Blind Bayou in Calhoun County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Calhoun County, Texas, sits Blind Bayou. The coast is 0.6 miles away. It runs to roughly 64 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 1.1 miles keeps the choices simple. On size it sits at the modest end of our Calhoun County list. Port O'Connor is the closest town at 8.3 miles. Port Lavaca lies 9.4 miles off, Seadrift another 15 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Blind Bayou

  This is salt or soda water, not a conventional fishery: do not expect the usual freshwater species here. Being tidal, the water moves twice a day, and the fishing moves with it. Anglers passing through do better on the neighbouring fresh waters listed on this page. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On Blind Bayou the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 84°F and January about 55°F. Every month fishes, though midsummer narrows the useful hours. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Blind Bayou fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Records flag the water as saline. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Old Town Lake, 2.5 miles away. None of that is settled for Blind Bayou in what we hold.