BAY FISHING GUIDE Bay fishing is the most popular kind of fishing and the one that offers easy access by boat, shore or piers. Here you can catch reds, trout, flounder, snook and occasionally some big offshore fish that wander into the bay through the channels and jetties. There are over a hundred guides operating in the South Padre Island area. LOWER LAGUNA MADRE The Lower Laguna Madre is a is a long shallow hypersaline bay along the Texas coast between South Padre Island on the tip of Texas and goes about twenty miles north of Port Mansfield, Texas. Most of the bay is very shallow and inaccessible to deep draft boats. Special shallow draft bay boats are used in the area to get in and out of much of the shallow flats that contain large numbers of fish, notably reds. There are many fishing guides that specialize in sight casting for fish in these shallow clear waters. SOUTH BAY South Bay is located on the southern tip of Texas just a few miles from South Padre Island. It is a very shallow bay known for good fishing for Reds and Snook. South Bay is difficult to get out of at low tide. Many boats get stuck when they drift out of the channels. South Bay is an important hatchery for many fish species along the coast. The grass in this bay gets a lot of damage from boat propellers and it fragile ecosystem is feeling it. It is recommend to fish this bay with an experienced guide who operates a very low draft boat. Valley Boats for Sale, Bay Fishing Boats, Sporting Boats, Offshore Fishing, Commercial Boats, Sailboats, Pontoon, Personal Water Craft, South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Bay View, Arroyo City, Port Mansfield. Boats and watercraft for the Gulf of Mexico and the Laguna Madre. Bay Fishing Guide South Padre Island