East Flats - April 14, 2019
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:31 pm
With the cold front blowing through Saturday afternoon I decided to show Ron East Flats as I felt it offered decent protection from the NW winds we were going t see the next day. With a much cooler start to our morning and adding several more layers we launched our kayaks and paddled to the flats. We had to paddle some into the wind, but was able to hid behind land so we didn't have to deal with too much rough water.
There were three other kayakers who had mother-shipped into the flats so we had to adjust our plan and paddled farther down the point than we wanted to. We staked out our kayaks and split up wading looking for reds on the shallow flats. Seeing nothing we reconvened paddled south to start drifting a "deeper" section of the flats. It's about 3 or so inches deeper than where we had been. Not long into the drift Ron hooked up with a slot red. As he was stringing his fish up I plopped my lure in front of a small school and strung up a red myself. This prompted Ron to get out and wade while I decided to stand up in my kayak to sightcast. I made 3 more drifts and was able to land two more just-under-slot reds and ripped the lure from two other reds.
Since I had to make the drive back to San Antonio we made the call to paddle back in around noon. Some could've, would've, should've talk happened on our paddle back in, but we managed to find a few reds and string a couple up fishing post front conditions. So, not too bad.
Kayak vanity Shot:
Time: 7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Air Temp: 52°F - 62°F
Wind: NNW @ 18 kn - NNW @ 6 kn
Barometric Pressure: 1018 mb (peaked @ 11:00 am)
Sky: Sunny/Mostly Sunny
Water Clarity: 2 - 4 feet
Water Temp: 71°F
Structure: Sand & Grass with scattered oyster
Predicted Tides @ Port Aransas:
Low @ 5:15 am (-0.61 Ft)
High @ 5:00 pm (0.36 Ft)
Solunar:
Sunrise/set: 7:05am/7:53 pm
Moonrise/set: 3:00 pm/4:37 am on 15th
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous (71%)
Lures:
Silver Mullet Spook Jr.
Kitchen Sink Lil John
PBT Double Bunny Jig
Coastal Gold TS Grasswalker
Birthday Suit TS Grasswalker
I'm assuming Ron threw other lures
Fish:
Reds: 2 Keeper & a few undersized
There were three other kayakers who had mother-shipped into the flats so we had to adjust our plan and paddled farther down the point than we wanted to. We staked out our kayaks and split up wading looking for reds on the shallow flats. Seeing nothing we reconvened paddled south to start drifting a "deeper" section of the flats. It's about 3 or so inches deeper than where we had been. Not long into the drift Ron hooked up with a slot red. As he was stringing his fish up I plopped my lure in front of a small school and strung up a red myself. This prompted Ron to get out and wade while I decided to stand up in my kayak to sightcast. I made 3 more drifts and was able to land two more just-under-slot reds and ripped the lure from two other reds.
Since I had to make the drive back to San Antonio we made the call to paddle back in around noon. Some could've, would've, should've talk happened on our paddle back in, but we managed to find a few reds and string a couple up fishing post front conditions. So, not too bad.
Kayak vanity Shot:
Time: 7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Air Temp: 52°F - 62°F
Wind: NNW @ 18 kn - NNW @ 6 kn
Barometric Pressure: 1018 mb (peaked @ 11:00 am)
Sky: Sunny/Mostly Sunny
Water Clarity: 2 - 4 feet
Water Temp: 71°F
Structure: Sand & Grass with scattered oyster
Predicted Tides @ Port Aransas:
Low @ 5:15 am (-0.61 Ft)
High @ 5:00 pm (0.36 Ft)
Solunar:
Sunrise/set: 7:05am/7:53 pm
Moonrise/set: 3:00 pm/4:37 am on 15th
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous (71%)
Lures:
Silver Mullet Spook Jr.
Kitchen Sink Lil John
PBT Double Bunny Jig
Coastal Gold TS Grasswalker
Birthday Suit TS Grasswalker
I'm assuming Ron threw other lures
Fish:
Reds: 2 Keeper & a few undersized