Weather Conditions: Raining/ Hard Rain/ Got rained out around 2 PM. It was a rough day with the weather.
Moon Phase: New Moon
Wind: 10-12 MPH
Temp: High 90’s
Bay System: Aransas Bay
Fishing Type: All Artificial
Lure Fishing: Yes
Bait Fishing: None/ NA
Type of Boat: Haynie 24 Cat/ I’m certain Jay has a different boat these days.
Fishing Equipment: Yes/ Excellent Shape/ Most bring their own gear.
Condition of Boat: Excellent
Condition of Gear: Excellent
Engine: Mercury 250
Area’s fished: Lydia Ann shallows , mud island, St Joes, Trailer Island
Experience: Jay Watkins is one of the most well know guides on the South Texas Coast. Jays experience is literally second to none. Jay knows his bay systems extremely well and is very very knowledgeable!
Attitude: Excellent
Teaching Ability: Excellent! You can learn more in a day of fishing with Jay Watkins than you can with 10 Trips down to the coast fishing all weekend!
Patience: Lots of it
Customer Care: Excellent
Service: Excellent
Did Guide Fish: Yes but was more so helping us out with what we needed more than anything.
Did Guide put you on fish: Unfortunately this day we did not catch but one nice trout. The morning of our trip I asked Jay if we could fish the Aransas Bay in Lieu of the Cedar Bayou areas where he had been on fish for several days and knew where they were at too. We should have just fished where Jay was planning and we would have done Great!
Did you catch: One Speckled Trout 24”s
Time in: We started late due to weather around 9:30 AM
Time out: We where off the water by 2 PM due to rain and lightning

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