Galveston fishing report

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Sunday’s weather began cooperating with anglers as the wind velocities dropped, and a switch to a more southerly direction helped to improve fishing.

While there were no reports of speckled trout being caught, other fish were taking their place on stringers.

Bub Martin and his son Brad found the wind too much for their pleasure Saturday morning when they attempted to cross the Houston Ship Channel to the North Jetty.
When a cross wave splashed across the bow of their boat, Martin felt it was time to turn around.
As they returned to the ramp at the Galveston Yacht Basin, the anglers from La Marque decided to go past the dry storage area and fish the far end of that channel.
It turned out to be a good decision as they landed two flounder to 18 inches, six sand trout, three black drum and a huge stingray.
Live shrimp bottom bumped was their choice of bait.
The party boat New Buccaneer made an overnight tuna trip late last week and returned with quite a haul.
Captains Matt “Smitty” Smith and Cody Carter shared duties at the helm and ended up about 120 miles out.
Their catch included 401 vermilion snapper, 171 blackfin tuna, scamp grouper, rock hinds, red porgy, whitebone porgies, skipjack tuna, African pompano, amberjack, king mackerel, gray snapper, a Warsaw and a squid.
Saturday, Galveston Party Boat’s bay and jetty trips were run by Captains Carter and Mondo and produced reds, sand trout and gafftop.
Corinna DeMyers, 61st Fishing Pier, reported Cameron Kline’s first shark caught while fishing from the pier on Sunday.
Kline’s bonnethead shark measured 29 inches and put up quite a battle for the 11 year-old young man from Humble.