Fishing Port O’Connor in a Haynie Magnum

[breeds13]

I’m not new to the Port O’Connor area but I am fairly new to fishing it in a Haynie 25 Magnum with a 400 Verado.

I don’t want anyone’s secret fishing spots or honey holes but would like any good or bad feedback anyone has from fishing the area with a similar setup.

Where have you had success getting in and out of and where are your no-go areas?

Feel free to PM me if you don’t want to share publicly.

Thanks in advance.

Disclaimer: I have Sea Tow.

[glen]

Just like any other boat except hard to push off when you do stick it good. Shell is shell- soft mud is what it is and hard sand is hard to jump up in. Tides are way up so bad time to make tracks to follow later

[fish4food]

If you go right now you should be good. Water is about 2’ higher than normal. Aught to be able to get anywhere you want.

[Capt Glenn]

It will always depend on the water level. I fished mine in the back lakes here in Matagorda all the time, it just depended on water height. You can get into just about anything, it is the getting back out that is the trick. The main thing I'll tell you is the trick with mine was to get weight up front. When I needed to get up in shallow water I'd have 2 or 3 people sit on the front deck facing back. Jackplate up, motor tucked and spin it up. If the bottom is hard sand you'll need water to the top of your knee to jump up. If it is over a mud bottom I could get it up pretty much if the boat was floating freely. That boat always surprised me at how shallow I could get it up for a 25' V hull.

[Quackerbox]

It will always depend on the water level. I fished mine in the back lakes here in Matagorda all the time, it just depended on water height. You can get into just about anything, it is the getting back out that is the trick. The main thing I'll tell you is the trick with mine was to get weight up front. When I needed to get up in shallow water I'd have 2 or 3 people sit on the front deck facing back. Jackplate up, motor tucked and spin it up. If the bottom is hard sand you'll need water to the top of your knee to jump up. If it is over a mud bottom I could get it up pretty much if the boat was floating freely. That boat always surprised me at how shallow I could get it up for a 25' V hull.

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