Steady rain all day Monday limited fishing activity; however, the good that it did far offset a day sacrificed to the weather. After this spell of unsettled weather passes, look for some outstanding fishing to follow.

If the Gulf remains quiet, we should start seeing some really good catches of fish of all varieties coming from the bays, jetties and beach front.

Flounder are beginning to appear in greater numbers and reports from all around the Galveston area indicate that the flat fish are getting restless. While this is much too early to think about a flounder run, in the months preceding the annual event, flounder start moving, just not out of the bays as they do during the fall flounder migration.

Dylan Loughney, who is vacationing in Galveston from Wilmington, Del., caught three flounder to just under four pounds. The action took place around the Galveston Yacht Basin.

Barbara Garibaldi, Louis’ Bait Camp in Hitchcock, reported flounder coming from Highlands Bayou in what she described as a run in the bayou. She also reported seeing good numbers of trout coming from the North Deer Island area.

I have always said that one is never too old to fish. A good example came from the 61st Street Fishing Pier Saturday where Corinna DeMyers reported Vincent Sciascia of Plano catching his first fish at age 65, a nice-sized whiting.

Other fish reported by the fishing pier were sand trout, Spanish mackerel, bull reds, blacktip sharks and bull sharks.

Speaking of sharks, several readers have inquired about the report in Sunday’s Galveston County Daily News about an estimated 9-foot blacktip shark dragging a kayak all around West Bay. The only information I have is what was published in the paper; however, I must say that if the shark was close to 9-feet long, it likely would have been a new state record. The current record for a blacktip is 97 inches, which is just more than 8 feet.