Ingleside on the Bay - May 9th, 2020

Post by **Neumie** » Mon May 11, 2020 8:41 pm

Mother's Day weekend down at Rockport my sister and I had a window Saturday morning even with the high winds. We made the run down to Ingleside on the Bay to fish the little flat which is moderately protected from the forecast winds of northeast.

Winds were calm as we made our way to flats but realized we were beat by a group of waders. Luckily they were wading tightly which allowed us to drift the flats. There were sounds of bait getting popped on the surface and mullet jumping. I made my first drift with a Spook Jr. and tied on a She Pup for the second a got bit.

It's been awhile since I caught a mullet on topwater. That was the only fish on topwater. My sister didn't have any luck with her Hunchback. We began working towards the island and deeper waters with mostly a sand bottom. We both had switch to soft plastics and began getting bumps. I landed a 14.5" speck and then my sister lands a keeper.

We got a few more bites, but being farther out in the open with the wind wasn't much fun and we weren't that angry at the fish to keep fighting it. We moved back closer to the shoreline and drifted over the flats after the waders had called it a day. I made a drift, but we called it shortly there after to spend time with the family at the cabin.

Meteorological Observations
Time: 9:45 am - 12:00 am
Air Temp: 68-70°F
Wind: NE 15-20 kn (Gusting 25+)
Barometric Pressure: 1018 mb (rising)
Sky: Overcast
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
Water Temp: 78°F
Structure: Sand & Grass

Solunar
Sunrise/set: 6:42 am/8:08 pm
Moonrise/set: ------/8:37 am
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous (95.6%)

Predicted Tides @ Port Aransas (MLLW)
High @ 7:56 am (1.24 ft)
Low @ 11:49 pm (-0.33 ft)

Lures
Silver Mullet Spook Jr.
Chartreuse She Pup
Bone Diamond TS Grasswalker
Tequila Bull Minnow on 1/8 oz jighead
Strawberry Silver Glitter Cocahoe on 1/8 oz jighead

Fish
Trout: 1 Keeper & 1 undersized
Mullet: 1

Ron Mc · Post by **Ron Mc** » Tue May 12, 2020 6:09 am

Josh, thanks for the report. You picked the right water for that wind and staying close to shore.
I've always had good luck in the deeper, heavier grass around the bend at McGloin bluff and the creek mouth, but the NE wind from there could take you far out into Corpus Bay.
But it would be good wade fishing on the NE wind.

JW FunGuy · Post by **JW FunGuy** » Tue May 12, 2020 8:20 am

You always do such a stellar report Josh! Thanks
This winds are getting kind of old. :/
I got my first total skunk a week and a half ago. I mean not even a hook up! Oh wait I did land this!
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Ron Mc · Post by **Ron Mc** » Tue May 12, 2020 9:16 am

good glass minnow imitation x2

JW FunGuy · Post by **JW FunGuy** » Tue May 12, 2020 4:50 pm

Ron Mc wrote:good glass minnow imitation x2

I try to match the hatch.

kickingback · Post by **kickingback** » Wed May 13, 2020 12:19 pm

Great stuff! Lots of paddling you did for sure! Thanks for sharing!

Johnny5455 · Post by **Johnny5455** » Thu May 14, 2020 12:04 am

Thanks for sharing!

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Ron Mc · Post by **Ron Mc** » Sat May 16, 2020 6:41 am

About Jerry's bait snag,
something I learned a long time ago throwing cats whiskers on a fly rod in clear hill country creeks, is that a cloud of bait will school on your lure, basically using it for cover - they figure something like you know what you're doing.
When the quarry fish flares to munch into the bait cloud, the real bait scatters, leaving your lure behind to get snagged.
You hear about Jeff Schmidt's striper on a San Juan worm - the striper wasn't trying to eat the San Juan worm, but the bait cloud it attracted.

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