2006 Fishing Reports
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7/21/06 – 7/23/06 Non-Chartered Bay Fishing Trip
Three officers, two members, one guest, and one son (seven participants) had a great time at the First Ever FCS non-chartered Bay Fishing Trip on 7/21/06 – 7/23/06 in the Corpus Christi/Port Aransas/Aransas Pass area.
Mark Dillow and I, Randy Rowley, arrived on Friday afternoon and fished Friday evening at the Packery Channel. Mark paddled over to a small island in his kayak and I fished from the bank. Mark caught a small Redfish on his fly rod, and I caught a piggy perch using a Rattle Trap on my bait-casting rod. On Saturday Derrich and Will Pollock, Steve Watkins, Jim Quimby, and I fished from Jim’s boat on the Land Cut and Baffin Bay south of Corpus Christi. We caught about 10 fish each. I caught six Speckled Trout, two Redfish, two hardhead catfish, and one large Black Drum. We used live shrimp for bait. We ended up with four keeper size trout and three Black Drum.
Mark fished with Ronnie Ross. They used Ronnie’s boat to take them to Mud Island in Aransas Bay and then wade fished all day (until about 9:00 PM). Ronnie caught one shy of a limit of Speckled Trout (nine) and they both caught their limit of Redfish (three each) using live shrimp for bait. The fishing really turned on about 4:00 PM. They caught 20 more keeper sized Redfish that they released. They report that it was the best bay fishing that they have experienced.
On Sunday morning Mark and I fished Wilson’s Cut and the adjoining bays in Mark’s kayaks. I caught a under legal-sized Redfish and released it. Thanks to Jim, Ronnie, and Mark for bringing their boats.
6/23/06 Chartered Hybrid Bass Fishing Trip
Four members had a great time at the first FCS Chartered Hybrid Bass fishing trip on 6/23/06 with guide Jay Garrett on Lake Belton. Seventeen hybrid bass were caught and five other fish (22 total). This was the most fish that we have ever caught on a freshwater fishing trip. It eclipsed the 3/27/04 Striped Bass Fishing Trip by one fish and there were 11 fishermen on that trip. Joe Schram caught the largest bass – a five pounder. Thanks for Jim McGee for leading this trip.