Galveston Fishing Blog

There is an old adage that says “It ain’t over until it’s over,” and that is exactly what we are experiencing with this year’s flounder run.

One day everyone is convinced that most of the fish have moved out and the next, a new crop of flounder appear along their highway to the Gulf.

You may recall that I wanted to wait until we heard from the weekend group before saying that it is over for this year.

Well, Friday and Saturday there were a lot of big flounder caught, and it appears that we still are in business with this year’s migration.

Trout action also is picking up, especially in East and West bays.

Bobby Ballard fished with his friend Kyle Canada on Friday and both limited out on flatfish to 25 inches. The limits were taken within two hours while fishing the Galveston Channel.

Wade Wallace, Uncle Buck’s Bait and Tackle, called in to say that the flounder run is not over.

Friday, while fishing with two friends, Curly and Alan, they landed three limits of flounder from the Galveston Channel using live mullet for bait.

Wednesday and Thursday, Wallace had two friends report back with limits of flounder both days.

Friday, Tony Calapan and his dad Al fished the Galveston Channel near the yacht basin and found the action sporadic. Al did manage a 24-inch flatfish using his favorite red and white jig.

Now, we will look at what is taking place with speckled trout. East Bay produced some nice stringers of specks for wade fishermen using slow-sinking baits such as Corkies.

Henry Miller used the popular wintertime bait to land eight specks to 20 inches along the edge of the channel at Sievers Cut.

Miller said that a bunch of specks and reds were being cleaned at the bait camp when he returned and all were caught by wade fishermen early Saturday.

Dean Silvers, while he and his son were still fishing in West Bay on Saturday morning, reported they had 10 keeper specks and tossed back six undersized trout.

Three nice sheepshead also were on their stringer at the time.

Friday Night Lights were producing a lot of trout for anglers in canal subdivisions and along Sportsmen’s Road. There was a mix of throwbacks and keepers. Live shrimp was the preferred bait.