This time of year can be very pleasent on the water, especially when the weather is nice which we have been very lucky with the last few weeks. The biggestt favtor to this, is there just are not that many other boats out and it allows us to really relax and do our own thing most days. Along with that, the fishing has been great. The redfish have been fired up and biting throughout the begining of the year. The trout were initially a bit slow after the snow storm but as of the last few days have started biting good again as well. The brackish trips are producing far more on the artificial front. Most of these have been fishing smaller lures around deeper 10 foot of water structure. You will also pick up trout and bass the same way. On the inshore front closer to the cost, the fish have been very keyed on baby shrimp and various baitfish fry. There are a few way to catch them. Pitching livebait in conjestion points at low tode where the fish group up has been done great and is my recommendation for the best numbers. However, many days there are also quite a few school available for sight fishing on the flats. The sight fishing has been significantly harder, however the fish can be caught by using very small (2inch) plastics and cast far in fromt of where they swim in order not to spook them. The trout have been hanging in the middle of some deeper bends of large creeks. When we do come across trout, my advanced live forward facing sonar helps ensure we are castimg right on top of these deeper schools. One perk about this time of year, is we can be very versatile, if there are specific ways you want to fish. Weather that is, standard live bait fishing, covering water with artificials around cover or wven soght fishing.