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Badly needed rain hit the Galveston Bay Complex on Tuesday and pretty well wiped out fishing for most of the day.
We have had a number of emails and calls from readers inquiring about a fish kill off the Galveston Bay shoreline between Dickinson Bay and Seabrook. The fish causing the pungent odor are mostly menhaden, and preliminary indications are that the culprit was insufficient dissolved oxygen levels in the water.
Menhaden
often are victims of this condition, and it takes place almost every
year during hot weather. Tuesday’s rainfall should help the situation
considerably.
Many
of the inquiries asked if the recent oil spill off Texas City might
have been the reason; however, the latest information from the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department indicates that the oil spill was not a
contributing factor.
Tuesday’s
only fishing report was from the party boat Capt. John. Monday, 83
anglers were taken to a recent hot spot for red snapper, the reef ship
V.A. Fogg, located about 45 miles south of the jetties.
Full limits of red snapper were caught. Closer in at the old Buccaneer Field area, the group picked up 16 spadefish, two lane snapper and a ling.
Full limits of red snapper were caught. Closer in at the old Buccaneer Field area, the group picked up 16 spadefish, two lane snapper and a ling.
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