Wayne's Port Mansfield Report

Mansfield Report: May 2010

Capt. Tricia
Despite increasing fears of brown water, our flats came alive recently with wakes, mud boils and aggressively feeding fish. Both...

Mansfield Report: April 2010

Capt. Tricia
Fishing during the late winter period, while excellent at times, will have to go into the record books as disappointing....

Mansfield Report: March 2010

Capt. Tricia
What a rock-n-roll fall and winter we've had. Red tide, colder than expected water temps, a hard freeze, an extended...

Mansfield Report: February 2010

Capt. Tricia
I think we can all agree; so much for that mild El Nino winter the weather folks had predicted. If...

Mansfield Report: January 2010

Capt. Tricia
It's early December and winter has finally arrived in deep South Texas. It's raining; the temperature is dropping and not...

Mansfield Report: December 2009

Capt. Tricia
After the exceptional catches we had been enjoying, plus the high hopes we've had, things just sort of fell apart...

Mansfield Report: November 2009

Capt. Tricia
Once again, I am happy to report that the fishery in the Lower Laguna Madre is quite healthy. We're having...

Mansfield Report: October 2009

Capt. Tricia
It is a pleasure to report that for yet another month, "All remains well in the Lower Laguna." Despite summertime...

Mansfield Report: September 2009

Capt. Tricia
Despite record-setting heat, fishing remains excellent here at Port Mansfield. Incredibly, trout and redfish are still smacking topwaters as though...

Mansfield Report: August 2009

Capt. Tricia
The water is still clear, fishing is still good, and they're still blasting the heck out of top waters. Even...

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