[dixierider]

Hit the levy road at sunup this a.m., 3 telephone poles from the flood gate... water in great shape early, light breeze and fish rolling on top of the water, armed with live shrimp, reel respooled, and a poppin cork stated my wade. First fish hit and "POW" break off!! *** this is new line, must have raked an oyster shell, retie and recast, 2nd fish hits, same result... broken line, bet I unspooled 25-30 yards of line before I found line that wouldn't pop when you flexed it (Academy spencer and beltway 8 BTW), retied and with some hope that the line was good started fishing. Had my shock leader about 24" from popping cork and I tell ya, solid keepers, I killed em, got my limit and was out of the water by 9:00... BTW got no hard heads or other trash fish today, did hook a 18" rat red and watched a couple of "Flippers" swim close by...

 

[captncutbait]

I fish there a lot but got suspended by the wife for wade fishing. I always do good there with solid keepers. I may have to slip out sat or sun for some wading. I am surprised you are doing so well in the morning with little to no tide movement. Was the tide moving?? I have had my best luck there when I can barely stand up.

 

[dixierider]

Only movement I coild tell was when the big ships were passing, would move the water as well as me...

 

[txgunrunner]

thanks for the report. may be a dumb question but were the skeeters bad in the area. last time i went i had off on and they still got me pretty bad.

 

[dixierider]

Yes, but I sprayed down before i went thru the grass, coming out they feasted on me...

 

[da R00k]

dixie, how deep u were wading? were u right next to the gate?

 

[dixierider]

No, I count back 3-4 telephone poles and climb down the rocks, I'm 5"11 so I don't go over nipple deep, if you throwing live shrimp under a popping cork, don't put ant split shot on your leader, let the shrimp move free...

 

[boashna]

good report with real useable information .. i hate it when they say "went fishing caught fish here is the pic" lol

 

[finatical]

...just a word of caution

make sure to use a long stringer and keep your fish away from you when wading especially near the floodgate and around dollar point...a buddy lost his stringers and i even had one trout "quick-released" while still attached to a topwater earlier this week...and it wasn't flipper ;-)

stay safe & tight lines,
finatical

 

[tommy261]

texas city

Hey dixie rider congratulations on your catch.I used to wade that area a lot with good luck. Be careful of the sting rays they are thick right now.

 

[ChickFilet]

Cut out the hijacks please guys. This is a fishing report not a conservation thread.

Edit: the above message is in connection with some deleted posts. Post on!