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Skinny Water Reds with JT Vanzandt

With 30 years of experience in the industry, G. Loomis Elite Ambassador JT Van Zandt is a native Texan and professional guide out of Rockport, Texas. JT specializes in sight casting to Redfish in the shallowest of shallow water sight casting situations. Access to the best spots often requires specialized watercraft like the custom-built wooden canoe, pictured above.

JT specializes in sight casting to Redfish in the shallowest of shallow water sight casting situations. Acess to the best spots often requires specialized watercraft like the custom-built wooden canoe, pictured above.

The Middle Texas Coast is a vast and undeveloped wilderness of bays, saltwater creeks, and back lakes. Healthy seagrasses hide an abundance of shrimp, crab, and baitfish, helping to sustain one of the gulf coast’s best redfish habitats, along with black drum, sea trout, flounder, and other flats species.