Weldon Charter Service is a fishing guide service based in Arroyo City, Texas. Centrally located on the Lower Laguna Madre, our charters may range from Port Mansfield to South Padre Island. WCS offers fly fishing charters as well as lure fishing trips. Targeted species include redfish, speckled trout and flounder.

OUR APPROACH...

Our usual approach is to sight fish for redfish and speckled trout whenever possible. Sight fishing can be done from the boat, poling, drifting or wading the warm, shallow flats of the Lower Laguna Madre.  Sight fishing requires an angler to spot and

identify gamefish and make an accurate cast in varying wind conditions.

We are always ready and willing to work with individual anglers with regard to learning how to spot fish and cast to them.
    Sometimes a charter includes anglers of varying skill levels and even a mix of fly fishers and lure fishers. We'll try to work with each angler throughout the day and combine several different approaches in an effort to maximize everyone's opportunities. Of course, the more people taken on one charter, the harder it is for us to provide the individual attention that we strive for.


From novice to expert, the best opportunities and adventures are enjoyed by all when an extended stay of two or three days is planned. It is impossible to experience all of the different types of fishing the Lower Laguna Madre has to offer in just one day.

Early in the morning, before the sun rises high enough for sight fishing -- and on days where cloud cover prevents us from sight fishing -- we'll turn to other fishing techniques, such as stalking tailing fish, working topwater lures and soft plastics over potholes and or flounder fishing. These alternative techniques are usually done on the west side of the bay system, which has a grassy bottom.

Later in the day we may have time to experience sight fishing at its best, Florida or Bahamas style on the white sands of the east bank. The Lower Laguna Madre offers over sixty miles of pure white sand flats along the backside of the Padre Island National Seashore. The water depth on the white sand seldom exceeds 12" to 14". This strip of heavenly waters varies in width from several hundred yards to about a mile wide. Most of our clients have never experienced anything as beautiful and productive as the white sand flats of Padre Island. It is the only place in Texas where one can experience the combination of gin clear water over a white sandy flat.


Many times while fishing the white sand, we've seen grown men, experienced fishermen, fall completely apart at the sight of an approaching trout in the 25" to 30" range. They always describe it as being similar to buck fever!

Sight fishing can be so exhilarating that we still get just as excited over the last fish caught as we did over the first fish so many years ago. Again, due to changing weather conditions, ever-moving fish, and time constraints, it is always best to book at least two days in a row. Of course, if you can only get away for one day, the possibility of experiencing a perfect day in paradise is always worth it.