Strong gusty winds held back serious fishing activity Tuesday. Protected areas around the Galveston Ship Channel, along with bayous and canals, were about the only spots yielding any catches.
We have mentioned the Galveston Channel so often lately that it is sounding like a broken record. This month, and parts of October and December, are when that area is at its peak, especially for flounder.
Tuesday, the channel area continued to produce limits of flatfish; however, there still is not a noticeable difference in the size of the fish being caught. Nice flounder in the 16- to 20-inch range are being taken; however, the really big ones, those well above 20 inches in length, have not shown up in good numbers yet.
Recently, Brandon Rowan fished near the wall of the yacht basin with his friend Capt. Weigelt and landed a 26-inch flatfish. Soon, fish in that size range will be more plentiful as the last phase of the big migration takes place.
The dock at Louis’ Bait Camp on Highland Bayou near Bayou Vista has been producing some nice fish. Barbara Garibaldi reported good numbers of sand trout, flounder and large sheepshead being caught just outside her facility. Dolf Taylor limited out on flounder to 20 inches while fishing off her dock.
Also included in her report was action from the Diversionary Canal where lots of reds and sand trout are being caught.
Ford Arnold and Joe Burk dodged the wind by fishing a canal off of the Intracoastal Waterway, west of Harborwalk. Using live shrimp for bait, they landed 15 sand trout and a number of rat reds that were released. Rounding out their catch was black drum, croaker and a 19-inch flounder. Most of the fish were caught near some abandoned barges.
Along the beach front, croaker, sand trout, whiting, pompano, bull reds and slot reds were being caught by anglers at the 61st Street Fishing Pier.
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