Starvation Cove /Melager Cove /Mentzel’s
March 17th, 2007

Starvation Cove, located next to Melager Cove and Mentzel Bayou offer fantastic fishing opportunities in the West Bay area.  This trip is a day trip consisting of a 2 way ferry too and from the location below.  This area offers some of the best fishing in West bay.  Most of this are is ideal for the kayaker or wade fisherman due to the shallow water.

This is a great opportunity to catch numbers and size for any of the usual suspects   particularly in the trout and redfish category.

Jeffrey Wolfanger (click here to send a message, 281.546.4821)  
Bruce Behrens (click here to send a message, 713.306.3318)

Saturday, March 17, 2007 / 6:45 am till we had enough

If you want to go, contact the trip leader (or sign up at a monthly meeting) and provide: name, email address and phone number (preferably cell phone).

We will be ferried from Pirates Cove by the trip leaders. 
From Galveston Island, take San Luis Pass Rd
Turn north on 13 Mile Road, meet at Launch from Pirates Cove Marina.

 

Standard stuff (waders, lunch, snacks & drinks, favorite paddling/fishing gear).

Kayaks will be ferried daisied chained behind the boats for a small excursion to the above destination.  Please have your outer kayak gear (not paddle) inside your boat for the tow. 

1. David G

3. Manny F

Trip Report:

Starvation Cove Trip Report, March 17, 2007

Eager kayakers met at 6:45am at Pirates Cove coming as far as Dallas with determined minds for a new adventure awaiting in the day ahead. A special welcome to our guests: Gus B (from Baytown), David G (from Pasadena) and Manny F and Mike H (from Dallas).  By 7:15 kayaks were undertow on their way to Starvation Cove/Melgar Cove area.   There were 10 PACK members and 4 guest in attendance.  Weather conditions were slightly windy (E, SSE), with high pressure due to the recent drop in air temperatures overnight…note some off color water mixed with clear green water near protected shorelines...Water temperature ranged from 65-70 throughout the day….and with that the adventure began.

Bob R and Jeff W landed 3 fish upon casting immediately post 1st drop off to the cove….Coinciding with the group in-tow from Pirates Cove was a 3 members (Jason T, Jim R, and Barry S) paddling from Sportsman Road...Arriving at 5:45am they proceeded their journey to meet the group at Starvation Cove.

Starvation Cove was fished from hugging the shorelines to drifting the center with little to no avail….Jason was fishing Melgar Cove and Bruce met up with him.  Jason was able to scratch out two nice fish, 1 21” trout and a 26” trout….Jason reported with 26” inch trout to have been caught with a chartreuse corkey with a orange throat. He also noted that it had a big mullet in it. Bruce also landed 1 small trout and several small flounder. All fish were caught on corkies…

The group headed back to Pirates Cove around 2-2:30pm and proceeded to share stories, food, drink and a good time at the marina restaurant…As this trip wasn't’t the most successful in terms of fish caught, many were glad to just get outdoors. 
 
Jeffrey Wolfanger