galveston fishing report

Excellent conditions continue to dominate the fishing scene, with light winds and good water quality. If this pattern holds and with the return of double-tide changes today, look for some excellent fishing this weekend.

Friday, Mike Cambiano of La Marque fished the jetties with a friend and landed 18 trout.

Jordan Vidock fished Lower Galveston Bay with her uncle Rick of Tiki Island and ended up with her best trout, a 5.75-pound speck.

Nick Valenti and his son Nicholas fished with Capt. Ron Woods on Friday and, while the redfish action was slow, they managed two bull reds that were tagged and retained. Six sharks to 4 feet rounded out the action for the day.

Flounder were biting early Friday around Cold Pass. Jim Simpson and Carla Moore combined for eight flatfish using live fingerling mullet for bait. Later in the morning, the couple fished the San Luis Pass Bridge and landed two reds and 13 sharks that were released.

It was Moore’s first time to hook into a shark and the first one was quite an experience. A 4- to 5-foot bull shark hit a Spanish mackerel that had taken her mullet and was hooked. The battle lasted 10 minutes before the fish broke off.

Max Gentry called in to say trout action along the Houston Ship Channel spoil banks is picking up. Gentry fished just outside Marker 59 early Friday and landed nine specks to 20 inches, one short of a limit, using live shrimp fished under a popping cork.

Richard Belleau reported catches of gafftop, whiting, blacktip sharks, bull reds and black drum from the 61st Street Fishing Pier.

The Father’s Day weekend looks promising for offshore fishing. The original dates set for this year’s red snapper season were scheduled to close after this weekend; however, a reprieve from the U.S. District Court resulted in an extension until June 28.

Easy limits of quality red snapper are coming from areas 50 miles out and farther.