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Mid-Coast Bays: May 2023

May is always a great month in our bays. The weather becomes more consistent and so does the catching. Lately...

Mid-Coast Bays: April 2023

Fishing in the Port O'Connor/Seadrift area has been very good and it looks as though April is going to be...

Mid-Coast Bays: March 2023

Winter is on its way out and we will soon be patterning fish in more springlike conditions. We will also...

Mid-Coast Bays: February 2023

Mother Nature spared us a major fish kill during the Christmas 2022 freeze. A few fish were lost in isolated...

Mid-Coast Bays: January 2023

In general, I would say December fishing in the POC/Seadrift region was about as good as it gets. Granted, we...

Mid-Coast Bays: December 2022

The temperature outside is hanging in the mid-80s, a world of difference from yesterday. We are in that time of...

Mid-Coast Bays: November 2022

We finally got the cooler weather I know we all have been waiting for. This past summer really seemed to...

Mid-Coast Bays: October 2022

September finally brought desperately-needed rainfall to the Coastal Bend and much of the state of Texas. The cooling effect on...

Mid-Coast Bays: September 2022

I always dread the energy-zapping heat that comes in August, but with this drought lingering it actually started way back...

Mid-Coast Bays: August 2022

Anytime anybody asks where to catch quality fish in August, the first words out of my mouth will be the...

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