Texas inshore

[MN Fishing Bum]

Just had a friend contact me he had a month of vacation to use and an empty seat on his flats boat.   Looks like we are going fly fishing in a couple weeks at Galveston and port o Conner.   Anyone fish that before?   

[MikeA]

Nope but it should be awesome. 

[Aquaholic]

Christmas bay is stellar and can be fished out of a yak.  I grew up tossing flies at reds on the Laguna Madre and Baffin.  Skinny water shit and weedless flies.  A weed less beadchain gotcha clouser will go a LONG way

[Steve H]

Fishing like here, weird. I just got done with two days in Apalachicola and they have had the weird weather we have.

[countryflyfisher]

been 6 years since I fished out of Port O Conner in early June. The Red Fishing was pretty good in some of the back areas off the intercostal. If timing works out right with the tides as it did for us you can have some shots at big Jacks fishing the inlet. One of my NM friends keeps a bay boat down there. if you want to shoot me your  email I ll send you a pic of the most productive red fish fly I had luck on. Oh yeah skip the cheap flats booties and go with some tennis shoes the oyster beds are killer.

[Jason DeBacker]

To add to the fly list - pick up some small poppers - like a #8.  I like white or brown/copper.  These small, panfish-sized poppers are a classic for Texas reds.  It's a lot of fun to watch them suck one in - any they make a great pattern if visibility is off and you need to search or when the grass prevents decent subsurface retrieves.  Also, small white poppers when there are lots of shrimp up shallow work really well.

If you find some green lights, that can make for some fun night fishing.

Oh - more than any other place I've fished, there are lots of "false positives" on redfish tails in TX.  For whatever reason, the mullet there like to get real shallow and often have part of their tail up out of the water.  Between the blue tint at the end of their tail and the hope that you see another redfish, it's easy to waste a lot of casts on these guys.  It's one of those things - when you see a red, you know it's a red, but when you see something else, you think it could be what you are looking for.

Good luck  - and give us a report!

Best,
Jason

[MN Fishing Bum]

Thanks Everyone!   Yes we are going to night fish some green lights in Galveston and then head to Port o Conner.  He has a skiff so I do not expect us to wade fish much.   Going to try and sight cast as much as possible!   Hopefully the wind and weather make that possible.   

I really want to get into a Jack.   Heard they are like a 25 hp motor.   

[countryflyfisher]

This is a video a couple of my buddies did in Port O Connor a few years back    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5-jYZVw5I  . Chris Jarvis is the one doing the tying and one of the main guys that thought me how to fly fish.

[MN Fishing Bum]

Wow that is awesome

[MidTNKayakAngler]

Fished Corpus Christi Bay, and Arnasas Pass for 3 days last November. Lots of flats used spooks, spoons, and paddle tails. Mostly reds, and specks.

Jeremy