The evening tide has been where most of the action has occurred this week. Night fishermen along the beach front, especially at the 61st Street Fishing Pier and the Galveston Fishing Pier, have been making good catches of specks, reds, flounder and sharks.
Flounder gigging has been productive late at night, especially around the Jones Lake area and along the shoreline of Virginia Point. John Sabo and his grandson Mark Watkins covered the area along the bend leading to the mouth of Swan Lake and picked up eight quality flounder among dozens of stingrays.
Earlier this week, Bobby Martin of Bayou Vista took friends John Majewski, Bob Anastas and Ray Gartman to the jetties where they landed reds on the Gulf side of the South Jetty and specks and sand trout on the Gulf side of the North Jetty. Their best stop was on the way back when they fished Campbell’s Bayou and caught a number of sand trout and a big 24-inch speck.
Richard Belleau reported catches of gafftop, sand trout, croaker and specks from the 61st Street Fishing Pier on Thursday night.
If the light northerly winds hold, the beach front should be alive with action early morning. Wade fishermen along with pier fishermen and boaters should see some excellent trout fishing in the surf with a variety of other fish taking baits.
Offshore, action has been steady all week; however, we could have a hiccup Sunday if the low pressure system entering the Gulf starts kicking up the seas. Late Friday, forecasts varied, and its best to check the marine weather outlook before leaving dock to head offshore.
Thursday, Capt. Matt Smith took 76 anglers aboard the party boat New Buccaneer 65 miles offshore where they caught a wide variety of fish. Some of the highlights of that trip included 384 vermilions, three kings, 20 amberjack, a ling, a 45-pound Warsaw and a number of other fish.
The party boat Cavalier returned with sharks and gafftop from its Thursday trips to the jetties.
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