About
the Cover: Our cover angler this month is Chas Drost showing
off a Corky-caught redfish from Lake Calcasieu,
Louisiana taken on a memorable spring afternoon
wade. Will Drost captured the image.
EDITORIAL
"About our Fishing Community"
The longer I’m involved with
the Texas saltwater fishing
community the more proud I become to be
part of it. No industry I’ve ever worked in made me feel this way. Fishermen
are special, and the way they band together for a cause is just incredible.
The Kneelers
I fumbled for the phone tucked deep in my waders and in the process poked the point of a forgotten jighead into my left thumb. It would be pure chance that the guys fishing in front of me had their cell phones too but the suspense was killing me; I needed to know now.
Why ask Why?
I market myself as a teacher among fishing guides. Consequently, many of my customers ask questions when we are on the water, and I encourage them to do so. I’m happy to explain the thought processes and decisions I make as we go through the day.
It’s Up to Us
I was reading the other day about someone hitting a pipe in one of the bays that I fish. Some major damage was done to a lower unit, nothing major to the boat, but what I found odd was that the people who hit it didn’t mark the obstruction or get exact GPS numbers to use to tell others about the pipe.
Common Sense and Bits of Information Recently I’ve had the
opportunity to be
offshore in six foot
swells while listening to the
marine weather radio forecasting
two to three foot seas and
quoting reports of three foot seas from two
offshore buoys.
Sight-casting lessons learned…
The famous line from The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy tells Toto, “we’re not in Kansas anymore,” came to mind as my small skiff settled out over a bright white endless Caribbean flat covered with air clear water.
Dickie
has
35
years experience guiding on Sabine
and Calcasieu Lakes out of Orange,TX. Read Article
Galveston
Mickey Eastman
Mickey fishes out of the
Galveston area bays and is the
founder of
Gulf Coast Troutmasters. Read Article
Matagorda
Bill
Pustejovsky
Bill is a guide from the
Matagorda Bays He fishes year 'round
for
trophy trout
and redfish. Read Article
POC/Seadrift
Shellie Gray
Shellie Gray fishes year
'round for trout and redfish with
artificial lures in the Port
O'Connor/ Seadrift area Read Article
POC/Seadrift
Gary Gray
Captain Gary fishes year
'round for trout and redfish with
artificial lures in the Port
O'Connor/ Seadrift area. Read Article
Laguna/Baffin
Cliff Webb
Cliff Web is
a fulltime fishing guide in the
Upper Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay
specializing in trophy specs. Read Article
Port Mansfield
Capt. Tricia
Capt. Tricia operates
out of Port Mansfield,
specializing in both wade
and drift
fishing with
artificial lures. Read Article
Port Isabel
Ernest Cisneros
Ernest
Cisneros
fishes the
Lower Laguna Madre to Port
Isabel. Ernest specializes in
wading and poled skiff
for snook, trout
and redfish. Read Article
