Conditions remained outstanding for fishing on Sunday, with the surf continuing to outproduce other areas of inshore fishing. The heat is driving bay fishermen in early as the bright sun and high temperatures are shutting down action well before noon.
Offshore fishing is in its prime and will be for a little while longer. Usually by mid-September we start to see a decline in the numbers of pelagic fish close to shore. Still late summer and early fall offer good opportunities to catch king, ling, Dorado, sharks and other surface-feeding fish in the Gulf.
Sunday morning, Kayden Drake, 11, and his grandpa Ken Drake fished the surf and landed Spanish mackerel to 28 inches, slot reds, small sharks and ladyfish. The anglers used live shrimp for bait while wading the beach front.
Saturday night, trout were thick under the lights of piers along Sportsmen’s Road in West Bay. Gerald Moore and Lanny Garcia used free-lined live shrimp to catch 13 specks to 19 inches. The action started around 10:30 and was still going at midnight.
Good reports also were coming from canals of Harborwalk and Bayou Vista.
Mark Wellington hosted a group of friends to an overnight trip to the East Breaks where they fished for marlin and other deep-water fish. While no hookups with bill fish, they did land a 130-pound mako shark, four wahoo to 22 pounds, two ling to 48 pounds along with numerous kings, other species of sharks, bonito and barracuda.
The party boat Capt. John made a 25-mile trip east of the jetties where the 79 anglers aboard landed 55 sharks, 13 gafftop, 582 spadefish, 18 Gulf trout, 11 blue fish and a catch of four mangrove snapper which were all caught by Capt. Johnny William’s grandson Justin Williams.
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