Door wide open for second Texas Marine Big Trout Tournament!

 Bobby Welborn with one of only six trout over three pounds weighed in!

A tough north wind, hard outgoing tide, and muddy lake made sure the door remained open for the second of Texas Marine's Big Trout series.  The one person that hopes that prediction is wrong is Mike Zumwalt from Rose City.  Mike won $1100 by placing in two different hours, but more importantly, his 4.39 pound trout is in the lead for the title to the loaded Ranger Flats rig still up for grabs.

The conditions could not have been much tougher.  As a matter of fact, there was not a single speck weighed in during the 8-9 hour.  I wish Mike the best of luck, but I can't see his trout holding up through the Galveston event.  I talked with a number of super good trout fishermen including visiting guides and pros after the final weigh-in and the majority of them never caught a fish big enough to weigh.

Johnny Cormier live releases another hourly winner

A number of the folks that scouted the day before, however, felt very good about their chances on Saturday.  Several of them left fish biting the afternoon before and at least two of the anglers willing to share information said they had trout over six pounds!

The better bite in the lake came out of slicks near the shoreline.  The larger fish caught out of the ship channel Friday were also located under slicks.  At least two of the trout that were weighed in late were taken out of the ship channel after the water started clearing with the incoming tide.  As expected, the lion's share of the winning trout were caught in the Keith Lake chain.