Now, the full moon is the excuse for slow action early in the day. While morning tidal strength is improving, fish are focusing on feeding under the light of the silvery moon.
Soon after sunrise, action has been slowing until close to noon.

Tuesday, wind velocities were not as strong as previous days; however, scattered showers were causing gusts from varying directions. Billy Bunch Jr. of Bayou Vista, his son Billy III of Flower Mound and grandson Joey O’Connell of Worchester, Mass., fished with me Tuesday. For the first part of the day, action was slow. Maritime showers were all around us early, and then stronger thunderstorms started cropping up.

Our best and just about only action came from the Bolivar Gas wells beginning close to noon. Wind shifts played havoc with our ability to fish the wells; however, around noon, a window of calm conditions set in, and the bite turned on. Before running out of live shrimp we caught eight trout — releasing three undersized fish — along with a puppy drum, bull whiting and mangrove snapper.
A well-defined waterspout hovered overhead for a while before dissipating.

Eddie Cruse fished Greens Lake on Tuesday and ended up with some nice fish caught over shell. A large speckled trout, three black drum and a gafftop were caught on live shrimp.

Bulldog’s Bait Shop reported customers catching good numbers of trout along the beach front using live croaker.

Whiting, croaker, gaff top, sand trout and jack crevalle were reported caught at the 61st Street Fishing Pier by Richard Belleau.