Fish On!!! Woop woop! Matthew got on’em back in May, even in the wind and clouds we were not discouraged! The fish were hungry then and the tailing schools of Texas Redfish are plentiful right now! August is seeing loads of tailing redfish on the flats, if you can float the flat! Let’s go get’em!
Winter doesn’t really settle into the Texas Coast until around February. But Tom from Colorado knows all too well that he can come down to Port Aransas for some great fly fishing action during the winter low tides.
We had multiple schools of cruising redfish to chase for hours. They were swimming in formation, evenly spaced like fighter jets. Tom connected with several quality redfish in the marsh. Managing to set his own personal best redfish record on the fly twice was icing on the cake.
Kissing a fish makes a lot of people feel disgusted, but every true fly fishing angler with good sportsmanship knows that kissing the fish before letting it go brings good karma!
Some also say that a fish with a big tail shows great potential in their DNA, somewhat like a child growing big feet early on in life… Do you ever wonder though where the blue sheen in a redfish’s tail comes from?
Additionally, with the winter low tides, April and May are already showing great promise with loads of baitfish moving into the bays and marsh areas to feed, and the redfish, trout and drum and feeding on them heartily as we breathe. Get on your calendars folks and book a fly fishing trip in Port Aransas with Capt Kenjo! The jack crevelle are right around the corner and hungry to put on the feed bags for ya’ll!!!
Its baseball season! Both my wonderful children are in Little League too! Grand Slams are rare in Little League baseball and the grand slam consists of 4 runs batted in. And while baseball is my favorite sport of all, fly fishing by sight is my absolute favorite method of fishing! To catch a True Texas Grand Slam (4 species, not 3) fly fishing saltwater, it is a very cherished moment!
Additionally, Evan came down from the mountains of Colorado recently for his first fly fishing trip in the saltwater. Little did we know that the super duper low tides would set us up. For him to catch a true Texas grand slam. Four species are needed (in my book) before an angler can claim he caught a grand slam. And Evan did just that! We caught top slot redfish, several black drum, couple speckled trout and a bonus flounder (while casting to redfish).
However, congratulations to Evan with his catches that day! And Hooray for completing a True Texas Grand Slam on your first saltwater trip! Let’s get back out there again soon! I’d like to see if we can get into some jack crevelle and other species! This is a great year to rack up the list even more! Kudos, my friend!
Finally, dates in April & May are available! The redfish are schooling up in tailing pods keeping every angler super satisfied fly fishing Port Aransas Texas. Additionally, each day we will be spending a little time searching for jack crevelle in the bay.
Really cool fly fishing trips have been happening on our Texas Redfish Adventures recently and George and Laura got in on several moments!
It was near end of day after catching more than a handful of wonderfully colored Texas redfish and black drum. The excitement grew again exponentially when we found the motherload! It was a school of maybe 300 redfish in 4 feet of water. All of them were in the 25 to 32 inch age class and swimming in tight formation. We maneuvered the skiff into position and began poling onto the fish with George casting strong and hooking up immediately.
The 26 inch redfish managed to get the best of George boat side when it got the line tangled in the back. The redfish had wrapped all around the trim tabs and (manual) power pole! Without hesitation, I jumped off the platform into the chest deep water. Alongside my Beavertail Strike skiff, I quickly untangled the line from the back of the skiff. Everyone was cheering for our shared success while Mrs. Laura snapped some photos.
Quickly back on the poling platform I scanned surrounding water for the large school of middle to upper slots. Sure enough, there they were again. It only took a couple minutes to pole into position and George was ready. George & Laura’s Texas Redfish Adventures continued as we hooked up again on the next cast!
I wanted Laura to get to pull one of these fish in so I decided to grab a rod to hook a fish for her. But she didn’t want to fight any fish as she was having too much fun heckling George and cheering for us! So I hooked a nice fish and George and I landed them both simultaneously.
NOW is the time of year to get in on some great redfish schooling action and there are several appearances each day of bull redfish as well. Book your next few Texas Redfish Adventures with Kenjo Fly and you’ll be hooked and planning your return trip before you even finish the day on the skiff!
October is a very exciting time to fly fish the middle Texas Coast. Don’t miss out on your next Texas Fly Fishing Trip! Call NOW or use the button below to see Capt Kenjo calendar of availability!
The real challenge though is performing these gentle casts while your eyeballs are popping out of your own head in your excitement! Staying calm and not rushing the cast produces more hookups than trying to rush and hitting the fish too hard.
Here in this clip you can see David does a great job maintaining his composure. This pod of redfish are tailing along the spartina grass edges. You can hear us whispering to each other as he makes 3 casts in order to get the crab fly in the right spot.
On such a calm day you can be sure those fish would have spooked had the fly been too heavy or if he had cast “down” at the fish. Communication on the skiff in the moment is also key to our success.
To do this, stop the rod tip early in your forward cast. Leave it up a bit longer than usual as you let the weight of the fly line gently pull the rod down. It would go from the 1 or 2 o’clock position down in front to the horizontal position.
With a little routine practice, you can use your line hand to feather it all down slowly. This will help the fly line lay out straight and gentle. That way the fly lands right and softly. For those redfish, you want to be able to move the fly on the first strip. Then you will be able to set the hook properly. And that hungry redfish will then gulp down your crab fly. Fish on!
Book NOW with Capt Kenjo! Great weather is in the forecast!