Randy(308) sent me this article from the Victoria Advocate. I can relate to the part about the winds in April and May.

Coastal Bend fishing is heating up for summer Hello Anglers! Fishing along the Coastal Bend arena from Port O'Connor to Baffin Bay continues to be like the weather - hot!
Calm conditions the past two weeks have allowed fishermen and fisherwomen to cover all areas of the bay system.
North shorelines, mid-bay reefs, well platforms and the Gulf surf have been holding more trout than I've seen in years.
The trout population is in excellent shape and will continue to get better with all the massive numbers of juvenile trout in the bay system.
A juvenile trout is a trout under 15 inches. When a female reaches 12 inches she is considered a mature trout because of having the ability to lay tens of thousands of eggs.
This year could be a record spawn for speckled trout not only because of the high numbers of juvenile spawners in the bay systems but because March and April were two of the windiest months on record allowing the larger trout to spawn and not be caught.
During those two months, 90 percent of the water was unfishable because of the high winds.
Now, we just need rain to keep the salinity levels down so that our large trout population will not migrate to another bay system in search of fresh water.
One major factor that would really help keep the salinity levels from becoming too high in the back bays would be the opening of Cedar Bayou.
I haven't mentioned anything about this over the past few months because of all the last minute road blocks that seem to come up each time the permit is about to be issued. But this past week I just received word that all agencies have approved this project and the permit to open Cedar Bayou will definitely be given to Aransas County before or by August 1. Lynn Edwards said she would call me when she could see and touch the actual approved permit. She has been fighting for this moment for well over a decade.
This project will cost between $6 and $8 million. Aransas County is hoping to receive money from the BP Disaster Relief Fund for the Texas Coast to help fund this project.
"If" all goes as planned, Cedar Bayou Pass could be opened by this time next year. Just remember I said "if."
I will keep you posted on any new information that I receive on the progress of this project.
Fishing mainly out of Rockport the past few weeks continues to be an adventure. I love the challenge of trying to put familiar or new faces on catching fish under all kinds of conditions.
From the most experienced wade fisherman to the first time rookie, everyone enjoys being on the water and loves to catch fish. This year with the undersized fish in the bay the action has been steady at least for half of the day.
This summer I have had a mixture of customers. Half of my groups have fished in the boat and half have been wade fishing trips. On most of my wade fishing trips we have been starting with top waters. The past month the best top waters have been the black-w-chartreuse head Top Dog Jr. and the white with red head Top Dog Jr. The top water bite has been good for trout up to 22 inches until about 9:00 a.m. on any shoreline with adequate bait.
Then we switch to croakers and will work the grass lines and walk the shell reefs. When fishing in the boat we target any shell that is covered by four to six feet of water.
We give each area at least 15 minutes before moving. I have never seen as many trout on the shell reefs as I have this year.
Any bay system that has shell usually has speckled trout on it. We've still been using the pink Salt Shaker with the solid red Mustad hook 16 inches below the Salt Shaker.
The time is "Now" to catch speckled trout on the Texas coast. Pray for rain, get a bucket of croakers, lube up with sunscreen and Go Get 'Em!
Good Fishin'

Captain Danny