I'll Either Surf of Ski

Great week for solid Trout to 26" over mud/grass along with Redfish pushing the outside edge of the slot. Shell bite seems to have died off on the big water push. Word is we're losing a bunch of water at the moment which may open things back up a bit. Outside shorelines continue to hold a lot of fish for wade fishermen. The grass bite on Trout has been contingent on a decent amount of wind while Redfish seem to have been on a feeding frenzy despite bay slick-offs.

Saturday was a near slick-off while Sunday was absolute glass in the bays. A quick look at the surf yesterday found my guests wishing I had a Surfboard rather than fishing rods on the boat. Quick and tight interval swells in the three foot range made it a little more sporty for fishing than we were up for. Once that motor turns off in the bay on slick conditions, it's gonna get hot in a hurry. I guess I need to throw a wake board in the boat too! While we try to prepare for any situation, sometimes you just can't get it right.

Have a great week and good fishing!

Capt. Kris Kelley
Castaway Lodge
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I'll Either Surf Or Ski

Great week for solid Trout to 26" over mud/grass along with Redfish pushing the outside edge of the slot. Shell bite seems to have died off on the big water push. Word is we're losing a bunch of water at the moment which may open things back up a bit. Outside shorelines continue to hold a lot of fish for wade fishermen. The grass bite on Trout has been contingent on a decent amount of wind while Redfish seem to have been on a feeding frenzy despite bay slick-offs.

Saturday was a near slick-off while Sunday was absolute glass in the bays. A quick look at the surf yesterday found my guests wishing I had a Surfboard rather than fishing rods on the boat. Quick and tight interval swells in the three foot range made it a little more sporty for fishing than we were up for. Once that motor turns off in the bay on slick conditions, it's gonna get hot in a hurry. I guess I need to throw a wake board in the boat too! While we try to prepare for any situation, sometimes you just can't get it right.

Have a great week and good fishing!

Capt. Kris Kelley
Castaway Lodge
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Glass Minnows Key Right Now

It's with a great sigh, of at least momentary relief, that we've got the Deepwater Horizon plugged and oil is no longer freeflowing into the Gulf.

Glass Minnows have been the key to Trout here lately and there are hoards of them in places. With light winds, you can see the schools streaming across area structure and the Trout haven't been far behind. Changing tides and heavier winds associated with passing T-storms can move the bait deep and that pretty much sticks a fork in everything. If you are struggling to catch a Trout, Redfish have been popping off here lately over mud/grass pockets in shallower bays and back lakes. With the back lakes slicked off today, I thought I'd take a peak at where they were hanging out and it didn't take long to find them. I saw some nice 10 and 15 fish schools working shallow. That's encouraging as we head closer to Fall.

SAB is super fresh and turbid North and just South of the ICW. I haven't been brave enough to venture up into it lately, but I'm sure I'll pop in from time to time. Skipjack may not be a "bad thing" at the moment, they are pointing the way to Glass Minnows and Trout both. There are some "solids" out there and the little miniature Tarpone will get you on your toes in a hurry...LOL!

Lodge News

We've got a bunch of new art for the lodge including Cowan, Maas, Whitlock, Drinkard and the likes including the first ever issued Texas Saltwater Stamp and Print by John Cowan from the 80's. We'd like to express our appreciation to Prellop's Fine Art Gallery on the square in Salado for making it happen. www.prellopfineartgallery.com

Good fishing!


Capt. Kris Kelley
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Rubberbands & Freight Trains, Fishing SAB During A Flood Cycle I

Fishing success is day to day right now as we adjust to ever changing bay salinity levels and a wide range of weather conditions. What's working one day may not work at all the next and it's tough to get two straight days of "normal summertime" weather to get a good handle on anything. Producing shell as far north as the ICW took a hard turn for the worse late week. The First Chain of Islands seems to be hit and miss along with area shorelines.

Conditions like these can keep things interesting and we may be looking at the beginning of our NEXT STRONG TROUT CYCLE right here and now. I'm not talking about a strong cycle today or tomorrow but perhaps for years to come. One can only hope.

I've got to our guests that comprise the Baby Boomer Generation, you are the aging ambassadors of the American Way to say the least! It has been my absolute pleasure to interact with your generation as much as I have. You are hard core "get it on" sportsmen and the good Lord knows we've seen some weather on the water this year and "over the years". God Bless you all and may you be "The Next Greatest Generation".

Fishing SAB In A Flood Cycle

San Antonio Bay is on the move, literally. Late week, we had water piled up into the parking lot at the boat ramp from the latest Tropical Low and
remnants of Hurricane Alex. We picked up 14+ inches of rain with Alex during late June and our July rainfall totals at this point are 10.43" according to our monitoring gauge here at The Lodge. Combine local runoff and Gauadulpe River inflows and you've got outbound water movement that can "counteract" any tide predictions. I can remember a few years back under similar rainfall and river flooding conditions where we fished what looked like a falling tide everyday, that is water movement heading from West to East or from San Antonio Bay to Port O'Connor. This was despite tide predictions clearly indicating an incoming tide (water moving from POC to San Antonio Bay) and it was just the opposite everday, all day.

This is a peculiar environment and occurence unique to this locale. There will be times where the outbound water flow will encounter an incoming tide strong enough to essentially stop the outbound flow but seldom will overpower it and turn it the other direction. This is a particularly lethal combination for SAB fishermen insofar as a tide running the same direction as your dominant wind (Southerly) can produce big results. This scenario played out for the first time Saturday with tide indications clearly indicating that we were deeply centered in an incoming tide yet the water movement was "outbound". Talking to Capt. Jake fishing the Port O'Connor area, he mentioned that the tide was coming in as it should be. However, San Antonio Bay waters were eastbound through the incoming tide prediction. We may see this scenario play out day after day with as much rainfall and I'm sure future tropical weather events on the horizon.

Rubber Bands & Frieght Trains, Fishing SAB In A Flood Cycle "to be continued", until then good fishing to ya!

Capt. Kris Kelley
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