Matagorda Bay, TX

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This area is great for anyone like us who loves nature and the outdoors. Water, beach, birds and fish….we’ll be back again for sure! Check out the BLOG!


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This place was a great find, a campground right on the river.

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Our site. Not waterfront but most of the time we were here the park was 3/4 empty so we had a clear view of the Colorado River.

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Fishing dock in the campground, just steps from our trailer.

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Public fishing pier out in the ocean……it was a long walk to get out to the end.

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Fishing at the end of the public pier

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Dave’s first keepable catch, a whiting just over 12” long

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My first catch was also a whiting, about the same size as Dave's

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Dave’s first big catch, a 17” sheepshead, our favourite!

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By the end of the day we’d caught another sheepshead, 2 Gaftopsail catfish and 4 whiting.

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Another day, 2 more perfect for eating sized Black Drum (20” and 21”) for me.

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When we weren’t fishing there were miles of beach to walk and ride on. This day was beautiful, warm and not windy until we turned around to come back, painful!

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You can see how undeveloped this area is, looks like you’re in the middle of nowhere.

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Not all our beach walks were as picturesque as the previous 2 pics. About half our time here it was overcast, foggy and drizzly like this. The rough water washes up a lot of garbage. We humans really need to smarten up!

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This flock of white pelicans live in the river across from the campground. They’re huge birds, very different from the ones we saw in Florida

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When they fly you can see their black wing tips

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The younger version of the white pelican are these darker, smaller birds…..often segregated from the big white ones. Guess the adults don’t like the kids in their space.

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Pelican feet are pretty big!

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Sunrise

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Reflection

Caught my reflection in this washed up Portuguese man o’ war.

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Shark! A small bonnet head…closely related to the hammerhead shark!

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The WHOPPER! A 3ft long black drum….every time I look at this pic it just doesn’t seem real. I could just barely hold this fish up with both hands…..heavy!

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Dave showing off with a one handed monster lift!

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When we left the park on March 12 it was pretty much full of families on spring break. Good time to be moving on :-)



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