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Matagorda Reports Aug 5, 2008
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Well, last week was exciting. We had our first hurricane of the year slam the lower coast, which in turn affected our fishing somewhat.
Captain Kenny Hauff
and his clients pulled through, catching 6 trout and 4 reds on a
half-day trip. They were drifting
Captain Scott Reeh
also drifted
Last Monday was the
last day for Captain Ken Marshall to get offshore before Dolly
pushed the seas up to 12 plus feet. Tim Zyblot brought a great crew
with him and these guys filled the box with a variety of fish
including dorado, tuna and wahoo. The rest of the week was canceled,
but Captain Marshall finally got back on the water on Saturday with
Dot, Rob, Sue and Fred from
This week: Captain Mark Talasek reports that fishing has slowed somewhat after Hurricanne Dolly. East bay has been producing some quality trout up to 25" with live shrimp under a popping cork. West bay has been slow wading. The Port O'Conner jetties have been great for oversized redfish with mullet on the bottom. Flounder gigging produced 30 flatties in the diversion Monday night.
Captain Kyle Tomek
reports that on
Saturday, Chad
Moody's crew needed big fish for their fundraising tournament. They
went east and boxed 7 specks with one at 24 and another at 26
inches. They had 15 pounds with their box of five trout and second
place big trout. Sunday was a bit better. Ben Ellis, Ben Bayer,
Aaron Blomquist, and George fished with Captain Tomek to
Capt. Jesse Arsola fished this week catching a 29 and 25 inch trout! They also caught a 29 inch redfish! He said they were throwing lil’spook’s and little rapala’s! Well Saturday night my cousin Michael Herring or a Bud, and I hit the lights at Selkirk! We caught about 60 trout that night nothing big enough to keep. We went again Monday night and I caught a 7 spot redfish! It was about my 6 multi spotted red to catch under the lights. We caught 3 keeper trout. 16-20 inches! It was fun we were throwing plum/chartreuse Brown lures sea devils.
Sorry for the late
report…I was with my family on vacation in
Tight Lines, Josh Stone
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Matagorda Reports July 15, 2008
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Well, we are in the middle of the dog days of summer! They have been brutal! The wind has given us no relief down here on the coast. Even with all these conditions some guides used all their knowledge and their equipment to find fish!
On Tuesday Tim,
Julie and Mike Mundahl joined Captain Marshall in the bay for a half
day. They kept 13 trout up to 25 inches. On Wednesday, the
Mundahls joined up with Bill and Susan Cloyd, and Janice and Laura
Hallmark for a trip offshore. They started fishing around
Sunday Noe and
Hector Juarez from
Captain Ken Marshall
said that last Thursday was a tough day in the bay. The Kemp family
scratched out 7 trout to 26 inches for a half day effort. On Friday
Jason,
On Monday, Captain Talasek started the week drifting east bay with Randy Rice. They threw live shrimp under a popping cork to box a limit of trout and 4 sandies. One nice 25" trout topped the day. Paul Roome and wife Bridgette were on board Tuesday for a wading trip down west. Roach colored bass assassins boxed 16 trout to 19". Bart Attaya chartered the "flounder pounder" that night. Tide conditions were perfect for them to stick 35 flatties to 4 pounds and missed a dozen more. Bart was back Thursday for a drifting trip down east. 19 more fat specks hit the ice by lunch. Captain Talasek took Keith Bonds wading back west on Friday where they strung 6 trout and a red. Saturday they had CXU Energy drifting east bay with live shrimp. Things started off slow but were steady all day long. They iced 16 trout and 2 reds with 2 trout over 25". Captain Talasek finished off the week Sunday with Bill Herrington wading west bay. The bite was slow but they managed 10 specs and a redfish for their efforts.
On Tuesday,
Captain.Scott Reeh had Todd,Jerry and David from
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Matagorda Reports July 9, 2008
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Well, this past week was a slow one. The wind was still blowing brutally. Those winds have given us no relief. With all this wind, the fishing has been tough, but a couple of guides have been scraping up some good quality fish.
On Thursday, Captain Ken Sabin hooked a 29 inch, 7 ½ lb. trout. They also caught 7 trout and 1 red. On Saturday, they had 1 25 inch trout.
Captain Bobby Gardner has been catching plenty of redfish lately. He has consistently been hitting the grass beds in West Bay.
Capt. Scott Reeh took Gene Roberson and son Craig fishing on Tuesday. They went fishing with the new Midcoast Products’ cork, "The Evolution", and DOA shrimp. After numerous throw backs, they finally had 9 trout in the box. After lunch, Gene and Craig were ready for their first triple tail. Second stop, Gene puts his first tail in the box....a 20 pounder! A few more stops and Craig was hooked up to one just as big. Right at the boat...bammm..rod snaps….and the hook pulls out….Craig was still smiles from ear to ear! After Tuesday’s trip, Gene and Craig just didn't get enough fun in, so…Baaammmm.....at the first stop, they put a 16lb, 9oz tail in the boat. Same spot, second cast and 35 minutes later, a 24lb 3oz fish was in the box.
Tight Lines
Josh Stone
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Tournament Info and Fishing Report June 25, 2008
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Well, as most of ya’ll know, there were
a couple of tournaments going on down in Matagorda. There was
Lingerie on the Bay (LOTB) and the annual Matagorda Bluewater
Challenge. David Cassady, one of the founders of Full Stringer
Lodge, was the auctioneer for the
This week’s report is the opposite of
last week’s edition. Everybody is heading to
Rob Cummings had a good week, too. They caught a lot of fish on Friday while wading. They ended up with half-limits to 28 ½ inches, throwing Spook Jrs, and Bass Assasins. On Saturday, they caught 30 trout to 23 inches, drifting shell and throwing live shrimp.
Monday Capt.Mark Talasek and David Hall started off wading grassbeds down west. First stop produced one trout so they loaded up and headed to the "hump" in Port O'Conner. As a result they boxed 10 trout and hit the bouys on the way back sticking one triple tail. Tuesday they ventured over to east bay. Twenty fat trout to 23" hit the box by 8 a.m. on black Bass Assassins. Cory Flencher ventured back east Capt.Talasek on Wednesday where they iced 24 more nice specs. Black/Chartreuce Bass Assassins were the ticket for duping the trout. Thursday he took Mike Spinks and his wife Lisa drifting oysterlake with live shrimp. They caught and released scores of undersized reds and trout before calling it a day around lunch. Friday he took Nowry Smith wading. wading reefs in east bay. They iced 12 trout with a fat 29.5 inch "big girl" topping the day.
This past thursday Robert and Stephanie Steves boxed a limit of solid trout and two reds with Capt.Ken Marshall. Friday Robert,Bill,Jerry and David had 14 trout and one red. Sat Carry,Angela,and Bill headed offshore with Capt.Ken! They bounced around at spots looking for big snaps. After boxing a few decent fish to 10lbs. They hit a spot loaded with sows. They kept two to finish the limit then moved on to catch and release kingfish to 35lbs. and also picked up a couple ling. Sunday they headed into the bay and boxed 13 trout and one redfish and then they headed in for lunch!
Capt.Scott Reeh had Cliff Branum, owner of Southshore Boats join him on a long needed buddy trip.They headed towards a bar near POC and stuck 17 keeper trout. Then they decided to Tripletail their way back to the launch site, Cliffs house on Caranchua Bay. They boated 1 10lb 'Tail and released 1 that was alittle short. Also thrown in the mix were 2 sheepies! It was a great day on the water with a great friend!
Tight Lines
Josh Stone
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June in Matagorda June 20, 2008
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I would like to introduce myself. My
name is Josh Stone. I love to fish and be outdoors. I live in Bay
City and will be a freshman at Van Vleck High School this fall. I
will be taking Kyle Tomek's spot writing the Full Stringer fishing
reports. I am very grateful to Mr. Cassady for asking me to do
this. West Bay seems to be the hot spot for fish this past week. Kyle Tomek said while wading in West Bay, one of his clients, Robert Gill, hooked a 30", 8 lb. trout; unfortunately, Mr. Gill wasn't registered in S.T.A.R. Kyle also fished Mansfield and said the 5 trout per man limit has really helped the trout population.
Ken Sabin and Rob Cummins fished also fished West Bay. They caught 9 trout and 1 red throwing topwaters and wading the grassbeds.
Captain Bobby Gardner fished West Bay all week, also wading the grassbeds. The high winds and lack of bait limited them to catching only a few reds and trout. They did catch a couple of triple tail.
Captain Scott Reeh fished West Bay. On Wednesday, he and his clients waded West Bay and caught good sized trout and reds. On Thursday, he had a change of luck. They were drifting East Bay, but the wind was horrible. They caught all throw-backs on Thursday.
This past weekend, Captain Kenny Hauff fished East Bay, drifting and throwing live bait under popping corks. They caught some nice trout, weighing around 5 lbs. They were drifting scattered shell. Captain Hauff did get a chance to slip into West Bay. They hung two triple tail and landed one.
Captain Mark Talasek fished West Bay, as well. Using Chicken on a Chain Bass Assassins, Captain Talasek's group took 30 fat specs to 22". An incoming tide brought the fish on top of sand bars to feed. Going back to same spot the next two days, they caught 19 trout the first day and 10 the next as winds picked back up. On Friday, Captain Talasek fished East Bay, catching another 19 trout and a flounder. An incoming tide proved to be the ticket again along with black Bass Assassins worked slow on the bottom. Low tides in the evening coupled with high winds have slowed flounder gigging the later part of the week.
Captain Ken Marshall Last week started off with a bang for his clients. They boxed 32 trout up to 26 inches, and released that many more short fish. Tues. The rest of the week was a blowout. The Oilmans Tournament held on Friday and Saturday and had tough conditions as well. On Saturday, his guys did manage 6 trout and 4 reds. Friday produced only 3 trout and one flounder.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my first report.
Tight lines,
Josh Stone
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Fishing in Heavy Winds/Movie in Matagorda March 26, 2008
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Spring Break
started off with 25 mph south winds states Captain Mark Talasek.
Monday, Talasek guided an angler and his son in
The following night the heavy winds brought a high tide making for some excellent floundering. “I took Jeff Gubbles and his three daughters to east bay. The water was clear up to 100 yards and we stuck 10 flatties, missing several more, before heading in.
Wednesday, the
wind picked up to 30 mph from the north and the protected sloughs of
Friday was tough for drift fishing but good quality floundering paid off for his gigging trips in the latter part of the week.
Captain Tommy Alexander provided a report this week. He spent two days drift fishing with clients. Using live shrimp on one of the outings, his clients boxed a nice box of trout with a several reds. “We fished all day but the bite really turned on at around 2!” It sounds like it was worth the wait for Captain Tommy and his clients.
Pictured in Don Woods’ fishing photo, left to right, are Luke, Matt, and John Brattlof.
The anglers are
gripping three of the five trout they caught on a 1/2 day fishing
trip in
“The fish were caught on live shrimp while drifting scattered shell. The water was in terrible shape where I wanted to fish so we were forced to fish where we had ‘half-way decent’ water.”
Captain Tommy
Alexander and I ventured to
On a better
note, I guided founder of Lone Star Outdoor News and photographer,
David Sams while he stayed at the lodge as well as Jared Ramey. We
motored into
Now about the movie in Matagorda…I am not at will to discuss any information concerning the film; however, there was a movie filmed in Matagorda this week. 28 miles of beachfront were closed and the filming of a very high budget film was the biggest buzz of the week.
I attended a casting call and was casted for the movie on Tuesday. Before you ask, pictures were not allowed. I had a great time. I met Brad Pitt and Sean Penn and was even able to ask Penn if he would like to do any fishing while he was down…unfortunately it was his last night in town.
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Weekly Report March 11, 2008
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What a change
this week looks to be. I felt as if I would never see the end of
the rough weather we have had. Last week, cold fronts pelted the
coastline hauling a truck load of wind and rain. Due to the
weather, most guides and anglers took time to make a presence at the
Houston Fishing Show at the
Crowds flocked to the gathering in better numbers than the recent boat show; overall, it seemed most were pleased with the attendance. I hope that those of you that made it to the fishing show enjoyed yourselves. We have another fantastic spring and summer fishing season ahead.
A report from
Capt. Ken Marshall reports how fishing has been for his clients.
Friday, Capt. Lee Warmke and Capt. Ken Marshall took their groups to west bay to wade. “Right away my group walked into a large school of redfish. For the next few hours we stayed bowed up on reds. We boxed 10 keeper reds 3 trout and a couple flatties and released dozens of short reds. Lee took his guys a little further back in the cove and found 11 reds and 21 trout.”
Captain Rob
Cumming fished in
Captain Walt
Schelle sent in a picture from his trip with Buzzy Romine and Mike
Thomas fishing for speckled trout in
Full Stringer Lodge wants to thank all who stopped by, said hello, or chose to book their vacations through the lodge.
‘til next week,
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Weekly Report March 3, 2008
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During the last week, anglers caught quality fish across the board
in Matagorda using various approaches and techniques. Wading
produced boxes of fish in East and
Captain Tommy Alexander concentrated his efforts over a mud and shell bottom for the last two weeks. We put a hurting on the fish today,” said Alexander when asked about a trip last week. Using Corky devils in chartreuse/white/gold along with the Texas chicken color, Captain Tommy Alexander’s crew boated some very nice numbers of fish.
If catching plenty of trout wasn’t enough during the last two weeks, a surprise visit from the redfish over the weekend made fishing even better.
“We were wading on the south shoreline and had our limits in an hour!” Norton Bull Minnows rigged on 1/8 ounce lead heads did the trick for his clients. The highlight of the trip was when the lady on his boat caught the biggest redfish of the day.
A
wadefishing report came from
Saturday was more of the same when Captain Charlie Paradoski and Frank Bolbecker of LMC Marine fished alongside him in the same area. “The porpoises moved in and pillaged two trout on our first wade. We made a move to a different location. When the tide moved in, it was on!” Strawberry and Morning Glory bass assassins and bull minnows produced plenty of fish (as pictured in the photo).
Mike Thomas tried to top off the weekend with a drift fishing trip
in
Captain Mark Talasek’s catch while driftfishing was very good on
Friday. “We concentrated our drifts on the east end of
‘Til Next Week,
Capt. Kyle Tomek 979-240-9999
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Changing with February Feb. 26, 2008
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We have approached the latter part of February. Change is taking place constantly on the water right now. From the ups and downs in temperatures and wind to forever rainy or sunny conditions, anglers and fish are adapting.
Capt. Kyle Tomek: I ventured out in search of big trout on several occasions with hit or miss luck. As temperatures rose throughout the week, our retrieves became faster and our lure selection geared more towards soft plastics (Brown Lure Sea Devil-Amber) and faster retrieved topwaters, and Corkys. Reece Murray reeled in a big girl on an amber Sea Devil that weighed over 6 pounds and cleared the 28 inch mark. It was the largest fish of the week but we caught and released several more between four and six pounds. Latest Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij0rUIOohzg
Captain Ken
Sabin guided Brian Eliers in
“Weather has been a major factor in fishing lately,” claims Captain Mark Talasek. “When conditions are good, so is the catching.” Though on Saturday night, Talasek’s client, Ron Wood on gigged a 28 inch flounder that would put a grin on anyone’s face.
“Drifting east bay with artificals has been pretty steady. Even the youngsters are getting in on the action. West bay on the other is the place to go it you want to catch redfish and lots of ‘em!” Captain Bobby Gardner also states that we have much more to look forward to in the coming days. “…if you've never fished the glass minnows in April on an incoming tide in the evening treat yourself!”
A report comes from Mike Thomas this week. “Tuesday morning we took our time getting over to the harbor with the tides low and decided to run over to West Matty.” “First wade we hit the water at 9:45 and in about ten minutes it was on!” According to Mike, by 11:30 the duo had their limits using tequila gold TTF baits. “The fish were taken over sand & grass in knee deep water and the bite was aggressive.”
-Capt. Kyle Tomek
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FSL Report Feb. 12, 2008
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Captain Rob Cummings-Big Trout Fishing
Captain Rob Cummings spent the past days
away from
Captain Ken Marshall-Drifting & Wading for Consistency-Big Trout on a Slow Down
According to Captain Ken Marshall, the
best bite for speckled trout was over deep shell in
Captain Mark Talasek-Drifting West
Matagorda Bay/Drifting Captain Mark Talasek got back on the water to do some “catching” during the past week. Chris Dermit fished alongside him last Saturday and the two started off fishing Talasek’s “redfish hole”. “We picked up a couple of keeper reds and some undersized with live shrimp under a cork.”
The duo then ventured to the north
Captain Mark notes that it is unusual for such bird activity to be in that area during the middle of winter. The afternoon ended with drifts over deep shell where the bite turned on. “We finished our limit of speckled trout and released a half dozen more before heading in.” “There are also some 'big girls' still roaming the shoreline. Night fishing in Selkirk is picking up as well.”
Capt. Kyle Tomek-Big Trout Fishing Joey Baker and his buddy Clifford fished with me on Thursday for an afternoon big trout fishing trip. The conditions were not ideal but we had one heck of a trip. Crosswinds turned waters into a chocolate shake but I took the guys to a protected area and hunkered down.
In two wades, we caught and released three trout between five and over six pounds using the slow sinking charm of Corkys. The guys were pleased with the additional bites from three to four pounders just before dark. The biggest of the afternoon trip was just over 27 inches and the bites were frequent.
‘Til Next Week, Capt. Kyle Tomek
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FSL Report Feb. 4, 2008
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Big speckled trout found the end of Captain Ken Sabin’s line this week. Last Tuesday, he experienced an exciting day of fishing with Daniel Greak. “We had 8 fish over 25 inches with the biggest at 28 ½.” Sabin reports that the two probably caught 30 fish that were all “fat and nice” using pink and day-glo corky’s.
A week before, a 28 ½ and a 26 ½ were caught and released by him and his group. “We had nine fish in the first hour,” recalls Sabin. The highlight of the day for Ken-aside from catching all of the big fish-was watching a bobcat swim across the 52 degree waters of Old Gulf Cut.
Mike Thomas provided a report this week after fishing with Capt. Charlie Paradoski and Capt. Tommy Alexander. “First wade should have been the ticket with all of the mullet around us but we zeroed on that spot.” Soon after, the group made a run to a new location and located solid 18 to 22 inch trout. “Throwing tequila gold, opening night Norton sand eels, plum chartreuse Bass Assassins and Corky's we boxed 19 trout up to 22', one 27' red and one lost flounder that forgot to migrate.” “The bite slowed for us at ten so we made a couple of drifts heading in picking up 2 more trout. West Northwest winds started to howl so we called it the day at 11:30 and headed in. It was a great way to end a grind in good old Matagorda!”
Last week,
Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Tommy Alexander, and I hit
The day before, fishing alongside two others, we caught and released two seven pounders and two five pounders while making a morning wade. The topwater bite has continued to be on the slower side; but the Corky’s on the other hand were getting smoked!
On Monday’s charter, the tide was extremely low making our search for a big trout difficult. We did, however, locate scattered trout and redfish.
Winter Trout Fishing Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTyrvvt4tNA
‘Til Next Week, Capt. Kyle Tomek
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FSL Report January 22, 2007
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Weather in
Matagorda was rather rough this week. Strong winds kept waters in
Captain Ken
Sabin and Captain Rob Cummings teamed up this week while prefishing
for Saturday’s Plugger Trout Tournament in
On the following day, Joe Barringer, while fishing with Captain Ken, caught a 29 ¾ inch trout that weighed eight and a half pounds. Captain Ken Sabin states that he requested they reschedule due to the strong north winds and rain. His clients were ready to fish no matter what the conditions and it paid off for his clients after finishing the morning with 7 specks and one red.
These two trips were definitely the highlights of the week. The river has become off-color due to water run off from recent rains. On a better note, weather looks to be lighter this week with temperatures creeping back to the high 60’s. With these temperatures and calmer winds, we can expect more anglers to fish this week and more reports to follow.
Weather Forecast Wednesday North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. Showers likely. Thursday Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Bay waters rough. A slight chance of showers. Higher likelihood of a Small Craft Advisory. Friday East winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers. Saturday South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy decreasing to smooth in the afternoon. A chance of showers. Sunday Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots decreasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy decreasing to smooth in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers.
‘Til Next Week,
Capt. Kyle Tomek
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This Week’s Highlights Jan. 15, 2008
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In Matagorda,
anglers are seeing constant change. Temperatures significantly fall
and rise between mere days depending on the passing fronts and the
fish. The wind has kept many seeking the refuge of the river-which
has slowed in the past week-but East and
Captain Tommy
Alexander struggled through a morning of drifting the
Captain Ken Sabin guided Ken and Kyle Doughty of Humble last Wednesday. “We caught big fish up to 28 inches along with a 27 ½ inch, 7 pound trout using Corky’s.” It was defiantly a solid week for Sabin.
A report comes
out of
In the last two weeks, I have focused on big trout. Last week, two others alongside myself caught and released 11 trout over 25 inches 5-7 ½ pounds. Another highlight of the week was boxing 25 specks including 2 over 25 inches on topwaters. The river slowed down big time this week, especially on Sunday’s Cast-N-Blast but the morning duck hunt consisted of abundant birds.
The boat show
kept many of the local guides and fishermen in the heart of
‘Til Next Week, Captain Kyle Tomek Full Stringer Lodge |
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