WHAT ARE TRANSITION AREAS?
These are areas in the bay, usually adjacent to deeper water that show color changes. We sometime refer to them as "color change areas". The most apparent area for these color changes are just to the North of the Port Isabel Channel. There is a line where the grasses begin to thin and the water drops in depth from around 3ft to 5-6ft.During very rough water, use your depthfinder to find these breaks. It is also an area that tends to hold more current when the tides are running. Usually early in the morning these areas will also hold lots of bait. When the water is clear, which is most of the time, this area is highly visible. We like to drift these areas if the wind is right or use a trolling motor to stay in the change. At times fish will be found all over the transition areas and at other times they may be located in very small areas usually within 50 yards of the actual color change. Many times we have drifted these areas and only picked up fish as we approach the "off-colored" waters.
We have found that plastics usually work best. Use a slow retrieve with lots of dropping action. The trout will almost always hit as the bait drops. Topwaters will also work very well at times. Try to match the bait.
Usually in the summer you will always find a boat or two drifting the transition.
