September 25, 2025
Seadrift Wade Fishing Guides
Seadrift wade fishing guides use artificial lures including soft plastics; topwaters; and slow suspending baits like Corky’s. By another name, we’re top salesmen making the pitch to unsuspecting fish trying to pull a fast one! While we love throwing lures all the time; as temperatures warm and the fish start being confronted with an abundance of small bait fish, that sales job gets much more difficult. Shifting to live bait becomes a lethal approach and lots of fun.
**Fishing Report**
Big unsettled weather associated with late season cool snaps continues to be a theme rolling across the State. The winds associated with these systems has us in a consistent theme pushing the boundaries on the flats in extreme shallows. Big schools of Redfish and Black Drum continue to be a lot of fun for guests making memories of a lifetime and offering some exceptional dining on the dinner table. Small windows of light winds have seen Trout coming to hand on live shrimp which is in short supply. Capt. Chris Cady and Capt. Braden Proctor ran into some really big Trout on wading trips including a couple of 28″ fish all on topwater (released).
**Night Trips**
We welcomed guests from Midland recently and had some great flounder gigging and night wade fishing trips with topwater and live bait. These are some really neat trips and a great add-on for an intensive fishing adventure here at the lodge. Team Wolf Pack is certainly as good at night as we are in the daytime!
**Transitions**
Warming waters and schools upon schools of small fry and finfish pouring into the bays will find a big shift in the diet of Big Trout and Redfish. Bait stocks of all kinds have been pretty sparse here on the coast thus far this year. Croaker stocks start hitting bait camps farther South of us about now but as of yet there still running on empty. We’ll be looking for them to start showing up soon. We’ve got our holding facility up and running in anticipation; conditioning the water; and activating bio filters. Check out our **[Photo Gallery](https://www.flickr.com/photos/64072859@N02/)**
We’ve got lots and lots of great fishing ahead of us. So if you’re planning a trip, get started **[HERE](https://seadriftbayfishing.com/calendar)**.
**Capt. Kris Kelley
Castaway Lodge
1-888-618-4868
www.seadriftbayfishing.com**
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Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Thoroughly enjoyed our time at Castaway Lodge during our duck hunt. Class act from the food, to the lodging & duck hunting. The entire facility was top rate & I really appreciated the effort. And thanks for supporting Serve Outdoors Texas charity by donating the hunt. Jody O.Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Very nice clean place. Everything is very nice and new looking. Very well maintained.Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Had a great father day fishing trip, we will return again! The lodge was wonderful and breakfast and dinner was great! Bill Hansen Medford Ma. Austin TxPosted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We did a blast and cast and had a successful day getting a few birds and a lot of bites. Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable which made our adventure a great learning experience too. The accommodation and hospitality at Castaway is top notch and I look forward to returning for another experience!Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great day fishing! Excellent guide and super meal! Thanks for having us. We will be back!!Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We had a great time hunting! Everyone was very friendly and knowledgeable and made it a great time for my daughter and myself.Posted onTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great group of people, lodging and food. Definitely a great experience and plan to book another trip.
