Duck Hunting
TEXAS COLD FRONTS ARE COMING Is your blind booked? Our 2026-27 duck season dates are now open – come hunt and fish with us on a Cast & Blast adventure along the Texas coast! Available Duck Hunting Dates December 2026 Availability: 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. January 2027
The destination where trout become legends As fellow Sage Experiences Outfitters destinations, Bay Flats Lodge and Jurassic Lake Lodge share a commitment to world-class fly fishing – making this hosted journey to Jurassic Lake not just a trip, but a seamless extension of the experience our anglers already know and trust. CHASING GIANTS AT JURASSIC LAKE THE
Exciting News from Bay Flats Lodge! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new online Pro Shop! Now, you can browse and shop our premium customized Bay Flats Lodge gear, apparel, and accessories from the comfort of your home – or anywhere else for that matter! Explore our full lineup to gear up for your next adventure on the water.
The Texas Coast is the last stop of the duck migration for birds in the Central Flyway. After a long season, these birds make their way to the coast in search of food, and lots of it. The salt marsh can provide excellent hunting for those looking for a unique experience. But when do the birds arrive, and what species
Texas is rich in duck hunting culture. Resting at the south end of the Central Flyway, birds inevitably make their way to Texas. With habitats ranging from dry fields to flooded rice farms and coastal salt marshes, there is no shortage of habitat and hunting options. These varied habitats attract a rich diversity of duck species. From divers to puddle
The redfish are tailing and the ducks are flying!! Wings and tails, feathers and fins, and rods and guns! We’ve teamed up with some awesome brands to offer a huge prize package. One lucky winner will take home the ‘Grand Prize Cast and Blast Package’ worth over $9,000 in gear and an all-inclusive fishing and hunting package for 2 at
It may not seem like the weather is cooling down anytime soon here in Texas (for context, on August 25th, 2023, summer is still in full swing). This won’t stop us from obsessing over the fall tides and the start of waterfowl season here on the Texas Coast. My favorite time about the upcoming season is the start of the
Recently, our owner Chris Martin was generous enough to share his long time family recipe, Duck Soup with Garden & Gun Magazine. Chris’ family has been perfecting the recipe over the last 25 years and our guests have enjoyed being greeted to the Lodge by the rich aroma of the beloved family recipe. We’re thrilled to have this recipe be
One will experience something almost religious when seeing ducks wings cupped-up and coming into the blind. It’s unbelievable! It’s difficult to explain to a non-hunter. There’s no other way to grasp the feel for it other than to see it in real life. It’s not easy – you wake up at 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning, and it almost
There are still several hours left before sunrise. You should be tired after listening to the big storm most of the night, but you’re not. You awaken with an unexplainable energy about you. The anticipation of the day ahead fuels you as you prepare for the jolt offered by the early morning cold. You step outside into the darkness
It Starts in November A majestic time begins each year in November here at Bay Flats Lodge on the Texas coast. As our southern shores begin to cool, ducks look to Texas as an escape from the bitter northern winters. It’s a destination where the ducks find ample food provisions coupled with lavish marshlands and vast open warm bay waters.
How often does someone patronize a hunting and fishing lodge specifically because of its over-the-top food, its attentive service staff, or its superb team of professional guides? You may think of a couple lodges you’d return to for one or maybe two of those features. However, you probably can’t find many that offer excellence in all three of those
Migration Series: Redhead Paradise | Texas Gulf Savage Arms Migration Series November 4th, 2021 4 minute read Hunting a new location is always a thrilling experience for any hunter, especially waterfowlers. There’s so much to know about duck hunting – species identification, migration patterns, optimal set ups and spreads, how all the gear functions together, how the birds interact with the local
If there’s one thing we know about waterfowlers, it’s that they are a special breed of hunters. They’re up before the dawn, endure Mother Nature’s finest wet weather and sideways winds, and work tirelessly to perfect their spreads – yet they do it with a smile and their eyes turned to the sky in hopes of catching a glimpse of
Many seasoned duck hunters learned their sport by using time-honored ways and methods of the old-school hunters. This is where you go to your blind in the dark, throw out your decoys, and wait for shooting time. It’s a simple process that’s been used by duck hunters for a long while, and it’s still used today. It doesn’t require much