If my crystal ball is viewing things correctly, we should be in for some excellent fishing during the next several days. Light winds and high pressure should create ideal conditions, especially for offshore anglers wanting to fish the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The only hiccup facing inshore fishermen is weak tidal movement. The surf should continue to produce some nice catches early for wade fishermen using live bait.
Bulldog’s Bait Shop reported customers returning from the beach front with stringers of flounder. The flatfish are working the washouts of the rock groins with Chicken Boys and Gulps being the baits of choice.
Corey Bercellino of Clear Lake fished the beach front and caught four trout to 20 inches and a 20-pound jack crevalle.
Sarah Melcer was back at the South Jetty Thursday and caught 18 gafftop, two bull reds, two large sand trout and a bull shark. Squid was the bait.
Our offshore report today comes from yours truly, who fished with friends Rick Clapp and Brandon Rowan from “Mariner Magazine.” We took advantage of the slight seas and headed more than 50 miles south of the jetties where we fished anchored shrimp boats, weed lines and the Rig 40-a.
The highlight of our catch was a 65-pound ling that took a drifted sardine along a weed line. Other fish landed included 12 Dorado from two to seven pounds, two mangrove snapper and our catch and release amounted to two large sharks and probably a dozen quality snapper.
I talked the guys into stopping with 12 Dorado, as our 170 quart ice chest was just about full; however, if we had continued catching the great eating fish, it is likely we could have caught two to three times that amount. They were aggressively feeding around a weed patch about 48 miles out.
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