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East Matagorda Bay (Any tips?)
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01/28/12 08:42 PM
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kro
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My cousin and I have started fishing East Matagorda Bay on a somewhat steady basis (about once a month or so), and it's been pretty slow for us... to put it lightly. We've been using artificials (mainly Norton Sand Eel Jr.'s in electric blue/chartreuse tail), but like I said, it's been slow. The only area where we've caught fish is a shell point that extends out to about waist deep water. We're still in the "exploratory phase". Still just trying to physically find some spots to fish. I was curious to see if anyone had any tips/patterns/techniques that they would mind sharing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by Kro; 01/28/12 08:42 PM.
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Re: East Matagorda Bay (Any tips?)
[Re: kro]
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01/29/12 08:12 PM
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oldsaltyone
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Do you have a boat, kayak, or do you wade in? If a boat, do you drift fish or do you get out and wade?
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Re: East Matagorda Bay (Any tips?)
[Re: oldsaltyone]
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01/29/12 08:34 PM
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kro
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My cousin has a boat, and that's what we've been going in. We've been wading most of the time too.
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Re: East Matagorda Bay (Any tips?)
[Re: kro]
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01/29/12 11:53 PM
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oldsaltyone
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Lately, I've been doing good on or very near any shell reef or point, so that waist deep shell you've been on or places like that, are what I would target. As always, the weather plays a huge role in everything fishing related. Catch a cloudy, warm, day with a dropping barometer with light winds and you will catch fish in EMB this winter. Bright, clear, sunshine and you may struggle. Try a Bass Assassin 5" chicken on a chain on a 1/4 or 1/8 oz. jig head or if it warms up in the late afernoon there has been a decent topwater bite. Also for drifting the same soft plastic will work very well. Drift the scattered underwater shell or work areas around exposed shell. Remember, a Top Spot map or good gps is your best friend..
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Re: East Matagorda Bay (Any tips?)
[Re: oldsaltyone]
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01/30/12 05:46 PM
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kro
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