The next few days we are supposed to have some unsettled weather, with strong winds and unusually high tide levels.
Hopefully, by midweek, conditions will settle, and we will see a return to the excellent fishing that took place last week.
From conversations with flounder pros, who keep up with the annual flounder run, it appears we are yet to see the peak of the migration.
The largest of the flatfish tend to hang around until closer to the end of the run, and, so far, not enough of the really large ones have shown up on stringers to make anyone think the peak has occurred.
The tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico is pushing warm Gulf waters into the marshes and back bays. This likely will set things back as far as the flounder run is concerned.
It usually takes several strong cold fronts to get the larger fish moving, as the strong north winds and ensuing high-pressure empty shallow marshlands and bays. When the bait is driven out, then the flounder will move.
Flounder have developed a pattern similar to migrating ducks. If their food supply remains, a large number will stay put.
Today, duck hunters do not see the number of early arrivals compared to years ago because of the ducks holding in the midsections of the country until freezes kill their source of food.
In the case of flounder, it is the emptying of the shallows by bitter cold fronts that send the bait to deep water and the flatfish not far behind.
Sunday, not much in the way of fishing news took place, as the weather started showing influences of Hurricane Ida. Friday and Saturday, however, were different stories.
Capt. James Plaag, Silver King Adventures, hosted the Danny Miller party of three to full limits of both trout and reds in East Bay on Friday. The action came while working the birds.
Saturday, the good captain found the fish while wading protected shorelines.
His guest, Greg Prakta, limited out on trout to 5 pounds while fishing waist-deep water.
Both days, the baits were Chicken On A Chain Bass Assassins, Sea Shads and 51 Series Mirrorlures in pink on pink with gold sides.
Nathan Norman, Clarence Mosley and Warren Jarrett fished Moses Lake and landed 15 sand trout and two reds using dead shrimp for bait. The catch took place Saturday, according to Vicki Pike at The Fish Spot.
Paul Fox, from Abilene, fished the underwater lights at his friend’s canal home at Jamaica Beach and landed a limit of slot reds Friday night.
Free-lined live shrimp was the bait, and the action took place between midnight and 2 a.m.
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