Last weekend I had the great pleasure of hosting the Texas Fish & Game Family Fishing Clinic at Fishing Tackle Unlimited (FTU) in Houston.

A few hours into the event a gentleman came up and asked me, a challenging question..."If you could only fish with one lure (for flounder, reds and specks) what would it be?"

There are a million options out there and many very good ones but at the end of the day if I had to pick one and only one for all three of the Big 3 it would without question be the 4-inch Gulp! Swimming Mullet.

This lure has produced incredible catches for me over the last two years and is consistent for all three. In fact, yesterday it was a vital link in a successful flounder trip that unlocked a mystery in the pursuit of flatfish I have been working on for years. (More on that in one of the next Flatfish University (TM) courses)

More on that later but the fact is curl-tailed grubs have been my favorite flounder lures since 1996 when I started using the Twister Tail which is still an important part of my repertoire. I use lots of lures but if I had to choose just one this would be it.

Speaking of the Family Fishing Clinic, thanks to everyone who came out and made it a success. Chris Dial (2009) Flounder Angler of the Year and his father Anthony came out and helped with knot tying and fish identification . Bryan Treadway who is often mentioned on this blog did a seminar on bank fishing in the Galveston Bay complex and helped show anglers how to gear up for fishing the area..

Best of all close to 100 kids went through a fishing obstacle course and earned a rod and reel courtesy of FTU, a mini tackle box courtesy of Plano and filled with lures by Texas Rattlin' Rig and Stanley Lures along with the cool, new hook Easy 2 Hook.

It is always great seeing not only kids come out to these events but their parents taking part with them. After all, it is awfully hard for kids to fish without adults helping them out.

Pay special attention to areas where you have tides and winds working in conjunction. A prime example is the spot I fished yesterday and today. Yesterday the wind was blowing 15-20 out of the south and the tide was going out. Since the  cut was facing north/south it made the water rip out of the spot. And the bite was great.

Today my wife and I went to the same spot in the same timeframe and the wind was blowing out of the East-Southeast. This did nothing to push water out of the cut so all we had was a weak, outgoing tide and the bite was weak.

From now on I am not going to talk about tides in relation to flounder as much as current. Moving water is key and when you can find a place where the wind helps push out water or move it into a key location you stand a strong chance of finding fish.

God bless,

Chester Moore