Bass Fishing in Texas III

I am sure there is some great bass fishing in Texas.  That is why we planned on spending three months during the winter there.  We wanted to do some bass fishing, while it was just a dream at home due to the cold weather.  Our bass fishing in Texas turned in to a bust.

We had our RVs parked in Port Isabel Texas, where we were almost surrounded by salt water.  You mention fishing to anyone in this area, and they naturally assume that you’re going to be salt water fishing.  But that isn’t what we wanted.  We had brought our jon boat and gear to do some freshwater fishing.  We were brought to a rude awakening.

We tried talking to conservation officers, even went to the district conservation office, for information about freshwater fishing.  We soon learned that there was little freshwater open to the public.  The only freshwater we could find were reservoirs with limited access or Resaca’s.  Resaca’s are bodies of water left behind when the Rio Grande River changed course.  They are fresh water, but many are considered dead or with no access other than to adjacent property owners.  We did find one property owner who gave us permission to fish a Resaca, but had no luck. We had to fish from the bank, since we did not want to be in our boat with windy conditions.  There is a consistently strong breeze here most of the time. We realized we had made a bad decision of location for freshwater fishing in Texas during the winter.

We didn’t spend all of our time looking for places to fish.  We did a lot of sightseeing.  We drove the beach in our four-wheel-drive vehicles, and the gals collected a lot of seashells.  We also made one trip into Mexico.  We crossed the border at Progresso for some shopping and sightseeing.  We had quite an enjoyable day, which might have been attributed to the fact that we started drinking margaritas at 10:30 in the morning.  We had more margaritas when we enjoyed our lunch at a nice restaurant.  Thank goodness no one had to be carried back across the border as the Mexican army was there keeping a close eye on things.

We collectively decided that we did not want to spend three months in this area without being able to fish as we wanted.  Since we had both previously spent times RVing in Florida, we decided to make the trip for a two month stay in Florida.

Our bass fishing in Texas was a failure, but we had learned a lot.  Now, we were looking forward to some bass fishing in Florida.  So, after one month in Texas, we loaded up and made another 1250 mile trip so that we could bass fish in Florida for the next two winter months.