Info on Texas gulf fishing

Going to be in Arlington, Texas for a few months. What are my fishing options for the gulf?

You planning on chartering or bringing your own?
The Blue Fin is one of the best "party boats" in the state and leaves out of Freeport.
Captain Josh runs it, I believe.

Hey Beetle..........

Gulf? Gulf of California or Gulf of Mexico?

A lot of coast line, towns and states for either option!

Not to mention the closest salt water to Arlington is more than 300 miles.

JJ

Jungle Jim said:

Hey Beetle..........

Gulf? Gulf of California or Gulf of Mexico?

A lot of coast line, towns and states for either option!

Not to mention the closest salt water to Arlington is more than 300 miles.

JJ

Jim, would you happen to be a member at "dos frios" also?

RoadKill said:

You planning on chartering or bringing your own?
The Blue Fin is one of the best "party boats" in the state and leaves out of Freeport.
Captain Josh runs it, I believe.

Definitely charter, planning on lots of time off!

Some of the inshore fishing in the intercoastal is fantastic. Redfish, speckled trout, flounder and black drum are fairly abundant in the 1 - 5 pound range, with some going 10+. There are literally hundreds of miles of inshore fishing in and around Corpus Christi. You can wade fish, kayak fish or boat fish.

Also, need some forum help - after coming from south Texas, I finally had the opportunity to go kayak fishing last weekend. Got, what I think were a couple of small Pintos. It's always nice to have a fish on your line, but I was thinking that I would sure like something to hit nd pull some line - i.e. a bigger fish. Well I got my wish, something hit my line, apparently my drag was not quite loose enough, half my pole was underwater, and I was wondering what in the heck I had on my line until it broke my 12 pound test line. I am realizing I might need some bigger gear to play with grouper. Most of my fishing will be within a mile of shore, in Playa Encanto or the estuary. I don't want to spend a fortune on a new setup, because I generally don't take the best care of them. What do I need for line size, pole and reel?

Kiter said:

Also, need some forum help - after coming from south Texas, I finally had the opportunity to go kayak fishing last weekend. Got, what I think were a couple of small Pintos. It's always nice to have a fish on your line, but I was thinking that I would sure like something to hit nd pull some line - i.e. a bigger fish. Well I got my wish, something hit my line, apparently my drag was not quite loose enough, half my pole was underwater, and I was wondering what in the heck I had on my line until it broke my 12 pound test line. I am realizing I might need some bigger gear to play with grouper. Most of my fishing will be within a mile of shore, in Playa Encanto or the estuary. I don't want to spend a fortune on a new setup, because I generally don't take the best care of them. What do I need for line size, pole and reel?

Conventional or egg beater?

Scarab352 said:

Definitely charter, planning on lots of time off!

Scarab, go to www.2coolfishing.com and join up.
Then, check out the "crew wanted crew available" forum in the general fishing discussion.
They also have a "Blue water Board" to check out.

Flounder are all in the shallows for gigging, my last trip plenty of potato chips (small ones) but nothing of any size, but man oh man where the small ones thick. Trout are ok inshore, Reds are hitting decent but not much size. Offshore, well I haven't been offshore in a while. Go to 2coolfishing.com for local reports, they post them daily. If you are going to be in Okie City at all around lunch on your trip PM me and we can grab lunch.

Was this thread created by HAPPY?! This is a Rocky Point Mexico forum. Take your Texas shit elsewhere

Mexico Joe said:

Was this thread created by HAPPY?! This is a Rocky Point Mexico forum. Take your Texas shit elsewhere

Texas is little Mexico these days. Didn't you hear?

What months? It's been a washing machine on steroids out there lately?

BorderBandit said:

What months? It's been a washing machine on steroids out there lately?

You a Texan, Rj?

RoadKill said:

You a Texan, Rj?

Yep, way way way south TX.

BorderBandit said:

Yep, way way way south TX.

I've a place in shepherd and Warren(close to Jasper)

RoadKill said:

I've a place in shepherd and Warren(close to Jasper)

That's a damn nice are. I'm about 400 miles southwest , as a crow flies. Fish out of Port Mansfield , and SPI.

BorderBandit said:

That's a damn nice are. I'm about 400 miles southwest , as a crow flies. Fish out of Port Mansfield , and SPI.

We cap out on PINS about once a year.
Been, at least, 25 years since I've seen SPI. Need to bring the wife and kiddos down soon .

RoadKill said:

We cap out on PINS about once a year.
Been, at least, 25 years since I've seen SPI. Need to bring the wife and kiddos down soon .

Gimme a shout, and I can get you up to speed. A lot has changed. LOL!

MEXICO JOE

Nothing good to say don't say anything.

You the new forum MOD

Wood Spinner said:

MEXICO JOE

Nothing good to say don't say anything.

You the new forum MOD?

Mexico Joe said:

Was this thread created by HAPPY?! This is a Rocky Point Mexico forum. Take your Texas shit elsewhere

You the new forum MOD?

RoadKill said:

You the new forum MOD?

GFY!

That escalated quickly.

Texans... (smirking emoji)

Mexico Joe said:

GFY!

ChollaBay4Life

Having a bad day, Joe? Don't make me tip yer kayak over! :D
Not EVERYTHING about fishing has to be about Rocky Point. I've fished several of the places these guys are talking about and you know what? YOU would love them! Some of the back flats and cuts are a kayaker's dream! Cranking on a nice redfish or gator trout (like our corvina; they call them sand trout in Texas) that just slammed a Cocahoe minnow... oh yeah!

No need to yell at Bill, either. His blood runs FISH!!!

"Speckled" trout. And, as inshore fishing goes, it doesn't get much better than sight casting at a 30" redfish in ankle deep water. When he turns around and sees that lure......

imstillsouthtexasreds said:

"Speckled" trout. And, as inshore fishing goes, it doesn't get much better than sight casting at a 30" redfish in ankle deep water. When he turns around and sees that lure......

Back in 2010 I had a project at DuPont there close to Gregory. I had an apartment in Portland, and spent just about every afternoon on the north side of the causeway sight casting reds from the bank. Bastards had a couple of inches of their backs out of the water running the bank hunting mullet. Badass when a fish hits your bait and kicks up mud on his first run.
That was my first experience sight casting reds.
I even got to meet ol Railbird while I was down. Never was able to hook up on a trip as I went home on weekends. That's one heck of a nice guy, too.

RoadKill said:

Back in 2010 I had a project at DuPont there close to Gregory. I had an apartment in Portland, and spent just about every afternoon on the north side of the causeway sight casting reds from the bank. Bastards had a couple of inches of their backs out of the water running the bank hunting mullet. Badass when a fish hits your bait and kicks up mud on his first run.
That was my first experience sight casting reds.
I even got to meet ol Railbird while I was down. Never was able to hook up on a trip as I went home on weekends. That's one heck of a nice guy, too.

There are back bays (think 5 acres) up near Rockport that are land locked on 3 sides with a narrow opening...there will be hundreds in there. You can catch them all day, just walking along and following the school. 4 of us caught and released 65 one afternoon (cystic fibrosis tourney) and we didn't come close to winning. Anytime you're headed this way, let me know. That goes for everyone here, even Mod Joe.

Edit: I forgot to mention that if you come during dove season, you can cast and blast in that same back bay. Shoot the birds and leave them in the water, current will push them onto shore in an hour or so. Walk along the shoreline, pick them up. And lots of flounder in those areas also.

imstillsouthtexasreds said:

"Speckled" trout. And, as inshore fishing goes, it doesn't get much better than sight casting at a 30" redfish in ankle deep water. When he turns around and sees that lure......

Pretty much all I do here. They stay schooled up in schools of 100-200 on the shoals and surf from now until they come back inshore in march. 7' with a mirrolure and hold on. Can throw underhand they are so close. 25-32" fish. Fish until your arms are tired whilst the porpoise wear them out.

Note ..this is Sea of Cortez fishing ..maybe create a Tex fishing forum

jerry said:

Note ..this is Sea of Cortez fishing ..maybe create a Tex fishing forum

There already is one, but this is a nice place too.

jerry said:

Note ..this is Sea of Cortez fishing ..maybe create a Tex fishing forum

These are Stuarts friends from down below and hey, birds of a feather.

RJTaylor said:

There already is one, but this is a nice place too.

I have some nice Idaho trout fishing pictures from this summer but wouldn't put them on a Sea of Cortez fishing area....it would be ..well... Rick Perry stupid.
On the other hand posts on boats,gear etc. would be in the right place...

You know what, I agree, guys. https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/sea-trout-to-brown-trout.10411/

https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/oh-thats-a-nopefish.9596/

https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/i-know-its-not-salt-or-local-but-this-is-fishing.9423/

https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/amazing-crazy-santa-monica-trip-3-9-w-pics.8916/

https://www.rockypointtalk.com/threads/santa-monica-bay-fishing-adventures-jan-feb-w-pics.8875/

To one and all -- Fishing is fishing. Be it here, be it there. I'd expect fellow fisherfolk to welcome an exchange of fish, tackle, ideas, how tos. Some of the techniques I use in Penasco for corvina I learned while fishing the flats for specks in Texas.

It's all good info; nobody is raining on your parade. Good grief. :shrug:

Stuart said:

To one and all -- Fishing is fishing. Be it here, be it there. I'd expect fellow fisherfolk to welcome an exchange of fish, tackle, ideas, how tos. Some of the techniques I use in Penasco for corvina I learned while fishing the flats for specks in Texas.

It's all good info; nobody is raining on your parade. Good grief. :shrug:

Understand ,I guess the big picture evades me.It just seems strange to invite a group that pretty much hates mexicans to join a forum filled with people that love the Mexico people and own homes in Mexico.

jerry said:

Understand ,I guess the big picture evades me.It just seems strange to invite a group that pretty much hates mexicans to join a forum filled with people that love the Mexico people and own homes in Mexico.

They hate everybody, including themselves and each other. Maybe you hadn't noticed? :shrug:
The "Big Picture" is really pretty simple, Jerry. Nothing has changed up here in the Main forums. Several of them actually LIKE Mexico and many are fisherman that would like to know more about it, as well as other places to fish. I have yet to see any examples of the "deplorables" (if you will) disrupt, hate, or otherwise try to abuse anyone here in the main forums. If that happens, it's off to Banned Camp and they are well aware of that. However, I am surprised at the vitriol spit at the few that have posted perfectly innocent questions about fishing up here, regardless of where the fishing takes place. Tolerance is a two way street, no?

This forum neared death during 2016. You could go weeks and not see a new post -- on anything, fishing or otherwise. Many reasons for that, but the primary one being so many have migrated to usergroups on Facebook, where one can post selfies, what they are having for dinner, good news, bad news, argue, get recommendations -- all pretty much in real time. Hit counts here fell to pretty much nothing, like an end of August weekend in Penasco. Ugh!

I made a "joke" post in Rants in August. It was the 1st post in that forum in over 6 months. I offered Rants and Raves as a place for these folks, from several other boating/fishing forums, as a place where they can be idiots without heavy-handed censorship or constant smack in the face moderation over politics, race, religion, whatever. Rants has always been there; it's always been open to whatever the hell anybody wanted to say. And the basic policy around Rants has always been 'If you can't take the heat, don't jump in the fire.' Nothing new there. The only thing "new" is that some people are actually using that forum again.

If you are bothered by the nonsense that goes on there, please ignore it. It certainly is not seeking you out. :gofish"

I'm looking forward to a rocky point trip this year. :D

RoadKill said:

I'm looking forward to a rocky point trip this year. :D

It will be a blast! Not just "Rocky Point," but the entire Sea of Cortez is beautiful and unique.

Say, do you know a good captain? :ohyeah:

jerry said:

Understand ,I guess the big picture evades me.It just seems strange to invite a group that pretty much hates mexicans to join a forum filled with people that love the Mexico people and own homes in Mexico.

Classic Gerald lib-tard hypocrisy.

Stuart, this guy is unbelievable. A few guys from Texas discuss fishing, and Gerald takes it upon himself to say that you INVITED A GROUP THAT PRETTY MUCH HATES MEXICANS.

Lib-tard Gerald has to always broad brush-stroke an entire group of people/an entire state that HATES MEXICANS (as Gerald puts it) to make a point. Seriously ?

Gerald has changed subjects and hi-jacked more threads than the entire member forum combined.

Gerald will hi-jack and entire Rocky Point thread to talk about smoking pot on one of his European escapades, but when someone else brings up fishing from Texas... all hell breaks loose.

Been quiet , but nice without you Gerald.

Can't wait to hear from all the Gerald lovers who will now defend his obnoxious and insulting commentary...

Who's first ?

Stuart said:

They hate everybody, including themselves and each other. Maybe you hadn't noticed? :shrug:
The "Big Picture" is really pretty simple, Jerry. Nothing has changed up here in the Main forums. Several of them actually LIKE Mexico and many are fisherman that would like to know more about it, as well as other places to fish. I have yet to see any examples of the "deplorables" (if you will) disrupt, hate, or otherwise try to abuse anyone here in the main forums. If that happens, it's off to Banned Camp and they are well aware of that. However, I am surprised at the vitriol spit at the few that have posted perfectly innocent questions about fishing up here, regardless of where the fishing takes place. Tolerance is a two way street, no?

This forum neared death during 2016. You could go weeks and not see a new post -- on anything, fishing or otherwise. Many reasons for that, but the primary one being so many have migrated to usergroups on Facebook, where one can post selfies, what they are having for dinner, good news, bad news, argue, get recommendations -- all pretty much in real time. Hit counts here fell to pretty much nothing, like an end of August weekend in Penasco. Ugh!

I made a "joke" post in Rants in August. It was the 1st post in that forum in over 6 months. I offered Rants and Raves as a place for these folks, from several other boating/fishing forums, as a place where they can be idiots without heavy-handed censorship or constant smack in the face moderation over politics, race, religion, whatever. Rants has always been there; it's always been open to whatever the hell anybody wanted to say. And the basic policy around Rants has always been 'If you can't take the heat, don't jump in the fire.' Nothing new there. The only thing "new" is that some people are actually using that forum again.

If you are bothered by the nonsense that goes on there, please ignore it. It certainly is not seeking you out. :gofish"

Ok

rplarry said:

Classic Gerald lib-tard hypocrisy.

Stuart, this guy is unbelievable. A few guys from Texas discuss fishing, and Gerald takes it upon himself to say that you INVITED A GROUP THAT PRETTY MUCH HATES MEXICANS.

Lib-tard Gerald has to always broad brush-stroke an entire group of people/an entire state that HATES MEXICANS (as Gerald puts it) to make a point. Seriously ?

Gerald has changed subjects and hi-jacked more threads than the entire member forum combined.

Gerald will hi-jack and entire Rocky Point thread to talk about smoking pot on one of his European escapades, but when someone else brings up fishing from Texas... all hell breaks loose.

Been quiet , but nice without you Gerald.

Can't wait to hear from all the Gerald lovers who will now defend his obnoxious and insulting commentary...

Who's first ?

. Well hello Larry! I think the forum will become a interesting place again soon...If the Black Swan event that is Trump really does start deporting 10 times the Mexican workers that Obama's has ( a record clip sadly) Puerto Penasco may become a sort of high end refugee city.We don't know how this will play out but it could wear out our welcome and send us running for the border ( worse case) or be actual boost to the economy...may you live in interesting times Larry!