ARANSAS PASS

THE COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY OF ARANSAS PASS IS SURROUNDED BY PRIME fishing. Selected HOTSPOTS are shown in the table below, and on the map.

live shrimp, best with SE wind, freeline; dawn through dusk presentation, gigging; trout; live bait works best; soft bottom here; work the shoreline; best times dawn through shallow water shing in the world. At dawn tails and backs will be above water as these sh will be hunting with their heads down. rowing at direct targets, sight casting with weedless so plastics like the DOA Shrimp, and the DOA 3” Cal Shad hooked with an Owner Weedless Sled Head, will allow you to use the bait in less than a foot of water without hanging up on sea grass. As the sun comes up and tails go down, switch to a Mirrolure Topwater. e She Dog, is a smaller topwater that can easily be smashed on the surface by shallow water red sh. My favorite colors for summer wade shing are bone/chrome and chartreuse. is topwater can be launched long distances and its surface vibration a racts red sh from long distances. For blind casting the ats I like to work the area in a grid pattern, walking so ly and casting with an open eye for any red sh that happen to appear in vision at my feet. Bird Island Basin inside the National Seashore is a perfect place to walk in and turn south into the best shallow water shing of your life! Shallow hard sand dropping o into waist deep marbled grass and sand, red sh and drum up shallow and trout in the grass! e Surf will start to go at as anglers ock to the beach for some late summer beach shing. Small sharks are just about the best thing for excited young anglers to catch. Start o with some dead shrimp on a small hook and weighted rig. Whiting will be everywhere which are great to eat, no limit, or min size. ese whiting also make great cut bait for the small black tip, and scalped head sharks in the second and third gut. e Dog Days of Summer are long and forever lasting, make lifetime memories with your family and get wet shing here in the Coastal Bend. Follow all of my hookups on Facebook and Instagram @joeyfarah’s backwater shing.

I will be in my ultra shallow water Dargel Skout dri ing the shallow ats at dawn and working the edges of the ICW a canal with my Minn Kota Trolling Motor for trout willing to bust topwaters. We will move to the deeper drop o s along the ICW Canal using my Humminbird Side Scan to nd schools of trout and red sh. is important sonar unit can distinguish the di erence between species, distance facing, and position of every sh along the way. Summer time trout will move to deeper water where tidal ow cools the temperatures.

CONTACT CAPT. FARAH:

Email: jfarah72@yahoo.com

By Phone: 361-442-8145