Galveston Fishing

The big news on the fishing scene continues to be centered on the causeway area where limits of trout are being taking by anglers using live shrimp for bait.
In addition to the trout action, Glenn Goff, Galveston Bait and tackle reported jack crevalle beginning to show.

Several customers returned from fishing the railroad bridge telling of hook ups with the big fish and having their reels stripped of line.

Monday’s light winds helped ignite a flurry of good fishing in Moses and Greens Lakes. Flounder, reds and a few trout were taken by the sparse number of anglers able to hit the water early in the day.

J.L. Abbot fished the back parts of Green Lake early Monday. Using live shrimp on a popping corks with 24-inch leaders, the angler from Josephine, near Dallas, landed two slot reds, three flounder to 17 inches and a small stingray.

Henry Mitchell and Lawrence Arnold landed a Texas Grand Slam from Moses Lake with all of the action coming before 9 a.m. Using live shrimp fished under popping corks and free-lined, the Texas City cousins managed four reds, two slots and two throwbacks, five flounder and a lone speckled trout.

John Walker fished the rocks at the bend along the Galveston Channel near the U.S. Coast Guard Station and caught two black drum to 25 inches.

Fresh cut whiting was the bait. Walker said that poor tidal movement Monday morning handicapped his efforts.

Along the beach front, mainly whiting, gafftop, black drum and bull reds were hitting according to Richard Belleau’s report from the 61st Street Fishing Pier.