Back to Normal and Back to School

Fishing had been tediously slow since the major cold front hit almost two weeks ago. Things are starting to pick up though and the fish are starting to settle into the normal winter patterns. The water temp last Wednesday dipped as low as 48 degrees and by Friday the temp how risen ever so slightly to a brisk 50 degrees.

The good news is since then the water temp has increased to as high as 62 degrees yesterday afternoon. The amount of bait both shallow and deep has been abundant over this warming trend which has caused the fish to feed more aggressively and often. As long as the weather cooperates look for fishing to improve and remain stellar.

School starts back up today so I decided to fish the last two days before I had to head back to San Marcos. Sunday was one of those days when conditions appeared optimal but the fishing dictated otherwise; couldn’t buy a bite. Yesterday was a whole other story. Me and a couple friends fished a different location and landed around 20 reds, 4 trout and 1 flounder, including two trout over 23”.

Not a bad way to end the fishing marathon known as winter break. Logged 22 days on the water over the last 32 days, including 12 days this year alone. Baits of choice yesterday were Gambler Flapp’ N Shad in morning glory and Norton Sand Eel in plum/chartreuse.

My two best trout since the front…

23.25" Trout


23" Trout


Morning Glory Flapp' N Shad


Rats were a dime a dozen but we managed to scratch out a handful of keepers...