Excellent! Great photos to go with the story!!

I'm PUMPED beyond belief. No work for a week and salt in the air!!

Well, it was a humbling trip. Got in town Sunday only to find out the storm was upgraded to a Tropical Storm Bill. Monday I set out not knowing whether to stay or run. I fished for 2 hours in high wind in my pirogue. I could hardly relax waiting on the storm plane to return with data from the storm. I went in without a bite....casted as some mullet.

Tuesday and Wednesday I did not fish. Tuesday the wind was so strong and the storm surge was hitting. It really didn't rain much Monday and Tuesday...typical summer shower. Wednesday the rain came with the wind. I got back on the water Thursday as the storm surge was leaving. I noticed some strange fish working down the grass line. Gar, mermaid, not sure....it was fat and had large grey scales. It went along without noticing my fly. It did get my heart going.

The fish were popping the water up shallow....I doubt it was game fish....but I tried topwater popper fly and had a few small fish chase after it....I guess I couldn't pop it fast enough for them, and ran out of line at the rod tip.

I did a lot of blind casting....mullet casting.

As I was about to give up I notice a small grass island and what looked like about 3/4" fin sticking up moving around it. I set anchor and casted to it about 10 minutes until I felt like I spooked it off...I guess it was a small redfish.

I gave up and packed it up.

Of course Friday when we left the bay turned to glass and my head and heart sank as I loaded the pirogue up to head home.

I talked to one lady who fished sun up to sun down and caught her limit of red and black drum. Using live shrimp. I guess my expectations were a bit higher...at least catch a croaker. LOL!

The grass was growing nicely along the bay....State has done a great job replanting.



Tropical Storm Bill - Not that scary - But you see the grass is now under the Storm Surge. There was grass as far as you could see...under normal tide.


Storm Surge on the back roads. I was driving around while the baby took a nap...only sure fire way to get a nap. Plus I had to look for my next fishing haunt. (next trip)

BTW I used the 9 weight the first day, but blinding casting with it was a work out....and seemed overrated for the fish I was after (it's intended for LA redfish). I switched to my 7 Weight Switch Rod and used it the rest of the time. It was easier to cast in the wind and work down the grass lines.

I see why most people fishing Texas coast go smaller rods....fish just don't get that big in the bay. From what I could tell.

For the most part, rod size is for line size which is for fly size. Until the fish get really big, fish size has little to do with it.

it is great idea

I need to get down to the salt and try the fly.