Galveston fishing report

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The forecast for the next several days has changed, and what appeared to be some excellent conditions for fishing are turning into stormy weather with easterly winds taking control.

The good news is that the rain in the forecast should do lots of good for fishing after conditions settle.

Sunday, Polly and I headed offshore with light winds and little chance of rain. Our plan was to fish weed lines and patches 30 to 50 miles east-southeast of the jetties. Considering all of the seaweed infestation on the beaches this year, there was little doubt that there would be some well-defined weed lines and good concentrations, especially with the light winds Sunday.

Unfortunately, the only weed build-ups were in small scattered patches that were not large enough to hold fish. What a disappointment. We did get into action on kings, large hardheads, sharks and spadefish while drift fishing several wells and platforms 40 to 45 miles out.

The party boat Capt. John was about the only other recreational fishing boat we saw that far out.

In their report Monday, Patrick Lemire noted that they fished 40 miles east of the island where their 76 guests landed 771 Atlantic spadefish, 40 bonnethead sharks, three black drum, two kings and a Spanish mackerel.

If anyone is interested in the tasty spadefish, they appeared to be thick around many of the wells and platforms to the east of the jetties.

The beach front was getting primed for some good fishing and still may be a good bet over the next few days.

Richard Belleau’s early morning report from the 61st Street Fishing Pier indicated a wider variety of fish being caught Sunday and during the early hours Monday. Whiting, gafftop, croaker, sand trout, blacktip sharks, bull reds, black drum and pompano all were being brought over the rails.