Sargent Texas| Rainy weather for Ducks
Happy New Year
Ducks still quacking in Sargent Texas which has experience some well needed rains the last few weeks. Both the San Bernand Wildlife Preserve and Big Boggy have great conditions. Lets be honest the Ducks liked the rain more then the people of Sargent do. We have lots of freshwater passing Sargent and into East Matagorda Bay. Great for the Bay and ecosystem. The last cold Front a few weeks ago and this weekend pushed a lot of Geese into the San Bernard from the North. Cold weather this weekend is great for hunting.
To our East...
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...
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...
