The fall weather pattern is in full swing now, with one cold front after another crossing the upper Texas Coast. While there has not been that “Blue Norther” that we need, the water temperature is dropping and each time a norther pushes water out of the marshes, along with it comes flounder and bait fish.
Flounder anglers are anxious to see this trend as it will eventually get the big female flatfish on the move. The flounder crowd is not the only one interested in this. Trout anglers and seagulls also are anxious to see shrimp moving. When that happens, schooling activity will pick up in the bays and there will be double dipping on the shrimp from below and above the water.
Schools of trout will be attacking the migrating shrimp and driving them to the surface where sea gulls hovering overhead will be waiting for an easy meal. A third element is part of this process and that is trout anglers watching for their friends the sea gulls to point out where the action is going to take place. Soon we should see birds, mainly seagulls and pelicans, working bait in all of the bays.
It looks like rain followed by strong northerly winds will be the weather pattern for the next few days.
Once conditions settle by later this week, fishing should get hot.
Our only report Monday came from the 61st Street Fishing Pier where croaker, flounder, gafftop, sheepshead, bull reds and blacktip sharks were being caught.
Saturday, the West End Anglers Fishing Club is holding its November Winter Trout Tournament at Sea Isle. Guides are allowed and there is no captains meeting. The entry fee is $120 per angler for two-man teams and a $20 big trout side pot. For more information call 713-594-4252.
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