OUTDOORS
FISHING THE
CENTRAL COAST OF TEXAS ON KAYAK Fishing the Texas Coastal Bend offers some of the greatest inshore fishing excitement around.The Coastal Bend of Texas is generally considered to be about a 150-mile stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast, starting at the southern end of Matagorda Island and extending to the Mansfield Cut in Kenedy County at the southern edge of the Padre Island National Seashore. It includes Refugio, San Patricio, Aransas, Nueces, Kleberg and Kenedy Counties. It has an extensive estuary bay system created by several rivers that wind their way through Texas to the Gulf Coast and are protected by some barrier island systems along the Texas coastline. 52 52 || MARCH/APRIL NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 2019
By Shane Reynolds
KAYAKS AFFORD INSHORE ANGLERS STEALTH WHEN FISHING SALTWATER FLATS The sun had nearly completed its nightly descent, trailing a long amber tail across the glassy waters of the Lighthouse Lakes Trail. I took one last look around. About fifty yards to the west I saw the silhouette of an arched rod and happy angler. It had been a good day. Smiling to myself, I decided to paddle over and tell my buddy it was about time to head home. This is a scene that friends, members and I have repeated time and again in the clear/green flats of the Aransas Pass area since discovering the effectiveness of fishing from kayaks. Kayak fishing is not only effective, but also affordable and user friendly. STEALTH ON THE FLATS The shallow, clear flats of the Coastal Bend area have long been a favorite destination for wade fishing. However, believe it or not, as effective as wade fishing is, fishing from a kayak can be even better.
