On a Saturday, I decided to take my 3 clients to the backside of San Jose Island, since the tide was falling fast and there are cuts back there where the lakes drain into Aransas Bay. As expected, the areas outside the cuts were holding redfish.

After a few trial and error casts, we changed the lures over to Devil Eyes in Gold Rush and Pink Hologram with a 1/16 oz jig, as my clients fished from the boat while I drifted along the cuts.

It was one of those days when you really had to let the fish have it they weren’t just chokin’ it down. The other thing we found is that even though the water is a little warm yet the fish were holding on the shell mixed with mud. If you didn’t see much bait you didn’t catch.

Once we got the target areas down it was some good action with 3 limits and also a lot of undersize reds. From now on until spring you need to go to mud bottoms mixed with shell. Find the bait in these areas and go for it.

You really need to take about 10 or 15 minutes to see if you see any bait activity before you pass any area up, because you can end up getting into a good mess of fish that way. Some people will not see bait right away and pass up an area that is holding bait and redfish, but they are not constantly active.

Remember, it is cold, the fish are cold and they are not going to move around like they do in the fall or summer. Also, there are not as many fish so seeing a couple of flicks here or there could make your day.