On the 3rd pic of the Flounder ,,, Look into the GOLD EYE on this pic and you can see how powerful the reflection capability is with the diamond cut glass eyes I use on the TEXAS RATTLER� - you can see the anglers hand and camera taking the photograph .. now is that cool or what ?

Grinder 55: Since the loss of the Rockport Tide Station in Harvey, where do you get your tide info? The only tide info I found for Rockport said the high was "0", and the low was "-.1". Not much current flow with that small a tidal change. Wind will usually affect current and water level more. Right? IslandJim

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https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=8774513&legacy=1

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http://gofishingforum.net/tide.pl?location=Copano%20Bay%20State%20Fishing%20Pier,%20Texas#.VNkyC010yUk

Thanks, grinder 55: That's better than anything I had found. A guide at the Goose Island State Park ramp told me that there isn't any significant tide change in that area. I certainly didn't believe him. I know it's not often a big current, but it's always some.

IslandJim

Double high/low tide days do not have the significant velocity that will move a lot of water, especially during end of January, February and beginning of March.

2 more weeks and things will start to change for the better big time, ... even on double high/low tide days.

Thought I'd point out to our wade anglers that March is an excellent time of year to catch a big flounder.

Here is your "Fishin' Tip for the Day" : The big'uns start invading our bays this time of year and now is a good time to go wade fishing and catch ya one.

I caught my biggest flounder back in 1999 over a shallow shell reef, and, ... yep - it was in March !!!

This may be the best pic ...

Will did a good job of taking those pics and word is that he is helping rebuild Rockport with his fiberglass work at the bait stands and his boat shop Blue Horizon Fiberglass

Awesome post!

"PLAY BALL" ... it's that time of year, ... and for going fishing too ... spring 2018 is here ... "Les le Bon Temps Roulle" !!!


He has hung up his cleats, in his last start for Coastal Bend College in May of 2015 he threw a No-Hitter vs. Schreiner University ...

but he hasn't hung up his fishin' pole

FISHING LOGS: Fishing Logs are priceless - if you take the time to start one. And, while you may eventually quit keeping a Fishing Log if you start one, the things you learn along the way will make you a better angler. Or you can learn from someone who has made that journey.

Yesterday started the Waxing Gibbous (def = humpbacked) moon phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. It lasts ~ 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous phase, the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting before, during or just after the sunrise.

Tides ride with the moon and your tide runner trout will do the same. Trout are nocturnal and will stage themselves along shorelines to feed - especially at first light.

So the best trout bite will be an early morning trout bite for the next week with moonset times ranging from 6 am tomorrow - 9 am next Tuesday.

The "early birds" will get some trout ... and using a 1/4 oz. TEXAS RATTLER� Glow/RedEye jig to throw against the wind, rigged with a Pearl Gulp! was the ticket to a Texas Trout limit in these conditions.

The TEXAS RATTLER � 1/8 oz. jig came through for me today ... I have been Hungry for some of my stuffed trout and it takes a good sized trout to have trout filets thick enough to make a cavity for the shrimp/crab stuffing.

1st trout strung today was as 23" and just what I was looking for. I rigged the 1/8 oz. TEXAS RATTLER� with my trusty plum/chartreuse SW Bass Assassin and it didn't fail me.

Trout was caught over grass beds with very little tidal movement going on.

It wasn't long after 1st light that there was no bite.

So headed to my car and grabbed some breakfast.

The GREAT thing about WadeFish Rockport� is the fact that NO BOAT is necessary to catch a limit of trout.

In fact, by the time most guides or boat anglers get to their 1st fishin' hole by boat, WadeFish Rockport� anglers are well on their way to a trout limit.

Fishin' at 1st light just makes life right, ... and like I said: "NO BOAT needed for trout limits."

Great post Captain!...we sure have great memories of our trip with y'all last year.

Yes sir Troy King, we had a BLAST catching those Trout with you and your son.

It pays dividends to be fishin' at 1st light. ;-)

Will Y. sent in this pic of a nice trout he caught today wade fishing.

Report is he had several trout this size and caught them on 1/8 oz. TEXAS RATTLER� Red/WildEye rigged with a Chickenboy Roach "Whippin Chicken".

Will said he only had 1 "roach" color Whippin Chicken so he used it until the trout shredded it to pieces, ...

... which was about 9 or 10 trout caught on 1 soft plastic.

Now that's the TEXAS RATTLER� U-Lock� doing its job !!!

Will is gonna eat well tonight.

REVIEW: Fish-Bites "White Knuckle" Shrimp & TEXAS RATTLER� jig combo under a popping cork.

Fishing for a sunset for the soul and some supper I decided to test out the new Fish-Bite shrimp under popping cork.

Now some will say that it is the popping cork attracting the trout, but the deal is it still won't make the Trout bite because an angler can't reel faster than a trout can swim ( ~40 mph in bursts) so a trout has the ability to swim around a lure under a popping cork and "check it out" long before it decides to bite it.

Wave action from 25 - 40 mph winds do help the suspended 1/16 oz. TEXAS RATTLER� jig & soft plastic get some action and rattling noise from a cork when it is just sitting there between an anglers popping of the cork.

Feet wet as the sun was just beginning to set.

Using a 1/16 oz. Glow TEXAS RATTLER� rigged with a Fish-Bite shrimp under an Alameda rattling cork ... 3rd cast in some shallow SaltH2O hooked up with a 2 lb. crab that fell in love with my set up .. at first I thought it could be a flounder with that type weight on my line, and when I saw it was a crab I was like - dang !!!... but when I saw how big it was I was like - I want to net that and put it on my stringer, but how ?

Yeah, .. that big crab tore up Fish-Bite shrimp up some, but it was still good to go with the TEXAS RATTLER U-Lock�
" doing its thing".

Scattered trout action on a serious incoming tide against a 30 mph+ winds and scattered trout action tore up the Fish-Bites shrimp even more ... with the last trout strung being the biggest before I had to put on another Fish-Bites shrimp soft plastic.

BTW, that Fish-Bite was white when I 1st put it on, the pinkish color is from blood from all the trout being hooked.

Proof of the effectiveness of the TEXAS RATTLER� jig under a popping cork is the fact that the biggest trout hit it, ... despite its stomach being full of mullet.

I found the Fish-Bite shrimp to be softer and a bit thinner on the head than the Gulp! - yet it still performed well under adverse conditions with the TEXAS RATTLER�.

The 'Wind Witch' has been on a roller coaster this spring bringing in some atypical cold temperatures for this time of year in south Texas.

The result - from what I have seen the last week wade fishing from the Laguna Madre to the reefs around the Rockport bays - is that the Trout action has been scattered but some nice size to them when caught.

While Redfish and Drum action has been great on these windy days for guides and recreational anglers alike - bait or lures, the Trout Anglers have been doing well for anglers looking for some nice size to their Trout.

With few throw backs from undersized Trout that will come soon enough with warmer water temps, the action may not be what I call "steady action", but it has been rewarding with quality sized trout making the stringers.

Bright colored Pink or Chartreuse TEXAS RATTLER� jigs have worked well with dark color soft plastics like the 5" Plum/Chartreuse SW Bass Assassins or the 4" Chickenboy Pearl 'Whippin Chicken'.

Nice one!

THE LOW TIDE BLUES:

Morning low tides can have the no boat, wade and kayak only anglers singing the Blues when the water has flowed away from their favorite fishin' hole overnight.

Put an evening rising moon with that tidal event and that's a recipe makes for some tough morning to noon fishing conditions.

Put the right game plan together a with the right tackle when that happens and an angler can still get some trout filets for lunch.

Knee deep before sunrise watching the moon set was the game plan to string some trout for my sons Happy Birthday party to go with some home made gumbo later today.

Smooth water on a wind protected shoreline and the TEXAS RATTLER� was able to 'call in' some scattered trout that had remained after their full moon night time feed.

The moonset was the icing on the cake.

Out of the ol' SaltH2O at ~ 8 a.m. to clean fish, grab a quick bite to eat and deliver some TEXAS RATTLER� jigs to Livin Reel Salty Tackle Shop in Portland before noon today, ... as promised. 😎

Low Tide or not , didnt' matter - fresh Trout was served with the Homemade Gumbo for the Birthday Party !!!




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Thought I'd share a good fishin' story with my saltwater brothers:

Bass like to eat the TEXAS RATTLER� jig too ...

Fred Ruland just got his TEXAS RATTLER� jigs in the mail yesterday and immediately rigged one up and walked out his back door and hit a local lake behind his house on his pier ...

...and BAM !!! he catches some Bass and sends me the pics !!!

Fred made a cool video showing the lure he was using in action and posted it on my FaceBook Page: Texas Rattler� Inventor FaceBook Page


Now is that cool or what ?

Water is heating up and so is the trout n' red action !!!

Chartreuse/RedEye 1/8 oz. TEXAS RATTLER� jig and a Plum/Chartreuse SW Bass Assassin held value today with light winds prevalent.

Nice! What water depth did you find the trout in? I was out yesterday afternoon and finally found some trout in deeper water and was able to scratch out a limit. Was in 3.5-4ft of slightly off colored water. Didn't see any reds shallow. Just moved here and have been struggling until yesterday, any tips would be appreciated!

BTW - That was a Flourescent Pink Gold/Eye 1/16 oz. TEXAS RATTLER jig being field tested. ;-)

Well, i see where your son gets his good looks.

Now, if someone would just use those jigs weedless and win a big bass tourney..

Nice catch Grinder we are going down to Rockport 6/21-6/24 how much rain would shut the bite off any info would be appreciated

Awesome Grinder Thanks For The Info

Nice little red in first pic... sucks he broke his rod on it. I don't see another rod on his belt so was this a trip ending fish? That would really bite to have to walk a half a mile back to the boat/car to get another rod. Hope one of you had a back up! Ivan was game... he got the fish in and lure back! Kudo's to him!