soon as the surfs wadeable please post!

[dbarham]

all you folks livin on the beaCHFRONT..POST UP WHEN THE WAVES ARE WADEABLE.. water color dont matter much to me this time of year. i have caught some huge specks early like this..:lifesaver:

[GHSmacker]

Surf cams are your friend

But really...the surf won't be ready for a while yet...for consistent catches of specks. April is about the earliest i've ever had a good wade in the surf...and it was late april at that. Spring is usually very windy, and several years you won't be able to wade the surf until sometime in July.

[Milkjug]

I've got my eyes open for you. I work at the top of one of the taller buildings on Galveston. I can stare at the gulf or channel and be tempted to bail out of my responsibilities :D

[Milkjug]

Also, I noticed that today the gulf was 70F. I've heard people talking about that being the temp when it really gets going.

[TTU Wader]

I can't wait. Last year sucked to wade the surf, well atleast May and June. Seemed like every day the wind was blowin 15-20. Hope there are a few days in May that are nice so I can pull out that 30in star tourny winning trout :D

[Unclehandy]

Also, I noticed that today the gulf was 70F. I've heard people talking about that being the temp when it really gets going.

You're right 70 is the magic number. It will increase to about 83-84 degrees in the summer and even more in certain spots. Not only are there more fish around, you dont freeze your marbles fishing!

[boom]

I have it on good authority that healthy trout are showing up already. Not the sows yet and not big numbers, but they are here.

[XtremeAngler]

If you fancy fishing from a surfboard the waves were definitely RIDEABLE today

[dbarham]

I've got my eyes open for you. I work at the top of one of the taller buildings on Galveston. I can stare at the gulf or channel and be tempted to bail out of my responsibilities :D
cool thats what i was lookin for thanks

[Dano]

Here is a link to the Surfhouse Surfcam.

http://www.surfhousesurfcam.com/

[Milkjug]

I'm predicting that this N. wind coming in this Friday should knock the waves right down.

Sunday afternoon to early next week I'll out on the beachfront. I don't think the specks will be around, but I'll bring tackle just in case and focus on dead-shrimpin.

[Gilbert]

I'm predicting that this N. wind coming in this Friday should knock the waves right down.

Sunday afternoon to early next week I'll out on the beachfront. I don't think the specks will be around, but I'll bring tackle just in case and focus on dead-shrimpin.



cast some spoons instead. lots of macks and few trout are in the surf already. ;) the water is just a bit too cold for me though. :D

[Milkjug]

Man, there were macks busting bait all over the place last week when I was fishing the surf. They were hitting really small minnows, I even got a clear look at a few of the macks when they hit close to the yak.

They broke off my dead shrimp once when I was bringing it in, so I tried a few silver spoons I had. Not a hit, even with the flouorocarbon leader, and I know they saw it because they were in thick.

I think they were focused on tiny bait and the spoon was too big. I'm thinking a small silver jig or shiny crankbait with a cork for casting distance might be the trick. I was able to catch a few macks early year with that set up when they were hitting small bait.

[Gilbert]

they were hitting 3/4oz silver spoons off the surfside jetties. there is alot of small bait fish. I think they are glass minnows and small shad. Its about that time of year for them to start showing up.

mirrodine XL and mirrominnow in clear are killer baits to be throwing right now also.

http://www.mirrolure.com/lumo/images/27mr-18.jpg
http://www.mirrolure.com/lumo/images/19mr-50.jpg

[Milkjug]

Dude, I was just talking about those mirrodines earlier. My PB 27" speck hit one in the surf 2 years ago.

[Gilbert]

they are killer baits :hooked:

[Sneekypete]

The best colors for me last year and most years in the surf are Mirrorlures 51 & 52 series in CH11 & the Norcross CH.Even in sandy water these produced all summer.As soon as the waves drop hit the surf no matter the water color or temp.It is plenty warm for specks I catch trophys in 54 degree water every year.

[dbarham]

The best colors for me last year and most years in the surf are Mirrorlures 51 & 52 series in CH11 & the Norcross CH.Even in sandy water these produced all summer.As soon as the waves drop hit the surf no matter the water color or temp.It is plenty warm for specks I catch trophys in 54 degree water every year.
i have seen it! first hand many times..sneekypete is the MAN in matagorda he had 5 fish over 8lbs THIS YEAR that i know of! and i always get invited and my plans always change at the last minute with my job.. darnit! thanks for inviting me Rick! stay on em!

[Milkjug]

I'll have to give those slow-sinking mirrolures a shot. With 9 hooks on each you think I'd be able to hang a few....

Do you ever throw topwaters in the surf? I started trying that last year, but only got 1 trout a few times.

How about fishing the first gut? Do you start at the first gut before daybreak like people say is best?

[dbarham]

I'll have to give those slow-sinking mirrolures a shot. With 9 hooks on each you think I'd be able to hang a few....

Do you ever throw topwaters in the surf? I started trying that last year, but only got 1 trout a few times.

How about fishing the first gut? Do you start at the first gut before daybreak like people say is best? the fish sneekypete caught was in the first gut on topwaters in sandy water in the dark in the A.M tops are all i usually throw in the surf! i fish the mouth of the brazos as much as possible all summer! cant wait!

[Gilbert]

I'll have to give those slow-sinking mirrolures a shot. With 9 hooks on each you think I'd be able to hang a few....

Do you ever throw topwaters in the surf? I started trying that last year, but only got 1 trout a few times.

How about fishing the first gut? Do you start at the first gut before daybreak like people say is best?



superspooks in any chrome color works for me in the surf. big ol topwaters to keep the little fish off. Always start in the first gut. My dad never gets wet and he always catches quality. He said he's too old to be fighting waves and getting tired. My dumb butt won't listen and will fight it out on the second bar with the sharks. :eek:

[Gilbert]

the fish sneekypete caught was in the first gut on topwaters in sandy water in the dark in the A.M tops are all i usually throw in the surf! i fish the mouth of the brazos as much as possible all summer! cant wait!


too many bozo's fishing in there now. Wish they would have never put up that new bridge. My and my dad would hammer the trout and flounder back there year round. Now that place looks like a parking lot almost every day. :( if you get a late start, don't even bother trying to go down there, its already full. :mad:

[dbarham]

too many bozo's fishing in there now. Wish they would have never put up that new bridge. My and my dad would hammer the trout and flounder back there year round. Now that place looks like a parking lot almost every day. :( if you get a late start, don't even bother trying to go down there, its already full. :mad: yeah i go before work during the week! but when its on i go anytime! im the guy way out there! its always the same group of us every year there all good people! we always help each other especially when the jacks or sharks move in ! i cannot wait! you can join right in with us dude were probaly the bozos! naw but lets roll when it gets rite! when u going to blockade runners to drink cold ones?

[Gilbert]

yeah i go before work during the week! but when its on i go anytime! im the guy way out there! its always the same group of us every year there all good people! we always help each other especially when the jacks or sharks move in ! i cannot wait! you can join right in with us dude were probaly the bozos! naw but lets roll when it gets rite! when u going to blockade runners to drink cold ones?



nah, I am talking about the bozo's that set up on the bank and fish with 20 rods soaking bait. I'll be down there after work during the week. I don't do weekends over there. I usually take off here at 4 and in the water by 5-5:15. I like to fish about 50-100 yards away from the mouth though. I am going to BR this saturday with my son after his game. opening day. I need to get my topwater box from 007's boat before he starts chunkin them and I don't seem them ever again. :D

[dbarham]

nah, I am talking about the bozo's that set up on the bank and fish with 20 rods soaking bait. I'll be down there after work during the week. I don't do weekends over there. I usually take off here at 4 and in the water by 5-5:15. I like to fish about 50-100 yards away from the mouth though. I am going to BR this saturday with my son after his game. opening day. I need to get my topwater box from 007's boat before he starts chunkin them and I don't seem them ever again. :D
i go rite thru or around the end or over those bozos line and go on out there to the shallower bars way out! i use softplastics this time of year and usually in the jetty pocket quintana side. i use tops also but jigs seem better early for me. i do the same thing i usually get there around 4:30 pm if i dont go before work. depends on my crazy work hours.

[Milkjug]

Cool, I'm pumped :D

This year I think I will try to break my live-shrimp addiction for surf trout.... but man I've had some good trips with those little skrimps. Too much trouble keeping them alive and waking up extra early to buy them though.

[Milkjug]

Is the mouth of the Brazos in between the jetties, or the river-looking thing that is SW of it?

[Gilbert]

Is the mouth of the Brazos in between the jetties, or the river-looking thing that is SW of it?



its south of the jetties.

[dbarham]

i throw ss jrs when its calm and she dogs when its rougher and louder usually always black chrome

[dbarham]

Cool, I'm pumped :D

This year I think I will try to break my live-shrimp addiction for surf trout.... but man I've had some good trips with those little skrimps. Too much trouble keeping them alive and waking up extra early to buy them though.
we will definately keep in touch we will find em!

[WestEndAngler]

Cool, I'm pumped :D

This year I think I will try to break my live-shrimp addiction for surf trout.... but man I've had some good trips with those little skrimps. Too much trouble keeping them alive and waking up extra early to buy them though.

You can leave them at my place in the water or in a cooler with some bubbles.

[Milkjug]

Thanks for the offer Coe. I may have to take you up on that and leave a "hidden stash" of shrimp and mullet there some day :D

[dbarham]

heres what i usually throw

[TTU Wader]

I use some of the same on dbarhamm. One of my favorites is the full size chrome/blue back spook.

[Milkjug]

I like skitter walks for rougher water and spook jr. for everything else.

[TTU Wader]

I like skitters too. I've caught some good fish in the surf on the mullet pattern (i think that's what it's called). It has a black back, chrome sides and a white belly. But then again i've been next to people catching them on the pink ones so who knows lol. Maybe they just like that subtle clicking noise they have

[Milkjug]

Hehe, I think skitters are more of a loud banging than a subtle click

My first topwater trout came off of a pink skitter. Real man's lure there :D

[dbarham]

i dont use skitterwalkers

[Gilbert]

I use skitters in the bay only. Superspooks/top dogs/x-raps in the surf. especially if its a little rough. My fav is the ED special though.

[dbarham]

I use skitters in the bay only. Superspooks/top dogs/x-raps in the surf. especially if its a little rough. My fav is the ED special though.
whats that?

[Gilbert]

whats that?




secret lure. :cool:

[TTU Wader]

lol If you think a skitterwalk is "loud banging" then pick up a she dog next time your at acadmey :D

[dbarham]

lol If you think a skitterwalk is "loud banging" then pick up a she dog next time your at acadmey :D
kinda what i was thinking! she dog or he dog the loudest! in my book its the top dog that had the thump thump rattle

[Gilbert]

whats the temps now? It should be above 70 by now.

[Unclehandy]

72.9 there is a water temp link on the home page!

[WestEndAngler]

It should be on!

[Milkjug]

Ive also been looking at this buoy for water temp, winds, and wave height.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42035

This says 67 because it's a lot further out, but that's where the trout are coming from right? :confused:

Cool graphs of the history and stuff too.

Looks like the surf is going to be down from this wind for the evening. I just got some bait to fish it tomorrow morning, before it kicks up again :D

[Gilbert]

think I might make a run for it friday after work. Give it hell for a couple hours.

[Gilbert]

72.9 there is a water temp link on the home page!



thanks. I don't even go to the home page. I linked strait to the forums. :D

[FlatoutFishin]

Y'all go down there, keep an eye out for my buddies World Cat. It should be making landfall some where pretty soon, if it hasn't already. Last report a week ago, was 40 miles out of Freeport.

[dbarham]

It should be on!
im itchin!

[Gilbert]

im itchin!



take a bath :ack2:

[Unclehandy]

im itchin!

It might be crabs!

[Milkjug]

Getting excited... Looks like tomorrow may have a small flat-beachfront window to fish in the morning. Weather people predict high NW this afternoon and tonight and low SE tomorrow morning. Never fails though, got meetings tomorrow morning. I hope they are too early and the surf is money in the afternoon when I can escape.

I looked at the gulf this morning and the waves are already pretty low and the front hasn't even really hit yet :D

[dbarham]

It might be crabs!arghhhh!

[dbarham]

Getting excited... Looks like tomorrow may have a small flat-beachfront window to fish in the morning. Weather people predict high NW this afternoon and tonight and low SE tomorrow morning. Never fails though, got meetings tomorrow morning. I hope they are too early and the surf is money in the afternoon when I can escape.

I looked at the gulf this morning and the waves are already pretty low and the front hasn't even really hit yet :D im gonna try for around mid day! we will see:dog:

[Milkjug]

Sweet, it's looking good. 0.3' swell height. Now lets just hope the wind stays down long enough... and the fish bite.

Work sucks.

[dbarham]

Sweet, it's looking good. 0.3' swell height. Now lets just hope the wind stays down long enough... and the fish bite.

Work sucks.
im gonna try for this eve if i can get a babysitter!

[Milkjug]

Awesome. I noticed on the bike ride to work that it's windier than I thought, still out of the NNE though. This is probably a good thing since I won't be able to go until later.

You going to be going for specks?

[Gilbert]

im gonna try for this eve if i can get a babysitter!



you need a babysitter to go fishing with you? :confused: momma won't let you go alone? :o

[dbarham]

you need a babysitter to go fishing with you? :confused: momma won't let you go alone? :o
naw i wanna sneak off to the beach with the babysitter!;)