Fishing Outlook & Conditions
Inshore Temp:
72
Offshore Temp:
76
Swan Point Landing's Tip of the Week
Occasionally check hook points, loop knots, and loosening rod sections, A bit of late afternoon grinding just might produce that ”spotted gray sub” of the season on cork, foam and deer hair top waters CONCENTRATE ! Theses girls don’t come easy or often, but it makes it that much better when it comes together!! Take boat or kayak NOISE out of your stalk..... when winds are high, look for clear to slightly off color lee shorelines, walk slow and make the first cast count. Make sure running line is instantly transferred to rod hand's forefinger for ASAP skinny-water eats, while prospecting!! More importantly, if the first cast is off, QUIETLY pick up line leader and fly and put on future path of fish. Hold slow sinking flies in path until fish comes and then twitch them AWAY from fish. Be mindful of early AM long shadows that you cast from boat , while covering water., you don;t have to pole from platform early if fish are spooking off your taller approach ..pole from the deck for lower profile and shorter AM shadows
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Swan Point Landing Outfitters5-Day Outlook as of 3/27/24
"KIll switch" law in effect for boat operators at be faster than headway speeds NOTE: NEW TPW trout regs move to 3 fish per day, 15" to 20" with one of those allowed over 30"(and please don't KILL a >30" female trout) officially activates Tuesday March 26th!! please CP & R any trout over 20 " (typically breeding females with GOOD DNA!) NOTE: Proposal to close Ayres, Mesquite and Carlos Bays to oyster harvest PASSES unanimously with TPW commissioners Nov. 3rd 2022!! 2024 is year of OYSTER comeback, l mid week clouds and N winds bring sun and Thursday winds go to SE and ramp up to 20 thru Saturday before clouds come n followed by early next Tuesay AM front Tides below normal may rebound with light N winds moving to warming SE winds this week with early week Full moon picky , spooky and warming reds coming slowly to flies now tailing on small brown shrimp try small olive, black ,purple and small tan shrimp patterns on these fish and singles . , Dark green crabs on reds too Fishing slow on edges, grass flats and lake's draining creeks later in day, try topwaters at warmest part of late day,drifting edges and grass flats in less than 3' of water check Port Aransas and Rockport edge flats /ICWW and channel edges on high-sun, mid-week walks for reds on tan toads, grizzly seaducers and kwans (#2) working well on sight casting to XL reds, Blind cast early and late to drop offs to deeper water (3') before moving in shallow to sight-casting mode after 0900 w/ tan, slow sinking flies on first half of cloudy mornings gurglers and small deer hair flies may work later in day with laid up in real shallow water fish . consider wading to lower profile going thru shallow lakes and skinny flats.... consider 10' to 12' tapered leaders w/ 12# to 16# fluoro tippet in clear water.. poling from deck, will lower your early AM profile and shadows. PLEASE limit your kill of gamefish in 2024 , especially larger trout (over 20" to 29.999" per new regs 3/26/24 must be released!!) a number of 2023-24 " kill" tournaments turn into Catch, Photo,& Release this year..THANK YOU CCA Texas!! please gently release large female trout (Males grunt / drum) when held, and most trout over 21" are females) fish have been finicky with good anglers grinding out a dozen fish with many refusals. try black / purple on picky reds. please avoid running shorelines to find fish...,if you ease in and drift out of flats, there will be fish there most of the time in more places don't BURN shorelines to kick up fish, or take skinny water shortcuts to "l just to look" even as you're heading home,, running shallow just to see if they WERE there is muy BAD form! . try tan, olive, and black crab, Seaducers, Clousers sizes 4, 2 and 1 and go to all grizzly "roadkills" for picky fish...cover water with baitfish patters to 2/o with or w/o weight on low water near drop offs and ICWW.. check ICWW edges late for fish crawling up to warm up and eat on low barge traffic days The ANWRefuge will be CLOSED to inland lakes boat traffic and closes annually with the whooping cranes arriving here annually 10/15 to April 15, 2024. these Federally protected birds are here!! Avoid kicking up these bird whether poling, wading or running please give them plenty of R O O M!!
Techniques & Tips as of 3/27/24
Use large streamers early / Spring searching .. move to sight-casting mode with rising sun around 8:30 to 4:00.... Get OUT of the boat when you have bait and know fish are there, Check white sand/ grass flats mid-day for cruising, sunning trout with long leaders (up to 12' long and 12# tippet) and small wtd flies (Blind Chicken, White, gray, and ginger bead-eye seaducers, grass shrimp size 2-4) and small dark ( #4 black, dark olive, and purple) crabs...stay with picky, spooked fish until they are out of range, go to smaller grizzly, tan, and black flies on picky (Full Moon) fish or off color water
Current Conditions as of 3/27/24
. go to 2-3' of 15# flurocarbon tippet off nylon leaders, for better sink rate and less visibility. Get out and walk when high winds make your boat or kayak a noisy liabililty WIth low sun go to shallower flats and look for waking or tailing fish, V shaped tails are mullet from finger size 3" to 18" "horse" mullet...... large bodied wakes or "mud stirs" usually kicked up by gamefish....Local Species Available January 1 - December 31 (Prime: March 1 - November 30)
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Redfish
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sea trout
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tarpon
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mackeral jack crevalle
Swan Point Landing's Recommended Fly Patterns
"Must-have" fly fishing patterns in descending order of importance:
Name: | Colors: | Size(s): |
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seaducers allsize/ color | wh/ ginger | 4- 4/0 |
EP crab style flies | black | 2, 4 and 6 |
Woolheads mullet | gra/wh wh/wh | 2 - 2/0 6 |
sm wh. seaducers 4 cruisers | griz & olive griz | 2,4, and 6 |
Swan Point Landing's Recommended Gear
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Best Leader:
Mirage Big Game Leaders
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Best Tippet:
Mirage Pure Fluorocarbon Tippet
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Best Fly Fishing Rod:
8-Weight 9' Fly Rod
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Best Floating Fly Line:
Bonefish WF Fly Line
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Best Sinking Fly Line:
Clear Sink Tip Fly Line