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Bay Fishing, Matagorda Texas - Capt. Bill Pustejovsky - Matagorda
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Matagorda Bay Fishing Reports
Capt. Bill Pustejovsky
Matagorda Fishing Reports May 2010 thru Dec 2010
Jan 2010 to May
2010 | Reports June
2010 thru Dec 2010 | Back
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| 12/17/10 Wayne Brueggen shown here while wading East Matagorda Bay with a pearl chartreuse Corky. The Corky is really starting to pay off as most all of our shrimp have left the bays. Wayne ended his day with 10 trout, 16" - 21". |
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| 12/16/10 Brian Smith, James Smith and David Parkinson.....This group brought in a total of 20 trout, 15 1/2-21", and 8 reds, 22-29 1/2". |
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| 12/16/10 Brian and James Smith along with David Parkinson threw out 4" Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins to bring in these nice reds: 27", 29", and 29 1/2". |
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| 12/11/10 David Summers, Bruce Stanfill, Rene and Christian Forest, and Claude Belley drifted East Matagorda Bay to catch 16 trout and 6 reds. Wind was bad out of the west southwest. These guys threw Chicken-on-a-Chain and Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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 Croaker weighed in at 3.6 lbs and was 19 3/4" |
| 12/10/10 Bill Ferro and Craig Hardin drifted East Matagorda Bay throwing Hot Chicken Bass Assassins to catch 9 trout and 6 reds. The highlight of the day was Bill Ferro's croaker catch, a new East Matagorda Bay record. This croaker weighed in at 3.6 lbs and was 19 3/4". The fish was weighed in at Russell's Bait & Tackle on a certified scale along with 4 witnesses. Capt. Bill attests that he personally has never seen a croaker that big caught on a Hot Chicken Bass Assassin. |
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| 12/9/10 Floyd Powell of Alvin, Texas along with Jason Powell and Billy Engleke drifted East Matagorda Bay to catch these 20 trout, 16-22", and 9 reds, 21-25". Baits, of course, Hot Chicken and Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins. |
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| 12/7/10 Bobby Tackaberry, Rocky Hudson, and Leon Falcone drifted East Matagorda Bay while chunking Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins to bring in these 22 trout, 16-21", and 6 reds, 21-24". |
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| 12/4/10 David Niles drifted over scattered shell in East Matagorda Bay chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins to land these 10 trout, 19-24". |
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| 12/3/10 Wayne Brueggen along with Brian and Kevin Cunningham drifted shell and worked the birds in East Matagorda today while throwing, you guessed it, Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. Total catch for this trio was 30 trout, 16-21", and 6 reds, 21-24". |
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| 12/2/10 Mike Grigar, Ben Christen, and Jim Daniel did a little East Matagorda Bay drifting today. Results of this trip were 28 trout, 16-21", and 9 reds, 21-26", all brought in on the infamous Bass Assassin "Hot Chicken." |
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| 12/1/10 Mike and Dave Watts, along with Eric Gunderson, drifted East Matagorda Bay with Hot Chicken Bass Assassins tied on to bring in these 30 trout, 16-25", and 9 reds, 22-26". These guys had a banner day. |
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| 11/29/10 Bay City CCA banquet trip winner, Robert Wall, along with buddies Bill Drushel and John Schwarz, drifted East Matagorda Bay today. Weather conditions were on the up and up to help this trio bring in these 30 trout, 16-21", and 7 reds, 21-26". The chicks were at it again, Hot Chicken and Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins. |
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| 11/28/10 Skip, Suzette, Sarah, and Trey Heath drifted East Matagorda Bay over scattered shell and worked the birds. Twin chicks today, Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken and Chicken-on-a-Chain bought the tickets for these 40 trout, 16-25", and 6 reds, 22-27". We made it back to the dock by 10:00 AM. |
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| 11/24/10 Boy that chicken is cooking again. Heath Duncan and Jimmy Reynolds caught these 17 trout, 16-21", and 2 - 24" reds on Bass Assassin's Chicken-on-a-Chain amidst 20-25 mph winds. We drifted East Matagorda Bay over scattered shell. |
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| 11/23/10 Talk of the town is chicken again. Here, Lowell Everitt shows off his 10 trout, 2-4 lbs, caught while drifting over scattered shell. Specifically, it was one of my favorites, Chicken-on-a-Chain from Bass Assassins, that stole the show. |
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| 11/22/10 Bob and Jane Baugh along with grandson, Sam Baugh, drifted East Matagorda Bay today to land these 30 trout, 16-22", and 5 reds, 22-27". This group threw Bass Assassin's Chicken-on-a-Chain and Hoagie shrimp tails. |
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| 11/21/10 Shown here are Chandler Faickney and Cole Aplin with a 26 1/2" trout and 26 1/2" redfish. These fish were caught while wading mud in East Matagorda Bay and throwing Bass Assassin's Chicken-on-a-Chain. |
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| 11/20/10 (Day 2) The same guys fished with me again today. They threw the same bait, Bass Assassin's Chicken-on-a-Chain, to catch these 30 trout, 16-24", and 7 reds, 22-26". Conditions were favorable. |
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| 11/19/10 (Day 1) Mike, David, and James Powell along with Robert Robbins chunked Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins to bring in these 20 trout out of the Colorado River. My boat had a late start from the dock around 9:00 AM. |
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| 11/17/10 Duane Sandefer, Kyle Todd, and Mike Sachs drifted East Matagorda Bay today to catch these 30 trout, 16-21", and 7 reds, 21-24". Baits chunked today were Hot Chicken Bass Assassins and Hoagie shrimp tails. |
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| 11/12/10 My buddy, Roland Altinger, Chris Jouett, and Charles Roberts drifted East Matagorda Bay chunking those favorite Hot Chicken Bass Assassins to land these 26 trout, 18-25". Talk about happy campers... |
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| 11/11/10 Matthew Wehring, Sterling Crabtree, and Dan Springer drifted over shell in East Matagorda Bay today. Another record day with 30 trout, 17-22", and 2 reds all caught by 7:45 AM. Once more Hot Chicken Bass Assassins bait of choice. |
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 11/10/10Bobby Elmore and Bob O'Dell drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today. The pattern of late played out again as this duo had their 20 trout, 17-24", and 6 reds, 21-26", by 10:30 AM. Once again chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins rang the bell. |
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| 11/9/10 Shane Schlemeyer shown here with 10 trout, 16-20", and 3 reds, 21-25". These fish were caught while drifting and working birds in East Matagorda Bay. Baits tossed once again those on fire Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 11/8/10 Bobby Tackaberry and Dale Mohn drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today. This duo caught their 20 trout, 16-21", by 6:55 AM while chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 11/7/10 Skip and Trey Heath along with Blake Mitchell fished the Colorado River. They were done by 9:00 AM with 30 trout, 15 1/2-20", and 2 reds. The treatment for today was Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 11/1/10 James and David Easley along with D. K. and Daniel Williams worked the birds in East Matagorda Bay to catch these 30 trout, 16-20", and 5 reds, 21-24". Choice baits for this trip were Hoagie shrimp tails and Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken. |
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| 10/31/10 Bobby Tackaberry and Walter McCaffrey drifted and worked the birds in East Matagorda Bay today. Baits tossed were Hot Chicken Bass Assassins and Hoagie shrimp tails to land these 15 trout, 17-20", and 4 big reds. |
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| 10/30/10 Clarence Kamba, Ken Kamba from Iowa, and Mike Collier worked the birds and drifted East Matagorda Bay today. Catch for this trio was 30 trout, 17-22", and 1 red, 23". Baits tossed today consisted of Hot Chicken Bass Assassins and Hoagie shrimptails. |
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| 10/21/10 Bob and Jane Baugh took the day to do some fishing in East Matagorda Bay. Jane caught this 25" red on a Hot Chicken Bass Assassin while drifting. |
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| 10/19/10 Ray Rigby and Ed Chamberlain caught these 20 trout, 16-22", and 2 reds, 24", while wading and drifting East Matagorda Bay. Wind and water conditions were perfect. Jumping shrimp out in the middle of the bay were the ticket for catching today. Fished no birds. |
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| 10/17/10 Skip and Trey Heath along with Billy Mitchell waded East Matagorda Bay today and you can see from the fish cleaning table what happened. These 30 trout, 16-22", and 2 reds were caught on Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. Water color was excellent. |
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| 10/16/10 Shown here is Skip Heath holding a 27", 7 lb 6 oz trout caught while wading East Matagorda Bay today. This fish was caught on Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 10/12/10 Mike Kalil and Jim Kolkhurst waded East Matagorda Bay today chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. Shown here are Mike with a 24" red and Jim holding a 25 lb black drum. |
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| 10/8/10 Shane Schlemeyer shown here with a nice flounder caught while wading East Matagorda Bay throwing Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 10/7/10 Cecil Pancake, Joe Allen, and Randy Reininger drifted East Matagorda Bay chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins to bring in these 25 trout, 16-18", and 4 redfish, 23-26". |
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| 10/6/10 Steve Holzheauser of Austin and Tommy Britt of Houston drifted and worked a few birds in East Matagorda Bay today. Water color was good. These two fishermen ended their day with 20 trout, 16-20", and 1 red all caught on Hogie Shrimp tails and Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 10/5/10 Bobby Tackaberry, David Johnson, and Jason Hanson drifted East Matagorda Bay with northeast winds 15-20 mph. Water was fishable. This group had 29 trout, 16-21", and 2 reds. Once again, it was those Hot Chicken Bass Assassins stealing the show. |
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| 10/4/10 Jared Davis, Kevin Bowman, and Ron Hultquist drifted East Matagorda Bay chunking Hot Chicken Bass Assassins to end up with this nice catch. |
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| 10/2/10 John Vining is shown here with a 24" flounder caught while wading East Matagorda Bay today. John was throwing Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken. |
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| 9/24/10 Darron Hanner, Trey Valentino, and Paul Orsak drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today throwing Roach Bass Assassins and an occasional live shrimp. Water conditions were fishable and the day ended with 30 decent trout up to 20". |
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| 9/25/10 David Niles shown here along with 10 trout and 2 reds he caught while drifting East Matagorda Bay today. Bait pick was Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 9/16/10 Ralph Aulds holding a 27" speck caught while wading East Matagorda Bay and throwing Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken. Boat total for today was 15 trout and 3 reds. Winds were light out of the northeast and water conditions were stable. |
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| 9/14/10 Dwain Bankston, Tony Kawczynski, and David Trevino waded East Matagorda Bay with me today along with good water conditions and light south east winds. This trio had 20 trout, 16-24", by 9:00 AM. Tony lost a monster trout. Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken was the ticket today. |
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| 8/21/10 Mike Powell and Diane Camden, "Caster Extraordinaire", drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today throwing live shrimp. Water was very dirty from southwest winds. This duo ended their day with 10 trout, 16-24", and 4 reds, 24-26". This was Diane's first saltwater fishing trip and I was very impressed with her abilities. |
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| 8/13/10 Darrel Martin, Jim Stefaniak, and Skip Heath waded East Matagorda Bay with me today. This group threw Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken and Bone She Dogs to end their day with 25 trout up to 23". Water conditions were off-colored because of southwest winds. |
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| 8/11/10 Justin Brock with a 25" redfish caught while wading West Matagorda Bay throwing Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. |
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| 7/18/10 A friend of mine from Brenham, Texas, Brandon Marth, and I took a friendly no pay wade fishing trip to East Matagorda Bay today. We fished some reefs and threw Bass Assassin's Chicken-on-a-Chain to catch 20 trout, 17-25". Talk about being hot as Hades, well, I think I got the picture out there today. |
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| 7/15/10 Blake Mitchell, Fred Huff, and myself waded grassbeds in West Matagorda Bay using Chicken-on-a-Chain and Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. These two fishermen had their 20 trout, 17-23", by 7:30 AM. |
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| 7/12/10 Capt. Bill here with a 28" redfish weighing in at 9 lb 12 oz. This fish was caught in West Matagorda Bay on a Roach Bass Assassin. |
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| 7/11/10 Lupe and Shanna Gonzales along with Martin Castaneda and Kimberly Lopez drifted East Matagorda Bay tossing Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins today to catch these 17 trout, 16-25". Wind was out of the southwest and water was off-colored just fishable. The girls had a good time and it was their first fishing trip. |
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| 7/10/10 David Niles drifted over scattered shell in East Matagorda Bay with me today. Baits tossed were Hot Chicken and Chicken-on-a-Chain Bass Assassins. Trout 28 and 27 inches were caught and released. The big trout David is holding was released; however, a 25 incher was hooked too deep and bleeding; therefore, would not have survived so we were forced to keep her. Fish on the table were 10 trout, 18-25". |
 
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| 7/7/10 Wes Dingee along with Robert and Jeanette Mares drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today. The trio brought in these 20 trout, 16-24", using Super Spooks. This was a CCA trip won by Wes. |
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| 6/27/10 Brad and Chandler Livingston along with Skip and Trey Heath waded East Matagorda Bay with me today. Water and wind conditions were good. Skip ended up with a 29" trout and 28" red, a lifetime achievement, which he promptly delivered to the taxidermist. Lots of reds were caught, from 23-28", with a daily total of 10 trout and 12 reds all brought in on Bass Assassin's Roach and Hot Chicken baits. |
 
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| 6/25/10 Stacy Schaaf had a great first wade over in East Matagorda Bay today. Throwing Hot Chicken and Roach Bass Assassins he brought in 3 reds, 26-28", and 5 trout, 18-22". |
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| 6/24/10 Will, Buddy, and Linda Ohmstede along with Robert Wall waded West Matagorda Bay with me today. This group managed to bring in 40 trout, 15 1/2-20", all caught while throwing Hot Chicken and Chicken-on-a-Chain Assassins. |
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| 6/23/10 Linda Ohmstede waded for the first time over in West Matagorda Bay to catch her keepers today. |
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| 6/17/10 Bob Baugh fished with live shrimp while drifting East Matagorda Bay to land this nice 27" speck. |
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| 6/15/10 Reggie Canez, Terry Sowell, Larry Holzworth, and Dean Stevens waded over in West Matagorda Bay with me today. This group chunked Bass Assassins' new item Hot Chicken along with some Super Spooks and She Pups to bring in these 40 trout. A busy and productive day on the water for these guys. |
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| 6/12/10 David Niles waded West Matagorda Bay with me today. He chunked his Super Spooks and She Dogs to land these 10 trout, 16-24". |
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| 6/9/10 Bob Prince with a 25 lb black drum caught on a Bass Assassin Roach while wading in West Matagorda Bay. |
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| 6/1/10 Ben Christen and Jim Daniel waded East Matagorda Bay with me today. Water conditions were good allowing this duo to catch their 20 trout by 11:00 AM. Bait tossed today was the new Bass Assassin Hot Chicken. |
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| 5/27/10 Charlie Roberts and Larry Rider waded and drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today. Water conditions were awesome and over 50 trout were caught and released with 2 good girls let go to spawn and swim another day. Top water She Dogs and Bass Assassins' Hot Chicken took first place to catch these 20 trout, 16-18". |
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| 5/26/10 Callan and Linda Oltmann from West Point, Texas waded for the first time today with me over in West Matagorda Bay. This couple threw Bass Assassin's Hot Chicken to catch 15 trout from 16-20". |
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| 5/23/10 Scott, Will, Drew, and Bill Cline along with Ben and Jam Corolon waded West Matagorda Bay grass beds with me today chunking Hot Chicken and Roach Bass Assassins. |
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| 5/20/10 Howard Hobbins, Brad Wleczyk, and Gabe Hutchinson waded grass beds over in West Matagorda Bay with me today chunking Roach and Morning Glory Bass Assassins. This group had 30 trout up to 24" with winds rolling in at 20 mph out of the south. A good day with overcast skys and that's why the trout wanted a darker bait. |
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| 5/19/10 Lowell Everitt and Dane A. St. Cyr waded West Matagorda Bay with me today and threw my typical baits, Hot Chicken and Roach Bass Assassins, in 5". Wind was 20 mph out of the south-southwest. We ended our day with 20 trout, 16-22", by 10:00 AM. A good day on the water. |
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| 5/18/10 Mark Mata, Carl Cox, and Nick Oritiz drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today. Roach and Hot Chicken Bass Assassins were tossed while fishing over shell to land 30 trout, 16-20", by 11:00 AM. Weather and water conditions worked for us today. |
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| 5/17/10 Conrad Callicoatte, F. M. Jackson, and Charles Smaistrla drifted East Matagorda Bay with me today while tossing Roach and Hot Chicken Bass Assassins. Water was in excellent shape and 20 trout landed. |
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| 5/16/10 Bob, Judy, Chris, and Matthew Morgan waded West Matagorda Bay with me today and we were chunking the new Bass Assassin "Hot Chicken" to bring 15 trout to the fish cleaning table. |
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| 5/14/10 Craig Harden, Dan Rickett, Charles Duke, and myself waded West Matagorda Bay and ended up with 23 trout, 16-24". Winds were 20-25 mph with somewhat fishable water conditions. Bass Assassins did it again! New bait, called the "Hot Chicken", led the way. Great bait that works in any water color/condition and the fish slam it! |
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| 5/7/10 Jim, James "Jr.", and M. J. Powell waded East Matagorda Bay with me today. Bait choice was Roach Bass Assassins keying in on glass minnows. Total catch equaled 25 trout, 16-20", with wind out of the southwest at 20 mph. |
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| 5/6/10 Lowell Everitt, Charlie Paradoski, and Brian Cummings waded West Matagorda Bay throwing Roach Bass Assassins. Catch today was 30 trout, 16-20". We saw plentiful glass minnows and sharks with big teeth. Not too comforting for a "country boy". |
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Capt. Bill Pustejovsky
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