Typical for this time of year, another mild cold front pushed thru this week, and brought with it rain and some strong North winds, however; water temperatures remained in the low to mid 50’s. By Saturday the wind had switched back out of the East / Southeast and the water was looking good once again, with air temperatures in the 60’s. As the day progressed, the winds increased and were in the 12 -20 mph range for the most part, with a few higher gusts. We fished a number of areas, where we had been finding good numbers of fish and we just could not get them to bite, as we moved 5 times, before we figured them out around 11:15am, after the incoming tide began to roll in. The Trout were positioned around the inside mouth of drains and were hanging in deeper cuts close to wind protected shorelines. We were able to manage one flounder in the same area. The bite was non-stop for several hours, with good solid size trout with the largest being at 20”. We utilized 1/4 oz heads with Down South tails (Glow/Chartreuse) as well as Gulp Swimming Mullet (Pearl White/Chartreuse) to land all our fish. The Winter months are a great time to catch good numbers of fish on artificial lures and enjoy the beautiful outdoors with fewer crowds, so hit me up and lets schedule getting our line stretched on East Galveston Bay. Until Next Time – Captain Jeff Brandon – Get the Net Guide Services, LLC – Year-Round Fishing Guide

Another mild cold front pushed thru this week, and brought with it rain and some strong North winds, and lowered the water temperature from the 60’s back to the low 50’s. Most of the water we fished was lightly stained, to heavily stained, but the fish were still active. We fished a number of areas, finding scattered fish, and some good solid trout, and reds, all on artificial lures. The Trout bite was best in and around shell beds, close to mud bottoms on wind protected shorelines. Redfish were quite active again fishing drains on an outgoing tide seemed to produce the best for us. We utilized 1/8 oz heads with Down South tails (Kickin Chicken) over the shallow shell beds and 1/4 oz heads fishing the areas around the beds. The Winter months are a great time to catch good numbers of fish on artificial’s and enjoy the beautiful outdoors with fewer crowds, so hit me up and lets schedule getting our line stretched on East Galveston Bay. Until Next Time – Captain Jeff Brandon – Get the Net Guide Services, LLC – Year-Round Fishing Guide

The Cold front we had push through last week lowered the water temperature from the low 70s, to the low 50’s, and the strong North Winds blew most of the water out of Stingaree Canal, which made it tough to get my boat out of the lift on Friday. By Saturday the water was back in to where launching was not a problem, and we managed to find some redfish feeding in the shallows over shell and around grass patches. The trout bite was slow but has since picked up every day as the water begins to heat up and the clarity begins to improve. This morning, the water was back up in the lower 60’s and the fish were once again very active as we managed a couple limits of trout before 9am, fishing deeper drops, next to flats with shell, during an outgoing tide. The artificial bite was rather finicky, as we had trouble hooking up on 1/4 oz jig heads with DownSouth Tails, but once we switched to Gulp 4” swimming mullet tails in pearl/chartreuse the catching began. Today, they preferred a steady retrieve, with a pause about every 5 seconds, and that initiated the most strikes and hook ups for us. We utilized a number of other retrieves, but none produced as well for us. The winds were for the most part 10 to 15 mph out of the South, and mosquitoes were still rather active and required continual spraying of Marshland to keep us able to focus on fishing. All in all, a great day to enjoy God’s Beauty and fellowship with some great folks on Galveston Bay. Until Next Time – Captain Jeff Brandon – Get the Net Guide Services, LLC – Year-Round Fishing Guide

Surface water temperature 64 to 69 degrees, good water clarity, but the further east you get the darker the water gets. Winds South and 8 to 11 mph. Mosquitos are still on the scale of irritating to brutal, depending upon the wind speed, direction and how close you are to the marsh. MarshLand Spray has been the best for us so far, and we tend to use about a can or so in the morning on the water. Mornings have provided us with some very strong outgoing tides, and the conditions for catching good numbers of fish were lined up to be excellent. We started on the South shoreline, and saw a tailing red, but could not get it to commit. Cruised down the bank with the TM, and managed a couple bites, but no takers. Moved over to a shell ledge and made a number of casts without hooking up and moved up into the marsh and fished some deeper channel ledges and caught a couple of short fish. Moved once again and found some good current and the fish were stacked up on some shell about 75 yards off the shoreline and it was non-stop action for a couple hours. We did have to weed through a number of smaller fish, but caught limits of Speckled Sea Trout, all on artificial lures, consisting mainly of ¼ oz heads with Limetreuse tails performing the best. Caught a couple on Paul Brown Corkys, but the tails performed the best by far. Moved once again and managed a couple fish off a long point close to a large drain with current, but not a consistent bite. Moved over to Little Pasture Bayou and managed one keeper trout, but not what we had hoped for. Took a break for lunch and ventured back out and the fish we found earlier were still stacked and eating resulting in a couple more limits of trout, and a 29” Redfish. All fish were caught and released to live another day. All in all, a great day to enjoy God’s Beauty and fellowship with some great folks on Galveston Bay. Until Next Time – Captain Jeff Brandon – Get the Net Guide Services, LLC – Year-Round Fishing Guide

Surface water temperature hovering in the 54-to-60-degree range. We have been having a good amount of fog most mornings, and some lasting on the water till we call it a day around noon or so. Winds for the most part in the 8 to 12mph range out of the Southeast, water clarity extremely good from Elm Grove to Little Pasture Bayou. Once you get up by Frozen Point and further East the water is heavily stained. Been starting at daylight fishing drains, and the fish were holding in the deeper pockets of 5 to 7 foot deep, and in the channel bends. The bite was quite finicky, as we had a lot of missed hookups on a number of presentations, but slow-moving baits seemed to produce the best as we managed keeper trout, redfish and flounder. We had a couple guys throwing ¼ oz jig heads with tails bouncing off the bottom and they did very well. Also, had a couple of youngsters throwing Gulp tails under popping corks and they caught several redfish and trout with that presentation, as well as a Black Drum under a popping cork and dead shrimp. Early in the AM when we were able to find some bait moving, we have been catching good numbers, however, once the day gets going the fish are scattered and we have really had to work for them. Found a good number of solid fish off a couple points close to drains today, and caught them on both jig heads with tails and Corky’s, on the fall. All in all, a great time of the year to enjoy God’s Beauty and fellowship with some great folks on Galveston Bay. Until Next Time – Captain Jeff Brandon – Get the Net Guide Services, LLC