Galveston Fishing

Thursday offered mixed results in fishing.

Overall, flounder action around the Galveston Ship Channel was not as productive as it has been lately.

Still, lots of flounder are being caught, just not the size expected for this time of year.
Wednesday, Lori, the Saltwater Hooker, fished the channel area in the afternoon with her friend Ellen Matthews of Houston.

They landed 12 flatfish with her guest bringing in a 23-inch beauty. Lori said it looks like it will stay slow until this weekend’s cold front pushes water out of the marshes.

The recent high tides and warm weather have kept many of the big flounder from leaving.

Polly and I hit the water Thursday morning hoping for a prefrontal bite and a last trip before all of the cold weather hits.

We did catch flounder; however, they were on average the smallest I have seen for this late in November. Others fishing around us reported the same results.

We did run into some undersized trout around pilings near the wall of the yacht basin; however, for trout, Capt. James Plaag was the winner on Thursday.

Marita Schultz, Pelican Rest Marina, reported Plaag and his guests caught 40 along with six reds while drifting over mud flats in 3 to 4 feet of water during the outgoing tide.

Slamming chicken Bass Assassins and pink and yellow 52 series Mirror Lures were the baits.
Last weekend the party boat Capt. John made an overnight tuna safari with Capt. Johnny Williams and his daughter Capt. Jill Williams sharing duties at the helm. Fishing various spots in the distant Gulf of Mexico, including the Boom Bang Spar Floating Platform, the 31 anglers aboard returned with a catch that included seven yellowfin tuna to 95 pounds, 66 blackfins, amberjack, Almaco Jack, rockhind and scamp grouper, king, Vermilion and lane snapper.

Rita Baumann of Texas City caught the 95-pound yellow fin using a Snapper Slapper Lure.