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This past week has been some ups and downs. Good sight casting conditions turned ugly as SE winds came out of nowhere. But, I don’t want to talk bad about it because it brought some much needed water back into the bay. We did manage to find shelter in some back marsh ponds and creeks, even managed a sight casting a couple nice flounder sneaking down the edges. The wade fishing scene is starting to improve with the rise in water. Starting off early in the pre-dawn hours we made a couple stops on some shell where we managed a mixed bite of keeper size trout, some big reef redfish, and a couple solid summertime trout.

Most of our trout wading came on soft plastics in a variety of colors from chicken of the c to strawberry wine, mostly in the Down South Lures models. The reef redfish couldn’t resist the topwaters, as that was the safest thing to throw being they were up against the edge of the reef. We had a few other trouty blow ups, but only one really wanted it.

As the water leveled off the later part of the week, we noticed some of the reds were already starting to make their move. We saw most of our fish at the ends of creeks that dumped onto a shallow sand flat or pond. This is where most of the bait was stacked up so it makes perfect sense. Funny how they know these water level changes and how to adjust. All our fish were released in great shape and I would like to thank all the clients for putting forth this effort to help the bays recover.

On a side note, we do have August 10&11th open if anybody is interested in sight casting. The winds look like they are really going to cooperate.

Captain Nathan Beabout

(210) 452-9680

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Folks see these days when we sight cast reds, and say man your so lucky to have caught the weather so nice on that trip. But, I will let you in on a little secret, it was planned. The way most of my sight casting trip works is off a client list. These clients love to sight cast, and for that we look at dates open on my fishing calendar and days of low winds. When these two things come together I simply text the people on the client list, and whoever responds they can do it, the date is theirs.

If you have ever wanted to try sight casting, or have done it and are hooked, simply text or private message me on here with your name and number, and i will put it on my client list for those perfect days. Sure I understand that not every time I text about a good weather day is coming up, that you can go. But every now and then it will work out, you will have great weather and a fun day of fishing, I promise. Sight Casting can be done year around, and when the weather is right, it is an experience you won’t want to miss out on.

Typically we can make that call on a good day of sight casting, 3-6 days in advance. Again, if interested shoot me your info and be the person on the other end of the fight in these photos. Thanks

Captain Nathan Beabout

(210) 452-9680

N&M Sportsman’s Adventures

www.nmsportsmansadventures.com

AB Kennels

www.abkennels.com

This past week was much of the same action as last week. This is to be expected this time of year as conditions stay relatively the same. Our biggest challenge during these hotter periods is knowing when to be where. Feed periods, tidal movement and bait activity help us key in on bigger fish.

Our bait selection this week with the higher winds was DSL’s victorious secret, chicken of the c, and plum/chart. Early in the mornings before the big winds, we did have some pretty aggressive topwater action. In the San Antonio Bay system, when the wind shifts from ESE to SSE and S, it causes bay waters to shift from the south side over to the north side. When this happens the bay gets stirred up and water goes more sandy brown than green. This color change along with cloudy, partly cloudy, or sunny skies plays a role in our bait selection.

With the future forecast holding much of the same winds next week, I would suspect we will reload the boxes with the same tackle. Although we had some hot air temps already, the better trout have seemed to hold up shallow longer than expected. But, by 11-12pm the bite would tapper off, instead of the hard thumps from earlier in the morning it was just that hung up in grass feeling, with a head shake. It is hard to do, but most successful way to land these types of fish is to just start cranking, catch up to them and get tight.

On a side note, we have been able to enjoy God’s work leaving out in the morning, and witnessing something called a planet parade. Before sunrise in the East sky you can see 4 planets in a line. from right to left it’s Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn. At least that’s what the article I read about it said. Pretty cool getting to see things like this in the pre-dawn hours.

Captain Nathan Beabout

(210) 452-9680

N&M Sportsman’s Adventures

www.nmsportsmansadventures.com

AB Kennels

www.abkennels.com