Galveston Fishing Report

It appears a change in conditions is on the way and not too soon for Galveston-area anglers. Lighter winds are in the forecast beginning today, and a switch to a southeasterly direction is forecast to follow Friday.

It’s music to our ears!

While we have been dealing with adverse conditions, fish are being caught.

Capt. Adam Meider took client Scotty Wallingford shark fishing in the San Luis Pass surf last weekend and while no sharks were landed, strikes by the feared fish stripped the line off Meider’s two Diawa sh-50 reels. They did have an interesting catch that evening when a 44-inch red was landed that had a large, healed shark bite.

On Sunday, Capt. Bobby Martin of Bayou Vista hosted Donald Box, Shannon Brown and his son VJ visiting from South Korea to a jetty fishing trip. Their first stop was the South Jetty, where the water resembled chocolate milk, and after 15 minutes, they moved to the North Jetty. There, conditions were much better, and the fish were biting.

During 4 hours of fishing, they landed 37 Gulf trout, a few Spanish mackerel and a 39-inch red. Live shrimp fished on the bottom was the bait.

The 2013 CCA-Texas Star Fishing Tournament runs through Labor Day and so far, 52 tagged redfish remain to be caught. The first five boat and truck packages have been claimed; however, there are five Haynie 23 Big Foot Boats with Mercury motor and trailers awaiting the next five tagged redfish.
Last weekend, the party boat Capt. John made an overnight trip to the floating platforms and other fishing spots up well more than 100 miles off Galveston where the water depths reach more than 3000 feet deep. The two-day trip with Capts. Johnny Williams and his daughter Jill sharing duties resulted in 692 vermilions, 94 blackfin tuna, eight yellowfins, 29 Dorados, 21 kings, 19 sharks and a variety of other fish including amberjack, grouper and others.