Galveston Fishing

Friday, a strong gusty northeast wind was pushing smoke across lower Galveston Bay creating quite a nuisance and reducing visibility on the water. 

The awful conditions did not slow fishing for waders nor boaters fishing protected areas.

Flounder and large croaker were the main catch by those enduring the weather.

Johah Tijerina reported flounder activity is starting to pick up in the Galveston area. Friday morning he caught a sow flounder more than 23 inches long in Highlands Bayou using a Chickenboy Flounder King Lure.

Joey Dean, assistant pastor at Lazybrook Baptist Church, gave this report from his fishing trip to Seawolf Park:

“Went wade fishing around Seawolf Park Friday morning with a good friend. Fished both sides of the park, but only caught fish on the Galveston Ship Channel side.”

Dean said they saw several people catching flounder between Seawolf and the Selma; however, they did not get any bites on that side. They ended up catching about 10 flounder, retaining two legal keepers of 16 and 17 inches.  

“We also caught several nice-sized croakers,” Dean said. “All of our flounder were caught between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. We didn’t see any larger females being caught, nor did we see very many people limiting out on keepers. However, most everyone was able to get a couple legal fish.”