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Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

Fly Fishing the Texas Coast in September, October and November is some of the best times to fly fish the Texas Coast. We will likely see larger than average redfish cruising the fats, and in between we expect to find schools of redfish and drum too. Dates are available! Book Online Now or call Capt Kenjo direct for prime dates.

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Bobby got his redfish on the Redington Minnow Rod

Summer Summary: The summer months on the Texas Coast this year was exceptional again. In regards to the weather, well, lets just say we got wet like the fish and we hunkered down every now and then to wait out a fast moving isolated storm, or two… or three. Before I move on with the Summer Summary, my heart goes out to those in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Help them out any way you feel you can help.

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We picked two red drum out of a single school in the thunderstorm. The multi-spotted redfish was Sam’s 1st on the fly.
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We won 1st and 2nd place in the Fly Fishing Division

In and around Port Aransas, fly fishing through June and July was productive but difficult in a few ways. Low light, heavy rainfall quite amounting to 3 years work of annual rainfall caused the water to turn off the fish for a short period. There were times when the water looked like someone had mixed cranberry juice with coffee and there were also small and isolated pockets of better water. Nonetheless, we got it done and found fish every time. A short time later the water returned to normal and began producing the fish we all desired. I use Wunderground and FishWeather apps for my weather forecasts.

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The Winston Alpha Plus Super Bend! The camera played a bit of a trick while filming the fight with a 5ft blacktip shark. This is the moment in which I was in the process of “letting go” of everything! The surge of that blacktip was awesome fast!
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Working with sharks can be exciting!

Fly Fishing the Texas Coast in August was also great when some stability in the weather arrived. The fishing accelerated then and the numbers of redfish schools are growing daily. We also got offshore and chased tarpon and shark in the surf zone on the fairest of days. We managed to hook one tarpon right away and break it off immediately but later we had another 4-5 foot tarpon take a swipe at our shark fly but did not commit.

September fish activity will continue to improve and remain very consistent through November. You can find an available date by using the Book Now button, choose the type of trip you are looking for and the calendar will be displayed for you to select a date that works best for you.

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There are many more pics and stories to share so we will save those for another time. Get on the books to experience fly fishing the Texas Coast and lets ramp up the fall run early while the waters and weather is fairly quite again!

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I love sight fishing black skies!

Summer Summaries

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Double Jacks on the fly on the Texas Coast
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Matt enjoying some tailing redfish pods

The Summer fly fishing program on the Texas Coast has been reliable to say the least. Early summer saw many pods of tailing redfish early morning with many shots at pods of jack crevalle averaging 30lbs.

Once the water in the bay got too warm the bait flushed and the jacks moved with them to the deeper cooler channels.

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On John’s Birthday Trip he joined the 30 Inch Club
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Post No Bills Redfish

Quite a few fish came to hand this season and once we were in full swing we were finding them every day. Pods of redfish were targeted and single cruising fish were also welcomed targets.

Some cool fish also moved into the neighborhood, and some had the pleasure to observe a 4ft Bullshark in the bay as well as some 3-5 foot Alligator gar. Even saw another 4 foot alligator gar yesterday.

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Ryker can cast. Ryker can catch FISH!

Some even got to take shots at some very large redfish but for some people, the pressure is insurmountable in those moments and things dont always go as imagined or planned and some lucky others also caught some fine specimens. This is how experience is gained and this is how it is earned as an angler.

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Drum Whisperer

It is how, eventually, you become able to “in the heat of the moment” to be still, move slowly and calmly make a deliberately well-presented cast to the fish of your dreams.

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Father and Son enjoying Texas Redfish Challenges on the fly

For others, until you have dropped your pants on accident enough times, Murphy seems to be there, even when your guide can remain calm. Jimi Hendrix didnt write “Are you educated”, he wrote, “Are you Experienced”.

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Recent Graduate Ryker Lands Marvelously Colored Redfish

Many thanks to all who fished with me this summer! You all make experiencing my dreams a reality. Stay ready though, the fall run is right around the corner and should be even better than last year!

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Kasey got in on some nice Tailing Redfish Action

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Adam nailed this redfish on a olive fighting crab fly

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Summer Drum Beats

Time to let it drop! Summer Drum Beats is too hot to hold onto any longer! I truly hope you enjoy the video. This footage was shot last summer during some fantastic sight fishing the Texas Coast out of Port Aransas.

Now accepting bookings for Summer 2019 (and on)! June and July last year saw plenty of fishing that was absolutely incredible. Dates are already filling in! We worked loads of tailing fish for many consecutive days. And after chasing redfish all morning we spent the afternoon chasing big jack crevalle!

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To reserve your date for your Texas saltwater destiny call Capt Kenjo direct (361-500-2552) or use the Book Now button above. Feel free to call have you any questions! Dates fill quickly!

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Jack #3 of 4 for the Day

Consistent weather during those 2 months would spoil anyone with excessive amounts of tailing pods of redfish kept satisfying, Then chasing down huge jacks in the bay during the heat of the day made it even better! May the Summer Drum Beats live on!

Special thanks to Cody for jumping on board last minute to film this spectacular day with me. Fishing together as a team made Summer Drum Beats happen on short notice. Special thanks to Luke for producing such a fine video. Hope you all like the new logos too!

Additional thanks to Beavertail Skiffs for building such a solid boat. It lets us get to the fish every day regardless of the weather. Kudos to Hatch Outdoors for building a fly reel that handles a lifetime of use and to Airflo for making sure our loops and hooksets are as tight as possible! All of these companies continue to maintain the highest levels of customer service and insist on making quality their primary goal in their products.

Here are some raw videos of some of the jacks we chased last year, cant wait to get ya’ll back on them!

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Photo Cred. Z. Landry