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Fred Rodriguez

Fred Rodriguez
McAllen, Texas
Reported: 14 hours ago

Water is up , tide levels are high and fish are scattered. Cut bait fresh mullet or ballyhoo are working best. Lures are also catching redfish and trout. Live shrimp with a popping cork is also good. Live croaker is now an option for the summer. Awesome bait for speckled...
Fred Rodriguez
Fred Rodriguez McAllen, Texas Reported: 14 hours ago
Water is up , tide levels are high and fish are scattered. Cut bait fresh mullet or ballyhoo are working best. Lures are also catching redfish and trout. Live shrimp with a popping cork is also good. Live croaker is now an option for the summer. Awesome bait for speckled trout. Live shrimp and live croaker cost to the guest. Cut bait mullet and ballyhoo also cost a few dollars. Let's go fishing and book a trip with Captain Fred Rodriguez
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Heath Schley

Heath Schley
Harlingen, Texas
Reported: 2 days ago

Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.
Heath Schley
Heath Schley Harlingen, Texas Reported: 2 days ago
Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Hunter Barthels

Hunter Barthels with Extreme Bowfishing
Victoria, Texas
Reported: 3 days ago

Fishing has been on fire. A lot of gator gar showing up in the bay. Black drum and Stingrays are very thick as well.
Hunter Barthels
Hunter Barthels with Extreme Bowfishing Victoria, Texas Reported: 3 days ago
Fishing has been on fire. A lot of gator gar showing up in the bay. Black drum and Stingrays are very thick as well.
Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas
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Glenn Harrison

Glenn Harrison
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

Been doing lots of fishing but been bad at the picture taking! Spring fishing is solid. Starting to be fish under birds, mudding pods of reds and large trout on shoreline pockets. Fly fishing has been great for reds, drum and Snook along with shots at some giant trout. As...
Glenn Harrison
Glenn Harrison South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week ago
Been doing lots of fishing but been bad at the picture taking! Spring fishing is solid. Starting to be fish under birds, mudding pods of reds and large trout on shoreline pockets. Fly fishing has been great for reds, drum and Snook along with shots at some giant trout. As soon as the wind drops, it will be Tarpon time off the jetties and beach front.
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Travis Glidden

Travis Glidden
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

Lots of tailing pods around the past couple weeks, tough light to pick up single fish. But happy tailers and backing fish make the clouds ok.
Travis Glidden
Travis Glidden Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 1 week ago
Lots of tailing pods around the past couple weeks, tough light to pick up single fish. But happy tailers and backing fish make the clouds ok.
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Brian Preston

Brian Preston
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

Fishing has been solid. Trout are back in the breaks and flats, reds are starting to school a little better. Tide has been high so fish have been up in the mangroves and on shorelines.
Brian Preston
Brian Preston Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 1 week ago
Fishing has been solid. Trout are back in the breaks and flats, reds are starting to school a little better. Tide has been high so fish have been up in the mangroves and on shorelines.
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
Fishing in Aransas Pass, Texas
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Michael Knox

Michael Knox
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

The bay fishing has remained good throughout the past couple weeks. Catching some nice boxes of fish on artificial lures and fresh cut bait. The windier spring weather has created some good fishing conditions for redfish out on our grass flats. Actually have had a lot of productive days targeting...
Michael Knox
Michael Knox South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week ago
The bay fishing has remained good throughout the past couple weeks. Catching some nice boxes of fish on artificial lures and fresh cut bait. The windier spring weather has created some good fishing conditions for redfish out on our grass flats. Actually have had a lot of productive days targeting redfish because of the warmer windier weather patterns. Gold spoons, soft plastics mimicking shrimp or mullet, and fresh cut mullet have been slamming the reds. The speckled trout bite has been a little slower but still catching some solid specks of soft plastics. Once the wind dies the speckled trout bite will come back to life. Probably be real good towards the end of May. Some schools of drum are popping up for those who like to target them. Should be another good month of fishing. My schedule is filling up quickly...
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Gus Mcgarraugh
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday Fishing is awesome right Now
Gus Mcgarraugh
Gus Mcgarraugh South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week ago
Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday
Fishing is awesome right Now
Fishing in Port Isabel, Texas
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    Brad S. | March 24, 2026

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    Jodie was great. Morning started out to on the coo lside and channel was rough so Jodie asked us to meet up at different location. Once we got going,Jodie was great at getting us all hooked up and fishing. If fish weren't bitting hequicly moved to a new spot, at the last spot we were hooking fish almost as fast as we could get lines in water an quickly caught our limit. He cleaned the fish and to our rental to have a great fish meal. Thanks

    Frank S. | January 3, 2026

    Trip: 6 Hour Day Trip Port A Bay

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    My husband and I are seniors and Jodie and Justin took very good care of us. The boat was clean and spacious for the 4 of us and Jodie handled the travel portion well, no bucking in wakes. We each had a guide to bait, cast, and net our catch. They also cleaned our fish and bagged for freezing. Caught our limits and had a very good morning. Jodie went above and beyond to make our experience good. We will definitely be calling Jodie again. 5 star Captain.

    Leah H. | November 8, 2025

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    Michael H. | October 4, 2025

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    Captain Wesley was great. Very knowledgeable, very helpful. We caught some nice reds. Great experience

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