Galveston fishing report

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Memorial Day turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment on the fishing scene.

Gusty winds in the 15- to 20-knot range along with cloudy conditions made it uncomfortable for anglers fishing some of the recent hot spots.

Seamore Hastings had been hearing of the good action at the jetties and decided to give the rocks a try Monday morning. After launching his boat and making it past Seawolf Park, he decided it was just too uncomfortable to go on to the jetties and turned around. His day of fishing with his wife, Sally, and grandson Kyle Connors was salvaged at the Pelican Island Bridge where they put the live shrimp purchased earlier to good use.

Their catch included 13 sand trout, two black drum and two stingrays. All of the fish were released except six large sandies.

Jesse Basquez found Sunday to be a much better day for fishing and enjoyed some good action around Mosquito Island near the Texas City Dike. A nice-sized flounder and speckled trout were his rewards for a morning of fishing.

Williams’ Party Boats had both of its party boats in operation this weekend. The Capt. John made another offshore trip Sunday, fishing the same areas as earlier in the weekend, the V.A. Fogg and old Buccaneer field. Limits of red snapper were taken along with lane snapper and a Dorado.

Capt. Jill Williams took anglers out on the Texsun II all weekend and found fish around both jetties. Bull reds, gafftop and stingrays were the primary catches.

A reader sent a note asking about the proper way for tagging red drum, those measuring longer than 28 inches in length. Texas fishing licenses have a tag that may be used to take one oversized red, and it must be properly attached to the fish. Below are the instructions for tagging shown on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s website.

Tagging red drum

Immediately upon retaining a fish:

1. Remove tag from license and use entire tag.

2. Fill in all information spaces on front of tag.

3. Cut out day and month.

4. Attach tag with a string or wire to the narrowest part of the tail, just ahead of the tail fin.