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Packery channel is the new inlet south of Mustang Island. It is about 1/2 mile north of the hotel area on North Padre. Fish Pass is an old inlet that is now filled with sand. I believe it is the southern boarder of Mustang Island. You can see the Fish Pass jetty on Google Earth located 27 deg, 36'34 North by 97 deg, 09'57 West. The image is too old to show the Packery Channel jetty but it is located at 27 deg, 36'46 North by 97 deg, 12'07 West. Vehicle traffic south of Packery is prohibited so you must drive to it from the north. The beach access road is just a couple hundred meters north of the jetty.
There were a few snorklers with guns. One guy said he got a couple good trout the day before. We saw one flounder that would have fed a couple folks. Lots of Mohagany snapper but most too small. Lots of small fish for looking including butterflies and seargent majors, juvi spadefish, snook, pinfish, butterfish (?), a number I did not recognize, and schools of baitfish that were bouncing off you at times.
There were a few snorklers with guns. One guy said he got a couple good trout the day before. We saw one flounder that would have fed a couple folks. Lots of Mohagany snapper but most too small. Lots of small fish for looking including butterflies and seargent majors, juvi spadefish, snook, pinfish, butterfish (?), a number I did not recognize, and schools of baitfish that were bouncing off you at times.
