With all of the high probabilities of rain for Galveston early this week, the badly needed freshwater skirted our area. Reports from some of the bait camps indicate problems keeping their inventories of shrimp and croaker alive very long.
As salinity levels increase, trout will be moving out of the bays to areas where it is more in balance. Such areas include the passes into the Gulf and the surf. This same scenario takes place during periods of low salinity.
Recent reports indicate a
few trout are being caught, just not in the numbers that should occur
this time of year. Reds, sharks, gafftop and sand trout are taking up
the slack and are saving the day for many fishing trips.
The Baker family fished
with Capt. “Chop” Derrick of 3-G Fishing Charters during the weekend and
caught five reds, a blacktip shark, hardhead and — the highlight of the
trip — a stingray estimated to weigh more than 100 pounds.
Capt. Jaime Cantu, Cantu
Charters, hosted the Connally family to the Galveston Bay complex, where
family members Steve, Ross, his wife, Kelly, and son Patrick dodged
stormy conditions Saturday to land bull reds, blacktip sharks and
gafftop.
Cantu said the early morning bite was slow; however, by midmorning, the action picked up.
Monday, Jetty Joe of
Galveston Bait and Tackle reported a good catch from the Texas City Dike
where Galvestonian Ed Lambrand landed eight trout and two reds. Live
shrimp was the bait.
Emeril Harris fished the
area around the U.S. Corps of Engineers facility along the Galveston
Ship Channel and caught four sand trout, two gafftop, a trout and a
flounder.
Clear Lake angler Big Joe
fished near Mecom’s Cut on Monday and landed eight trout, five reds, 10
sand trout and a 5-foot blacktip shark using live croaker and shrimp
for bait.
Along the beach front, whiting, gafftop and bull reds were being caught by anglers at the 61st Street Fishing Pier.
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