The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Coastal Fisheries Division issued a news release Thursday announcing that it would be conducting public scoping meetings to discuss possible changes to Texas Saltwater Fishing Regulations, especially for flounder and speckled trout.
While neither species is being overfished in our area and the stocks appear to be good, TPWD is looking to the future to preserve both fisheries.
The meetings will be held statewide in early January. The Galveston area meeting will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 9 at the TPWD Dickinson Marine Lab, at 1502 FM 517, in Dickinson.
Luis Decker, Aunt Margie’s Bait Camp, reported five flounder to 24 inches caught by Michael Aguilar and Gilbert Gonzales near the Texas A&M University at Galveston boat docks. Fingerling mullet was the bait of choice.
Joe Moughon has been sending in some good reports of his flounder fishing lately and Thursday, he sent a note saying this has been his best flounder season ever.
Moughon was back on the water fishing around docks along the Galveston Channel and limited out on flatfish to 21 inches. All of the fish were caught on Chicken Boy soft plastics in psycho red with white tails.
Wade Wallace of Uncle Buck’s Bait Shop has been hammering the flounder as well. Wednesday, he fished near the Texas A&M campus for two hours and caught two nice flounder. Thursday, he returned to his favorite spot and limited out.
Earlier in the week, Wallace and his friend Mark limited out on Monday and on Tuesday, he and his buddy Curly landed seven. All of this action is here a week before Christmas. There’s no doubt we had a later flounder run in 2013.
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