Sunday, conditions improved and fishing picked up from the blowout on Saturday. The cool weather brought on by Saturday’s frontal system dropped temperatures and with each degree drop in water readings, the prospects increase for getting the big flounder to move.
Jetty Joe at Galveston Bait and Tackle reported several boats returning Sunday afternoon with limits of flounder taken from the Galveston Ship Channel area near the Texas A&M University at Galveston campus.
Gafftop, reds and a few trout also were being caught.
Lots of bull reds are being caught around the end of the South Jetty and the North Jetty Boat Cut according to a report from 3 G Bait Camp at the Galveston Yacht Basin.
Closer to the bait camp, limits of flounder are being caught all along the Galveston Ship Channel. Most of the flatfish were in the 15- to 20-inch size range.
Moses Lake has been a hot spot recently for red fish. Kyle Conner of Dickinson has been catching limits of slot reds each time he fished the lake last week. Most of the action has come on Swimming Mullet Gulps and Norton Sand Eels.
Prior to Saturday’s strong winds, the spoil banks around the Houston Ship Channel near San Leon were producing some large sand trout and croaker. Henry Hall, who fishes all around the San Leon area, said the croaker and sand trout were the largest he had caught in years. The bait did not make any difference as the fish were hitting cut sand trout just as fast as live shrimp.
Another cold front is forecast to hit the Galveston area mid-week and anglers able to get on the water beforehand might experience a good pre-frontal bite. With each passing cold front more and more large flounder will be appearing along the pathways to the Gulf.
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