Archive for the ‘Duck Hunting’ Category
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“Optimize Your Options” Bay Flats Lodge Report By Captain Chris Martin Blast No other month compares to January, especially when you hear the guides at Bay Flats use the phrase “Taking the hunt to the birds.” Staying focused on bird movement/patterns, should always out weight fixed blind choice. Captain Jason proved this over the weekend with 20 plus bird average while...
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FISHING & DUCK HUNTING REPORT 1/14/2011 January 15, 2011 Fish action heated up with warming water Bay Flats Lodge Report By Captain Chris Martin It was almost 6:00 PM Friday when the upstairs great room started buzzing with customer getting ready to eat smoked bacon wrapped jalapeno duck appetizers glazed with jalapeno kiwi jelly. I asked Capt. Harold if he had seen Capt. Coopers customer;...
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Bay Flats Lodge Report By Captain Chris Martin Cold windy north wind made for a “Perfect ending” for the seven duck hunters who visited all the way from Brays Island, South Carolina. Between Captain TJ & Harold, the 7 duck hunters finished Wednesday hunt with 39 ducks. I’ve hunted ducks now for 30 years; having just spent time with these gentlemen will go down as one of the...
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“Hot Fishing Picks-Duck Down” By Capt. Chris Martin January 11, 2010 Duck Hunting continues to be very productive with the extreme cold weather and ripping north winds across Seadrift’s San Antonio Bay complex. Captain Jason’s entertained Mark N. and customer all the way from Pennsylvania to shoot 17-ducks for day-2. According to Mark, “I have shot all drakes over the past...
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By Capt. Chris Martin January 10, 2011 Monday delivered windy cold north wind with a “Blast & Blast” on the forecast; no fishing would be experienced today, but a lot more ducks over the decoys would. We welcomed groups far away as Brays Island Plantation-South Carolina, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania. Captain TJ found full limits of ducks for Matt R. guests to include pintails,...
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“Storms, High Winds, Rain, Fish and Duck Hunting” By Capt. Chris Martin January 9, 2011 Wow, duck hunting improved Saturday mostly due to high winds and heavy cloud cover. Most groups shot limits to near limits of ducks. Captain Rick put Ryan M. guests on 18-ducks with a bonus trophy banded bull redhead, and blue bill. Captain Nathan’s party of Kurt D. guests shot 18-ducks with...
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BFL CAPTAIN CHRIS MARTIN REPORT JAN. 4, 2011 January 5, 2011 January 4, 2011 Waterfowl –Ducks on the deck Bay Flats Lodge Report by Captain Chris Martin The lodge welcomed newest customer Al D. and Al Jr. all the way from South Carolina for the next 3 days to duck hunt the Texas Coast. I had the pleasure to hunt with Captain TJ and the new guest on Tuesday. According to Al D. “We must watched...
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Well taking time out with family has finally arrived and my wife and I are all the way up in southwest Iowa visiting her parents. We awoke to zero degrees today, just two days after Christmas, oh wait just a minute, I have been informed it’s supposed to warm up to 16-degrees this afternoon. It’s been a tradition of mine to at least pheasant hunt with my brother in laws and their...
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We appreciate everyone for being patient while our website is down for updates…we will be back on line in a few days, in the meantime we have been extremely busy with our “Cast & blast combo trips” with either great success or marginal results for our duck hunters. Fishing has also been good for anglers drifting with lures. Sorry for a short report, mostly due to my duck...
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“The Target of High Winds” Bay Flats Lodge Report by Captain Chris Martin What is good for fishing, may not all ways be good for duck hunting. I’m talking about the weather. We were faced with a full moon, high winds and tides, warm conditions over the weekend and into Monday. Drift fishing with live shrimp and wade fishing with TTF lures and top waters couldn’t have...
