Galveston fishing report

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On Friday, a sustained east-northeast wind held again, restricting fishing to protected waters.
 
Anglers who found sheltered areas found spotty action, with some cashing in on concentrations of fish while others found it slim pickings.

Friday morning, friends from Mariner Magazine joined me for a long-planned fishing trip with hopes of working the jetties. Unfortunately, the wind was just too strong for comfort and we concentrated on the Galveston Channel area around Pelican Island.

Brandon Rowan, Kelly Grose and Debbie Salisbury were my guests and, with their fishing skills, we were able to take home a respectable catch.  

Using live croaker and shrimp for bait, our catch included 22 large sand trout, four specks to 18 inches and a flounder. 

All of the fish were caught close to the shoreline of Pelican Island between Seawolf Park and the cedars.

A few anglers ventured to the jetties and were rewarded with catches of red fish, black drum and sheepshead. Ben Rath and Sells Oldham had one of the better catches reported from the rocks, that being six reds consisting of four slots and two bull reds that were tagged and retained. Rath said the water was rough along the channel side of the North Jetty and that their anchor kept giving way.

Richard Belleau’s 2 a.m. report from the 61st Street Fishing Pier listed gafftop, sand trout, bull reds and slots reds being caught by his customers Thursday night.

Subdivision canals are producing some nice catches of trout and flounder during the early-morning hours. Several unconfirmed reports of good catches have come from residents in Bayou Vista, Omega Bay, Harborwalk and Spanish Grant.

A gradual improvement in conditions is in the forecast, with early next week looking good for fishing under light easterly winds.