Fishing near Sargent Texas East Matagorda Bay at Sargent Wintertime Trout and Red fish. Sargent fishing picks up in Winter.  When the North Wind comes down from Canada those willing to go have some close encounters with the “Giant Size”. Huge Trout and Redfish are caught. Usually in winter some people  hunt for Ducks or Geese around Sargent in the San Bernard Wildlife Preserve and the Big Boggy Wildlife preserve. If you're inclined to get out of your Duck Blind and get into your fishing Boat. East Matagorda Bay remains to this day the home off some of the largest  Winter "gator" trout...

Matagorda county and Camelot Forest Subdivision are really happy that they have new Bridge. These are some photos that were submitted by Gary, Don and John as they fished for nice Kitty Cats above and below the bridge. The bridge helps access to Camelot Forest. The old Bridge was made of Wood and this new one is Cement.

Sargent Maps and History Way back in 1963 the Army Corp of Engineers decided to cut a channel into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent. This cut became known as McCabes Cut.  As you can see from this 1944 photograph from the Texas Land office there was already an oxbow lake that is just like Old Dead Caney Creek. McCabes cut was originaly 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep and over the years grew like a monster. The Cut in 1988 was 300 feet wide and 30 feet deep. By this time Barges and Boats were being sucked out into the Gulf when the tide was right. It was like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking...

Swing Bridge Sargent Texas is the last of it's kind in the State of Texas. It was slammed by Barge Yesterday. Sting Ray Marina is still open so go have a nice lunch and watch them repair bridge. Ferry service is available to the Island on a limited basis. Video!