fishing 4-9-13

Fishing is picking up and should continue to improve as the water warms. Among the better results from last weekend was the report from Galveston Party Boat’s overnight tuna trip.
A group of anglers on the party boat New Buccaneer to a weekend trip to fishing grounds more than 100 miles out of Galveston. The overnight voyage resulted in a big haul that included 436 vermilion snapper, four amber jack, 266 black fin tuna, three yellow fins, 14 grouper that included a Warsaw, three sharks, a ling and a variety of other fish.

Dr. Todd Hamel took his son Layton to the North Jetty on Sunday where they landed four black drum and a big red. They also caught six large sheepshead. Live shrimp and cracked crab was the bait and all of the fish were released.

John McMichael, manager of Sea wolf Park, reported large quantities of sheepshead and a number of bull reds and black drum being caught along with an occasional speckled trout. The largest speck measured 25 inches and live shrimp was the bait of choice.

Sea wolf Park has begun their extended hours of operation for fishing and will be open for fishing 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the end of September, weather permitting.

Beach-front action was good over the weekend with the 61st Street Fishing Pier reporting catches of whiting, gaff top, sheepshead, black tip sharks, bull reds and black drum.

Monday, the surf was chopped-up and off color under a moderate to strong wind from the southeast. The flow was good for the bays, as warm Gulf waters were raising tide levels.

Another cold front is forecast for later this week, which continues a pattern we have been experiencing for too long now.