The weather buoy at the North Jetty was reporting wind gusts in excess of 30 mph Sunday and the offshore buoys were showing wave heights in the 6- to 9-foot range. Sunday was definitely not a fishable day.
This frontal system should pass through quickly and, by the middle of this week, light winds should return.
There likely will be a drop in water temperatures as a result; however they are not anticipated to be low enough to trigger a fall feeding frenzy with fish.
Saturday, The Galveston Parks Department held their its Fishin’ 4 Fun on Galveston Island fishing event. The kids fishing contest attracted more than 80 participants and was held on the fishing pier at Seawolf Park.
While the park was not shut down to others, families participating in the event were admitted at no charge and it turned out to be a fun morning for all. Among the volunteers helping with the tournament were the four judges of which I was one. The others were Capt. Lloyd Pepper, who is known by his peers on the West End of the island as the Mayor of West Bay; Dutch Kueteman, an official of several major fishing tournaments in Galveston; and Eric Minor with CCA-Texas Mainland Chapter.
One of the participants landed a fish that had to be some kind of rarity as none of the four judges had a clue as to what it was. The fish was released as it likely would have appeared on the list of offshore fish with a minimum size limit or was a protected species. My guess is that it was one of a variety of reef fish found in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Our only fishing report Sunday came from the Party Boat Capt. John which made a Friday trip to spots 40 miles out where they landed a variety of fish including full limits of red snapper to 14 pounds, 30 spadefish, sharks and Spanish mackerel.
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