Rockport

Rockport is one of our fav launch points for redfish.  But it’s not all about chasing reds in Rockport…they throw a party now and again and it’s almost time for another good one. The 15th Annual Rockport Festival of Wine and Food is coming up on 28-29 May. All proceeds go to support the Texas […]

Back from a run to Rockport with a card full of images and very little in terms of fishing stories. Damned east wind and weather chased fish of any size off into oblivion. Had fun with the sea turtles and herons. More to come.  

Headed to the coast in the next few days. The Plan: Redfish Eat Shrimp Speckled Trout Eat Oysters Go Crabbin’ Hit the Beach Get a Sunburn Waste some Time Getting gear together and finishing up some flies. Hot damn.

Redfish in Texas from RA Beattie on Vimeo.

Yesterday’s sunrise sky in Rockport was an amazing hue of yellow due to all the sand and dust in the air after the wind of the few days previous.  Caught a shrimper headed out just under the sun – had less than 10 seconds to grab a few images as the boat powered past. Even […]

Had the pleasure of spending parts of Monday and Tuesday in Rockport and Port Aransas on the Texas coast. This was a 95% business trip though the allure of sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay was as always far too compelling to pass up. The several days before extremely high winds had […]

Back from the coast run late yesterday to find an email from John Youngberg of the Montana Farm Bureau in the box. More to come this morning – just working to sort out a few implied details about HB 309 and format some pics from the coast. Will have more information up in an hour.

Piers have always held a magnetic attraction for me. Piers offer we dry land based humans a voyeur’s glimpse into the watery world below.  They’re always beckoning our attention and most often demand a visit. Lately we’ve been spending some time in and around Rockport on the Texas coast and have almost stumbled into a […]