Galveston Fishing

Anglers able to get away from football and other activities and hit the water should find some excellent fishing.

The jetties, surf and bays are all producing some nice fish with only speckled trout dragging in numbers on the stringers. Bull reds are almost a given for fishermen geared up to catch the big fish and able to make it to the more productive spots.

Spanish mackerel seem to be everywhere in the surf and around the jetties while reds, both slot and over-sized, are hitting in the bays along with a variety of other fish.

Night fishing is where most of the speckled trout are being reported caught. All along offshoots of the Intracoastal Waterway and bay front lighted piers, trout along with reds and a variety of pan fish are feeding upon bait attracted to lighted areas late at night.

Best catches are being reported between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.

We are in the last two days of the special red snapper season and all of the local party boats are reported to be planning season ending trips this weekend.

Thursday, the party boat New Buccaneer with Capt. Matt Smith at the helm took 58 guests approximately 60 miles offshore. Their catch included a full limit of red snapper, 168 vermilions, three amberjack to 75 pounds, five almaco jack to 15 pounds, six rockhinds, five scamp grouper, a 20-pound ling and a variety of reef fish.

Capt. Ron Woods hosted Sammy and Mercedes Zamora from Seminole to a bay trip Thursday where they found action at the old concrete ship Selma. Their catch included several bull reds, gafftop and sharks. Cut shad was the bait.