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Arroyo City Texas Fishing Report 02/18/06
Weldon Charter Service Captain Richard Weldon |
02/18/06 Fishing Report Even though we have a year ‘round fishery here in Deep South Texas, January and February are our coldest and sometimes nastiest months. It is 40 degrees right now and drizzling. We’ve had to reschedule a number of fishing trips due to northers this month. The tides have been interesting as they fall to record lows and then the southeast winds push water back up to normal winter lows until the next frontal passage and the cycle starts all over again. It’s the time of year for setting up the booth at fishing shows and boat shows across the state, meeting new friends, refurbishing tackle, tying flies and putting leaders on lures. Each year at this time I feel like we’re sitting at the starting gate, anticipation builds as we wait for the start of a new fishing year. Tackle in hand, looking out the window gazing back and forth between the thermometer on the patio wall and the Arroyo Colorado running through our back yard. Reviewing notes from the past few years wondering exactly how this year will play out. Will we have the shrimp hatch and tailing reds in the magnitude of 2005? The remote coves and beaches that produced so many fish last year are high and dry right now, will they be as productive this year or will it be other un-conceived spots left only to our imagination for now? The turn of each new year brings hope and excitement to the heart, but the anticipation of this year is especially exciting as several changes to WCS and Arroyo City have either occurred or are in the works. There are a few more charters on the books for February. It’s obvious that our clients are ready for the year to get started also as our web site is being visited at an incredible rate, the e-mails and phone calls have begun, March and April are slowly beginning to book up. Our fishing season begins in earnest right after our last fishing show (Houston) the first week of March. It won’t be long and the spring tides will arrive, we’ll have bright sunshiny days filled with sight casting, searching for tailing pods and schools of big reds. We’ll have the southeast wind and sun at our backs and these cold, wet days of winter will long be forgotten. Replace the line on your favorite fishin’ pole and give us a call or e-mail to reserve your next fishing date. |