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Crazy high tides, flounder gigging - Rockport
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10/07/18 12:26 PM
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Joined: Apr 2018
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Capt Rick Hammond
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The last 2 nights of flounder gigging have been a challenge to find fish and clear water. We are still dealing with the aftermath of 30" of rain in September, but water clarity continues to improve each night. As long as we dont get additional heavy rains, water clarity will continue to improve in the coming weeks. Much higher tides over the last 2 nights have made it harder to find clear/shallow areas. The flounder have been widely scattered, and the best action was in shallow drains in the back lakes with fast moving current. Unfortunately, the slow fishing is likely to continue until we get a major weather change. Any cold fronts and North winds should be prime-time in the coming weeks, but I expect slow gigging until that happens. 10/5/2018I had new customer Phillip S. group of 3 onboard tonight. Conditions were fair, with SE wind at 10-15mph and high tide levels. We got a slow start, with only 2 flounder by 10pm. We had to move around a bunch, eventually finding some flounder in far back lake drains and small oyster shell pads. We ended with a 15 flounder limit plus 6 sheepshead and 1 black drum by 1:30am. The largest flounder was 22". 10/6/2018I had new customer Kreig H. group of 5 onboard tonight. Conditions were terrible, with SE winds at 20mph and extreme high tide levels. The higher water levels tonight shut down all the areas that had been producing fish recently. We got a decent start, gigging 10 flounder by 11pm. After that, the action went dead and we searched for another 3 hours without finding any fish. We ended with 10 flounder plus 2 sheepshead and 1 black drum by 2am. (2 people not in picture) Upcoming open dates: October: completely booked November = Closed Season December: 29, 30 January: 1-19, 21-31Price: $450 for 2 people, $100 each additional person, up to 6 people Capt. Rick Hammond Night Stalker Guide Service - Rockport, TX nightstalkerguideservice.com 361-229-6053
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Re: Crazy high tides, flounder gigging - Rockport
[Re: Capt Rick Hammond]
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10/08/18 02:03 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
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banker-always fishing
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Nice Slabs.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Crazy high tides, flounder gigging - Rockport
[Re: Capt Rick Hammond]
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10/09/18 12:42 AM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 647
Captain Nathan Beabout
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Pro Angler
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Rick, thanks for putting together a good fish n' gig package. We caught a good handful of trout with the Kreig H. group on Thursday the 4th.
Folks if you are looking for a top notch flounder guide, this is the best in our area. Put a fish n' gig package together with him or I, it is a trip you won't soon forget.
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