Seadrift Bay Fishing Reports

This week we'll pick our new 2017 20 x 8 Air Ranger from American Airboats in Orange. Our 2015 20 x 8 will be out there for sale if anyone is interested. Motor is still in warranty through the end of the year.

Covering lots of water here lately as we continue to head closer to the end game in the 2017 cool to warm transition.

For us there was lots of action on the flats and back marsh environs heading for the big Holiday! Capt. Kolten Braun started things off right with Trout and Black Drum limits working deep shell on PCS.

Water levels fell out and the guides were reporting some tight lip action going on all over the bay system.

Heading for the big transitions in April and we're expecting a great Summer. Bay waters have greened up bigtime in the last few days on pumping South winds and water levels have come up big time toward a more seasonal Spring pattern.

Combine the challenges of a full moon with a big water fall out and then put a 30 mph wind on top of that and I promise you'll have your hands full figuring that out. When that happens you better hope you're lucky and good!

Tides dropped out a bit overnight which will rearrange a few things but not bad. We've been enjoying lots of family groups over Spring Break and they've been having a ball. Weather is making a turn for the better and that's setting the stage for a really enjoyable rest of the break.

Hit and miss through this weather with quite a few fish showing up over mud/grass bedding down deep according to Capt. Pat Lester.

While some stretches of the coast may not fish as well in these conditions, our environs set up nicely with numerous protected back lakes and shallow bays.

Capt. Braden struggled with bait approaches and switched over to Z-Man paddle tails in Pumpkin/chart and just lit them up with the John B. party. Capt. Donnie Heath managed to surround himself with schooling Reds over mud/grass in a back lake taking fish to 26".