Biologist Matt Nelson of the Mad Island WMA near Matagorda said this was the worst season this section of marsh has experienced since he began work there. In Freeport, biologist Justin Hurst said the Peach Point WMA has been coughing up decent shoots in the freshwater marsh impoundments. Teal, gadwalls and shovelers have been the prominent species. Duck numbers on East Matagorda Bay are incredible. Thousands of rafts of bluebills, redheads and pintails are using the middle of the bay and feeding on the south shoreline.
Snow geese are on the edges of fields and feeding on green grasses.
Rye grass fields have been hot. Rafts of divers are lining grass flats along Aransas and Redfish Bays. Redheads, bluebills, buffleheads and a few canvasbacks have been taken. Pintails, widgeons and redheads are good in the marsh of Copano Bay. Freshwater marsh ponds have been taking the same species with the addition of a few mallards.