Salty H20 2023 Thread- How Salty Will You Get??

[Gumbo Man]

Any of you guys know about the guy who was an assistant manager at Home Depot in Porter that was lost in the Galveston bay complex on Friday/Saturday, fishing out of a kayak? Apparently he was found today, deceased an apparent drowning...

Oh no. Hadn’t heard anything about that.

[miket]

It's not gonna be away from the crowds once summer comes. Certainly not on a weekend

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Dang, but wont be a as bad as Galveston, will it? I could go farther into Rockport/Aransas if I have to

The Texas one satellite card is the best investment I’ve made GPS wise.


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Will check it out

[Killer]

That’s a tough way to go. Prayers up

[Mayhem]

Any of you guys know about the guy who was an assistant manager at Home Depot in Porter that was lost in the Galveston bay complex on Friday/Saturday, fishing out of a kayak? Apparently he was found today, deceased an apparent drowning...

I saw he was missing but I didn’t know he worked at Porter Home Depot.

Prayers for the family.


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[Quackerbox]

Dang, but wont be a as bad as Galveston, will it? I could go farther into Rockport/Aransas if I have to







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I think you got more real estate in galvatraz. But that don't mean I wanna go there [emoji16]

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[doug]

Any of you guys know about the guy who was an assistant manager at Home Depot in Porter that was lost in the Galveston bay complex on Friday/Saturday, fishing out of a kayak? Apparently he was found today, deceased an apparent drowning...

Saw it but didn't realize he was from the porter area. Terrible news!

[Capt Glenn]

Any of you guys know about the guy who was an assistant manager at Home Depot in Porter that was lost in the Galveston bay complex on Friday/Saturday, fishing out of a kayak? Apparently he was found today, deceased an apparent drowning...

Dang, I hate to hear that. I saw on the news where a kayaker was missing. I was hoping for a better outcome. Very sad.

[Capt Glenn]

Dang, but wont be a as bad as Galveston, will it? I could go farther into Rockport/Aransas if I have to

There are not many places on the coast that don't have crowds in the warm months. It is just a fact of life. If it is a popular fishing destination thur-sun will be hopping on any week with anything close to decent weather.

Matagorda is not an undiscovered gem any longer. You are about 30 years too late for light crowds. Don't let that scare you off. Jump in there and have fun.

[glen]

Miket. To get on water that is not crowded you’re gonna have to go to some smaller communities a few hours South of Corpus.

[miket]

Maybe you can use the livescope you have [emoji12]

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Thinking about selling that boat, Conroe crappie hurt my feelings again this Fall. The few I find just dont want to eat. Talked to one of the guys that has a a youtube channel and fishes 1375 area all the time and he said the same, they are catching a couple of fish here and there, thats it

[AtTheWall]

Dang, but wont be a as bad as Galveston, will it? I could go farther into Rockport/Aransas if I have to



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The Upper Laguna Madre can be light with boats compared to any other region further up the coast. If you make a drive down to Rockport/Aransas, might as well go a bit further south and hit the flats in the Laguna Madre. That boat was once the South Texas flats boat of choice in the 60s and 70s, before skooters and then the rest of the inshore boat build industry lit off.

You will need to stay away from the windward side of any deeper water and or bays during the summer. The SE winds can come up and hit 20 mph, and any wind blowing over 10ft or deeper bay water will develop a serious 1-2.5 ft chop, short sets.

I run a flatsboat, which is low gunnel and very shallow draft, like a Jon Boat in a way. You will need to read wind and plan your trips accordingly keeping your transit free from open/deep bay waters. The challenge is running wide open bays to the opposite shoreline to hit the lee side. Early morning with lighter winds (if there is such a thing along the Texas coast), once it hits mid-day, those afternoon winds can generate whitecaps on these open water bodies.

Sticking close to spoil islands, and planning your routes with runs along the ICW, into sections that open up to fish, is one method.

Down in the Laguna, you can run the ICW (15 ft controlled depth), and both sides of the ICW are shallow flats, which do not allow wind driven swells to generate enough SEA HEIGHT, to pose problems on long runs down there.

The good thing about Rockport and Port Aransas, you can find areas where you have spoil islands, and shallow water, where you can run a full day in the windiest conditions safely and comfortably, with decent fishing opportunities. There will be crowds there, but you can find flats where you can setup and run long drifts covering miles of water.

Conn Brown Harbor - Aransas Pass - is protected enough, that if the winds are up, you can skirt the inside ICW between Rockport and Ingleside, and find expansive flats, that are shallow and do not generate a heavy chop.

St Charles Bay, Copano Bay, Nueces Bay, Redfish flats, Laguna Madre, Aransas Pass to Port Aransas causeway (flats and spoil islands across) - you can play wind in a shallow hulled boat, and catch fish.

Summer along the backside of PINs, near Bird Island Basin. No boats, wind is nil here, clear water. Ran the ICW into Nighthawk Bay (the N. End of PINS), and ran the lee side to here. About a mile across, over my boat in the Foreground, Kennedy Ranch and King Ranch shorelines. Early AM, that Ranch shoreline is a solid trout/redfish and at times Tarpon roam there.



Here's the King Ranch shoreline sunrise during an October morning. Tailing redfish was the scene for a bit - look for tails, motion and bait and watch for birds diving = get there but get there quietly and drift into them.



Water clarity - July with SE winds around 15 with gusts to 20 - Night Hawk Bay - lee side of PINS




ICW Upper Laguna Madre December left is Ranch shorelines and right PINs. You can run to Baffin and even if the winds come up, you will not generate heavy chop down here.

[justletmein]

Mr. Wall is dropping some golden nuggets up in here, read all that three times and let it soak in. Good info.

[HELLRAZOR]

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[justletmein]

Nice mess of fish in all those. Yall are doing well.

[bloodtrailer28]

The Texas one satellite card is the best investment I’ve made GPS wise.


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X2 have the same one and love it.

Mike .
We fished a tournament up in the Matty area a few years ago. We caught a few in east Matty sucked it in west but we wore them out all along the intercoastal. Trout flounder and a ton of reds.