The question now is, "where can one go to catch some fish?" Depending upon what species you're after, that will dictate where you want to fish.

Dahna Hull and I met at Waterman's Marina around 10 a.m. Saturday. The tide was low; I'm not talking a little low, but the lowest so far for the winter season. Luckily, this marina is fairly deep and she was able to launch her boat. Just for reference, if my boat was in its slip at Eagle Point, it would have been sitting over mud.

So, now you might be wondering if there's really a big difference between the 51M or 52M series lure? I've personally have thrown both. The largest trout I ever landed was on a 51M 752. That fish was caught in the Galveston surf.

After a young Capt. Mike Williams had witnessed a man's impressive trout catch, he became a MirrOlure junkie, and filled his tackle boxes with the 52M28.

This is the time of the year when anglers fishing for bass can catch the fish of their lifetime.

Here are those results.

Here are the results of this two-day trout tournament, which consisted of two-man teams with a live weigh-in of two trout each day.

Michael Todd, who I usually hear from quite frequently this time of year, said, "It's been slow for me the last few times I've fished off the Texas City Dike." After getting skunked at the dike, meaning no fish, Todd has been fishing Highland Bayou. He said, "I've been fishing there and catching lots of keeper drum and redfish on shrimp and mullet."

If you're driving down the seawall this week and notice a couple of crazy anglers fishing from those rock groins, rest assured they're not that crazy. You might learn something by stopping and watching them for a few minutes.

Once the frontal winds lay down, could a repeat this same pattern happen? I would think so, but you will not find me out there. My old bones don't like cold weather, and I'm just not as mad at them, the fish, as I was when I was younger.

There's a chance we'll experience some heavy showers and thunderstorms prior to the front's arrival, followed by strong gusty winds out of the north/northwest. Temps will be quite chilly each day after the front with the lows in the 30s. This will probably last throughout next week. Looks like winter is arriving!

I got in contact with Capt. Jeff Larson in Seadrift, and he's always good for a fishing and hunting report. So, here's what he had to say.

I had the pleasure of fishing New Year's Eve Eve with Barry Lofton and Nathan Butler. Now, I haven't cast a line in a couple weeks because of my boat being in the shop. So, when Lofton asked if I wanted to go fishing, I eagerly said "yes."

There are a few events on tap for the first two weeks of this new year.

Are you ready for the new year? Are you happy to see 2024 in the rearview mirror? If you answered yes to both of these questions, let me give you a word of advice: don’t look back, keep looking forward.

Capt. Mike Cacciotti fished in upper Galveston Bay, and put a four-man group on a catch of black drum, redfish and speckled trout.

Capt. Juan Cruz and his wife Addie snuck away from the hustle of Christmas Day and did a little fishing. They launched from Baytown, and caught keeper speckled trout and black drum. They even played catch-and-release with some over-sized drum and bull reds.

So many things I looked forward to in my early years have gone astray — returning gifts to stores that didn't fit or were broken, college football bowl games and the boat show.

All this rain was fairly localized, meaning it wasn't above the watershed of Lake Houston and Lake Livingston. We've been really dry the past couple of months, and areas that become affected by this localized runoff will not last too long.