[Capt Charlie Farrell]

CAPT. CHARLIE FARRELL’S
PORT MANSFIELD FISHING REPORT
SEPT. 30 – OCT. 2, 2004


Low tides, full moon, changing winds and challenging fishing.

Thursday, Sept. 30: Started the morning with an outgoing tide and South winds at 10-15. After working a few areas along the West Shoreline we headed south in search of cleaner water where we found numerous big reds hugging the bottom in the back bays. After throwing gold spoons, topwaters and soft plastics it became readily apparent that soft plastics retrieved very slowing was the only way to entice a bite. Best bait was a white and chartreuse TTK II Jr. on a 1/16 oz. jighead. Most fish were caught in less than knee deep water. Trout action was slow but one 25 incher hit a soft plastic in off colored water.

Friday, Oct. 1: Located several reds on the northeast flats. These reds were somewhat active early in the morning but the action slowed around mid-morning (full moon). Most of the reds were undersized but a couple low end slot reds were also caught. As in previous days a slow retrieved TTK II Jr. received the most attention. Undersized trout action was plentiful but solid keeper trout were hard to come by.

Saturday, Oct. 2: This was the first annual “Babes on the Bay” fishing outing. For those of you hearing numerous screams across the Lower Laguna Madre it was Jennifer Slusher and her crew hammering the reds while wading the northeast flats. Unfortunately, most of the reds were undersized but you would never know it from the cheers. Soft plastics generated the most hook ups. Red and white, white and chartreuse and limetruse were the top colors. After the bite slowed around noon we spent the rest of the day dolphin and turtle watching and collecting sea shells to take home to the kids. It was a great day on the Lower Laguna Madre.

Good Fishing,

Capt. Charlie Farrell
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