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Fishing Coastal Bend
This is the sight-fishing stretch. Grass flats, sand potholes and water clear enough that you are hunting individual fish rather than covering water. That means standing on a platform in full sun for hours, and it means glare management is part of the tackle.
Ports and launches 07
- Rockport
- Fulton
- Port Aransas
- Aransas Pass
- Ingleside
- Corpus Christi
- Padre Island
What you are chasing 04
- Redfish
- Speckled trout
- Black drum
- Tarpon
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What to wear
Light colours and a hood. Dark sleeves radiate heat back at you on a flat with no breeze, and a hood cuts the reflected glare that comes off the water into the side of your face.
> Readout 02
When to go
The flats fish best from March through November. Late summer brings tarpon to the passes. January and February are cold and clear, which is ugly to stand in and excellent for spotting fish.
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Questions
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>What should I wear fishing in Coastal Bend?
A hooded UPF 50+ long sleeve, a hat and sun gloves. Light colours and a hood. Dark sleeves radiate heat back at you on a flat with no breeze, and a hood cuts the reflected glare that comes off the water into the side of your face.
>When is the best time to fish Coastal Bend?
The flats fish best from March through November. Late summer brings tarpon to the passes. January and February are cold and clear, which is ugly to stand in and excellent for spotting fish.
>What do people catch around Rockport?
Mostly redfish, speckled trout, black drum and tarpon, depending on the season and how far out you run.
The journal
Read before you launch
Sight casting the Coastal Bend, and beating the glare
Sight fishing the Rockport and Port Aransas flats. How to cut glare on the Coastal Bend grass flats and see more fish for longer.Open logRedfish, Texas to Florida
Where redfish live across the Gulf, how the fishery changes from the Texas flats to the Louisiana marsh, and what it means for your gear.Open logNight run
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