The tide was falling quickly when we decided to fish the cuts on the backside of San Jose Island, where the lakes drain into the Aransas Bay. It was a Saturday that I had picked up 3 clients and, as I figured, there were some redfish sitting around the cuts.
After a few trial and error casts, we changed the lures over to Devil Eyes in Gold Rush and Pink Hologram with a 1/16 oz jig as my clients fished from the boat while I drifted along the cuts.
It was one of those days when you really had to let the fish have it; they weren’t just choking it down. The other thing we found was the water was a little warm yet the fish were holding on the shell mixed with mud. If you didn’t see much bait you didn’t catch.
3 limits of keepers and a lot of undersized redfish were caught once we got the pattern down regarding areas to fish. Mud bottoms mixed with shell are also where you will find the bait food until Spring, so these are the areas you need to look for and you should catch fish.
One of the things I noticed on the water was people will run by an area, not see any bait and keep going. This time of the year I will stop the boat and take a long look or fish the area for 10 or 15 minutes to see if there is any bait activity. I don’t know how many times we have caught fish by taking a little time to really look over an area.
The fish are cold this time of year and they don’t move around the same as they do in the fall or summer, so you might only see a little movement every once in awhile. It still means enough fish could be holding there to catch a limit.
Captain Mike Caserta is a full-time fishing guide who specializes in wadefishing for big speckled trout and redfish in Texas, and uses Brown Lures’ saltwater best speckled trout lures. Kyle suggests you try out some best speckled trout lures from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
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