03-10-2006, 05:10 AM
I am glad you located some nice locations. I have to agree that the sand trout can be a problem as they will even hit an empty hook if it is tossed at them at the right time and place. The best area I have found is the flats between Ingleside and Aransaspass at the north end of CC bay. It is only accessable by small boat. I have landed and seen landed some great lunkers in the area. My best catch was to toss my bait ( live peekie pearch) right infront of a school of small bait fish as they pass by. Just after they pass, be ready to set your hook as a biglunker is always in persute of the schools in the flats.
As the water worms the sand trout will head out to the gulfside of Padre and you will have better luck trying to land a keeper speck. Find the wormest waters in the bay and that is where you will find the bigger specks.
As for shark I recomend you give BobHall pier out on Padre Island a try as some nice shark come of the end of that pier on a regular basis. My best shark came off of BobHall about 18 years ago. It was a 6'3" hammerhead that weighed in at 127lb. I got to worn you that you better be in good shape if you hook into one like that as it will take hours to get it wore down enough to safely work it down the pier to shore without it using the pier pileons to break your line and swim away. I spent almost 5 hours bringing in that one and it was some of the best eating I ever had. If I remember correctly I used a dead trout around 2lb as my bait that day.
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As the water worms the sand trout will head out to the gulfside of Padre and you will have better luck trying to land a keeper speck. Find the wormest waters in the bay and that is where you will find the bigger specks.
As for shark I recomend you give BobHall pier out on Padre Island a try as some nice shark come of the end of that pier on a regular basis. My best shark came off of BobHall about 18 years ago. It was a 6'3" hammerhead that weighed in at 127lb. I got to worn you that you better be in good shape if you hook into one like that as it will take hours to get it wore down enough to safely work it down the pier to shore without it using the pier pileons to break your line and swim away. I spent almost 5 hours bringing in that one and it was some of the best eating I ever had. If I remember correctly I used a dead trout around 2lb as my bait that day.
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