michelle
March 22nd, 2009, 09:10 PM
it was a great weekend to be on the bay in matagorda......west bay anyway.
we launched out of selkirk w/ the rumor that the locks were going to be closed. they were open all 4 times i passed them. anyway we started off in hell hole and julie picked up one slot red. moved down several miles and waded around phillips. nada. moved over towards middle grounds and around noon the bite turned on. i strung a 25 inch red and followed it w/ a 22inch spec. diana followed w/ 2 specs, a 20 and a 23. julie hit 2 more reds and another 22 inch spec. all on topwaters in about an hours time. the bite just died around 130. we had some major blow ups and really nice trout for west matty.
sunday we returned to the same place. i caught another really great red on a pink skitterwalk. jason picked up a 22 inch red on a hot head. julie outdid herself catching 2 redfish on the same lure at the same time. one was about 21 and the other was about 19 inches on a pink top dog junior. she landed them both in a rather small wading net. i've never seen 2 reds caught on the same lure before. the split rings were torn up on the lure. she had a nice spec too. the glass minnows are showing up, but they're small. water 70 degrees. everything came on topwaters.
michelle
we launched out of selkirk w/ the rumor that the locks were going to be closed. they were open all 4 times i passed them. anyway we started off in hell hole and julie picked up one slot red. moved down several miles and waded around phillips. nada. moved over towards middle grounds and around noon the bite turned on. i strung a 25 inch red and followed it w/ a 22inch spec. diana followed w/ 2 specs, a 20 and a 23. julie hit 2 more reds and another 22 inch spec. all on topwaters in about an hours time. the bite just died around 130. we had some major blow ups and really nice trout for west matty.
sunday we returned to the same place. i caught another really great red on a pink skitterwalk. jason picked up a 22 inch red on a hot head. julie outdid herself catching 2 redfish on the same lure at the same time. one was about 21 and the other was about 19 inches on a pink top dog junior. she landed them both in a rather small wading net. i've never seen 2 reds caught on the same lure before. the split rings were torn up on the lure. she had a nice spec too. the glass minnows are showing up, but they're small. water 70 degrees. everything came on topwaters.
michelle