What is it with the flounder this year? Here it is late December and flounder still are being caught both along the Galveston Ship Channel and in West Bay. It certainly is not the lack of cold water or strong northers that are keeping them home.
There is no doubt that the big female flounder are heading to their purported winter home in the Gulf of Mexico; however, when will they all make it there?
On Christmas Day, Caitlin Smith from Austin landed a huge 26-inch flounder fishing near the yacht basin.
In West Bay, we have two reports of flatfish being caught by anglers fishing for trout.
Trout are the prime targets this time of the year in West Bay, and it usually is not long after the beginning of the new year that the big sows start showing up on stringers.
Obviously, the big girls have begun to arrive. Jerry Tucker of Bayou Vista was fishing in one of his subdivision’s canals Thursday and landed a 28-inch speckled trout that hit a red and yellow soft plastic.
Jetty Joe at Galveston Bait and Tackle reported a customer from Pearland caught five trout and two flounder last Thursday fishing around Confederate Reef. Live shrimp was his choice of bait.
North Deer Island was productive for two anglers from Houston. Their catch included 15 trout and three reds. Again, live shrimp was the bait.
Capt. Michael LaRue, LaRue’s Guide Service, fished West Bay with three guests and ended up with 21 trout and a flounder using soft plastics for bait.
We definitely are in our wintertime pattern with trout making their way into Upper West Bay. While it will be cold on the water, fishing should be good, and don’t overlook flounder. All indications are that they still are around.
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