Texas Fisherman Breaks Fly Fishing Record

Casey Cox, of Carrollton, broke the Texas fly fishing record for red snapper on September 10th fishing off the coast of Port Mansfield. Port Mansfield is located between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, Texas.

Cox said he found a hot spot for red snapper on his sonar earlier in the summer. He found a huge school of fish in the middle of nowhere. None of the charts showed any structure in that spot. He fished there a couple of times before he ever saw anything other than fish on the sonar. It appears to be the site of an old wreck. Whatever is on the bottom is attracting fish but not fishermen.

Cox was using a 15-weight rod and an 800-grain full sinking line with a custom fly tied by Jeff Pierce, sales manager of Mustad Hooks. The big rod with heavy line is necessary to sink the fly in deep water. The big snappers were suspended at about 30 feet. His record red snapper was 11 pounds, 11 ounces.