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Brad Buell

Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Started snapper season off with a bang today!!!
Brad Buell
Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
Started snapper season off with a bang today!!!
Blacktip Shark, Red Snapper Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
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Toby Smith

Toby Smith
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Reds have been good lately
Toby Smith
Toby Smith Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
Reds have been good lately
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
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Randy Laurrell

Randy Laurrell
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been great over the last 7 days, but totally different this year than previous years. Usually by now the sheepshead have started moving out and the reds are gettin full on hungry and bitin, but we are still catching some sheeps as of yesterday along with more keeper...
Randy Laurrell
Randy Laurrell Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
Fishing has been great over the last 7 days, but totally different this year than previous years. Usually by now the sheepshead have started moving out and the reds are gettin full on hungry and bitin, but we are still catching some sheeps as of yesterday along with more keeper reds, some trout, flounder and even some bull reds. Wind has been pretty brutal, so jetty fishing is hard this time of year, but we are seeing some bull reds move into the jetty along with jack crevalle. The flats have been hit or miss and you just have to really know fish patterns to stay on top of finding them. There are bull reds bitin in spots I haven’t seen before, and the trout seem to be much more active, but we are catchin lots of shorts. It’s not hard to find fish, but it is fun this time of year to figure out what the fish are bitin on and when they are the hungriest. They might love some soft plastics one day, then hate them the next and want some live bait. That might even be the same scenario from morning to afternoon and since I am on the water almost every day, I see the changes. Yesterday was a slam of a great morning with my two customers, but by my afternoon trip with only one customer on the boat, even though we caught 8 different species of fish, all but two were short of being keepers. We did come home with fish for him to take home for dinner, but we fought hard for it!
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
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Greg Hodsdon
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

With temperatures on the rise the reds have been moving into the back lakes. Perfect for chasing them with the airboat where outboards can't go.
Greg Hodsdon
Greg Hodsdon Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
With temperatures on the rise the reds have been moving into the back lakes. Perfect for chasing them with the airboat where outboards can't go.
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
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Toby Smith

Toby Smith
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing he's been up and down the last 2 weeks
Toby Smith
Toby Smith Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
Fishing he's been up and down the last 2 weeks
Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Fishing in Rockport, Texas
Fishing in Rockport, Texas
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Brody Jones

Brody Jones
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishin has been good! Reds and black drum hittin good!
Brody Jones
Brody Jones Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
Fishin has been good! Reds and black drum hittin good!
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
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Alex Cruz

Alex Cruz
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

today’s trip
Alex Cruz
Alex Cruz Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
today’s trip
Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Redfish Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
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James Hinton
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

This was yesterday, 2 limits reds and 2 limits black drum !!!
James Hinton
James Hinton Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago
This was yesterday, 2 limits reds and 2 limits black drum !!!
Black Drum, Redfish Fishing in Rockport, Texas
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