The Sargent Area Chamber of Commerce to hold it's 13th Annual fishing Tournament next month. The Sargent Area Chamber of Commerse holing out Fishing Action in and around Sargent and East Matagorda Bay really picking up. This time of the year with incredible tides caused by the Low Pressure systems and Tropical Storms in the Gulf of Mexico. This really flushed the back lakes and bays with new water and provided an opportunity to catch fish. This tidal action stimulates fish and their feeding instinct to feed. Even if you luck has not been so good lately you should be able to catch fish between...

Colorado River used to drain out at Sargent Beach About 1000 years ago the Colorado River which drains parts of the Hill country and Austin jumped out of its main channel at Glen Floral Texas. Then it headed to the Gulf though Caney Creek. In relatively recent geological time of the past 6,000 years  Texas Rivers  rivers would changed their course from time to time. The flow of the Colorado river would empty into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent Beach.. Now it flows to it’s latest exit into the Gulf of Mexico near  Matagorda Texas.  This happened in the last 6,000 years In North East Texas...

Downey's Caney Creek Club  Sargent's Subdivision Downey's Caney Creek Club is the closest subdivision to the riches of East Matagorda Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in the Sargent Area. The subdivision includes and extensive Canal infrastructure and an abundance of tidal fishing opportunities on Canals,  Inter-coastal Fishing and Caney Creek near East Matagorda Bay.  Drive time by boat from your dock on your waterfront property to the Gulf and Bay by water is shortest distance of any subdivision on the mainland.  This is the advantage of owning in this particular Sargent subdivision.  The...

New Sargent Bridge plans. Recently I came across a posted photo of the New Sargent Bridge. It is a "Corkscrew shaped Bridge" on 457 in Sargent Texas,the one that will replace our current Sargent Floating Swing Bridge.  It is supposed to  limit the Environmental impact with the new design.  When you look at it's footprint on the map it is very compact. It does not take up large Area and Surface. This will allow it to only cover approximately up to 7 acres. Double Click on plans. This view is looking from North to South. The State of Texas want to limit the impact of the Bridge on the "Greater...

Fishing Picks up around Sargent as Brazos River Crest The Brazos Rivers have experienced some incredible freshwater runoff and flooding.  As of the middle of June they have now Top crest but they are still drain incredible  amounts of water from Central Texas close to Sargent. We still see draining waters at all the areas near it’s roaring banks.  (Photo from Space Brazos in Flood) Fresh water mixes with Saltwater in our East Matagorda Bay  and you have incredible explosions of life.   From the bottom of the food chain to the top. Plankton, Algae, Oxygen, Oysters, bait fish, small...

Fishing around Sargent for Charity. This tournament help Children  and is a lot of fun. Saturday June 8, 2016 Sargent Area Chamber of Commerce START  Fishing Tournament. Really helps Children in High School. This is a great event and for a great cause. Great for helping Children and meeting new people.

The Cedar Lakes North of Sargent Texas A few people have asked me to post some information about the Cedar Lakes. The Cedar Lakes are a really wild part of the Texas Coast. They are located North of Sargent in the San Bernard Wildlife Preserve. They are very inaccessible and can be dangerous. . I have only fished in front of them from the Intracoastal and was very timid about going into them with my boat. I have fished the beach cut from the Gulf that goes into the lake closest to Sargent. That was fun without the boat. If you have fished the Cedar Lakes area in a boat or Kayak contact me. What...

Seafood Fest Comes to Matagorda Family event and lots of fun eating fish and enjoying music play bean bag and enjoying some really fresh seafood in Matagorda Texas. Gina and Buddy Treybig are putting on a really fun Sea Food Fest event in Matagorda Texas today.

Winter Fishing in Sargent Enjoy fishing while running out the Winter Boat Blues. Winter fishing around Sargent is really fun. It's time to fish for Sheepshead.  Sheepshead are really abundant and prolific around East Matagorda Bay and Sargent Texas. If you live on the Creek, Canal or on the intracoastal  you can catch them off of your docks. For the next 8 weeks the fish we call Sheepshead are prolific around Sargent. Their spawn usually is in the end of March. They love docks, structure, Oyster Reefs, rocks or any structure.. They love canals and piers and any rocks or Oyster Beds. They are close...

Dollar General to open a new store in Sargent Texas. Sometime in March Sargent will have a brand spanking new retail store.  For people who live in Sargent  this will be a welcome addition to the two Country Stores that have served Sargent for years now. Sargent Country Store (Texaco) has served Sargent and they do an outstanding  job. Many times they stock very "Hard to get" Hardware for local jobs that we can't find in stores in Houston. It is a fabulous store.  They are also very friendly and dependable and  open like clockwork daily and provide Check Cashing and ATM services.   They...