as a big fish is anywhere, up here I'm not sure if it's going to happen. I do fish the ULM a lot during the summer for reds. I think i need to start trout fishing down there more....

[Coach]

A giude friend to me that some guy caught a 31 in Port Bay 2 weeks ago, it weighed +12lbs.... there is fish around there.
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[Armadilla]

Well, I didn't catch the 30-inch trout but managed many solid fish and a much needed break from the daily grind. I also got to follow the fish as they transitioned to different structure and feeding patterns over the past 2 weeks.

The vacation started after a front blew through and the temperature began to warm. Redfish and better than average trout moved shallow to bask in the sun and to start their gorge. I even got to sight-cast to several quality trout which was awesome. The weather stayed pretty warm with only one real windy weak front that blew through.

I caught most of the fish early using slowly-twitched mirrodines and corkies, and flapping devils with a slow-stop cadence. The fish were caught drifting on mud/grass/shell flats, and wading mud/grass and mud/grass/shell shorelines.

The transition was in full effect this past week and by Wednesday the trout had moved to main-bay shorelines over sand and grass. With the high tides, the reds ventured in the back-lakes and on very shallow newly-flooded flats. The reds were caught using a fast-retrieved cankbait while trout were caught using corkies and soft plastics while employing a much faster cadence.

My totals over 10 days were as follows:

28 trout over 20" (6 between 25 and 26.5"),
64 slot reds,
2 oversized reds,
9 keeper flounder, and
2 hardheads (each on a corky; a first for me).

I fished Redfish and Port Bays.

No 30-inch trout but a very fun adventure. All trout over 20" and all but 6 slot reds released. I did keep 5 of the flounder

Hope this report helps in some way....

[ziacatcher]

That's a helluva 10 days. WTG.

[ccfishingcoach]

Definitely a nice vacation and I bet catching all of those reds made it worth your while. Congrats
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[jbonorden]

[carolina kinger]

[O.B.]

Nice report. Man i can only dream to be able to fish 10 days straight.
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