When cold weather forces the water temperature down, the behavior of salt water fish change.  For one thing, they become sluggish. If it’s extremely cold, they will seek deep holes and hang around the bottom. Channels, harbors and deep drop offs become productive. Here’s a tip. 
     If you can find an area of oyster shells that sits just off deep water, you may have found a gold mine for afternoon fishing. Why? The dark colored shells absorb heat from the sun and by 3:00 P.M. they act like little heat radiators, warming the water which then invites bait and fish to use their deep-water highway to come in for afternoon brunch. The closer to deep water the better. Use soft baits, such as peeled shrimp or squid because the cold makes the mouths of the fish sore.

Captain Mike Scott is a retired Texas Gulf fishing guide and commercial fisherman.  As Mike puts it "I have probably lost more fish than most people have caught."  Please feel free to contact Mike for any fishing questions through AlphaLane or by using his site email in our search page.  Use Mike's CID which is 119 or simply search on category 'fishing'.