Author Archives: Redfishlaw

About Redfishlaw

I am a retired attorney who just loves to fish. I was a freshwater guide for about 20 years and now have moved to the salt. I am not the greatest fisherman, but I am committed. So if you love fishing, and want to learn what little I have to offer, stop by anytime.

Port O’Connor – slow day with a nice finish on the trout.

I got to fish a day with one of my readers, Todd Martin out of Austin.  He was a good guy who has just really got back into fishing after a few years of not getting to go much.  It more »

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Amistad – nothing like a little wind to make a bass fishing trip fun.

First of all I told you all that I would try to blog from Amistad this week.  Of course I was fooling myself.  We were up at dawn and back at dark.  Except for one afternoon, we were the first more »

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POC Trout and the Houston Boat Show

I was fortunate enough to get to fish POC Friday with Aaron.  I met Aaron through Fish Catching Travel, and we were lucky enough to be able to coordinate our schedules to squeeze a day on the water Friday out of more »

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Indianola and the Powderhorn and a few Trout.

Headed to the Powderhorn yesterday (2/29/12) determined to catch a good trout on a corkie.  As with some great plans things did not work out the way I played it out in my head. I headed out about noon, determined to more »

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Good day at Coleto Creek bass fishing!

I intended to hit the bay today for some wading but the wind was just blowing to hard.  So one of the great things about living in Victoria on the Texas coast is that great little lake, Coleto Creek.  So more »

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Facebook, Strike King, and other stuff.

It has been another long week without getting in the boat.  I took my wife out for a few days on her birthday, and a great time was had by all.  Now my parents are here visiting from Arkansas.  They more »

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The South Africa Trip – and a little offshore fishing, maybe even a tuna or two.

I am heading to South Africa in July on a mission to help a school system with 22 schools that teaches young children.  We are going to provide backpacks with supplies, paint buildings, and whatever else these schools need.  My wife more »

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Coleto Creek Report – Topwater fishing for bass.

I was feeling like it was not going to be my day.  Heading out at sunrise, the first cove I fished did not yield a bite.  Now if you have been reading my reports, you know I have been doing a more »

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Port O’Connor Texas Trout on Plastics

After not being able to fish for a week, I was ready to get after it.  And so were the trout.  I got to Froggie’s about 10:30 as there was a really heavy fog this morning.  When I headed out more »

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Winter trout fishing with corkies on the Texas coast

What an interesting day it was.  I started out wading and throwing plastics, and it was good.  Nothing big, just lots of them.  I am still throwing that Texas Tackle Factory paddle tail in the purple with a chartreuse tail, more »

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