Galveston Fishing Report

Galveston Fishing Charter Company

832-917-FISH(3474)

www.galvestonfishingchartercompany.com

On Friday, Tom Brown, his son Shannon and grandson Hunter joined me for a morning of fishing, and that is exactly what we did the first four hours — fish and not catch.

A strong south wind limited our ability to get to the open bay and also to fish the channel side of the North Jetty. We managed to get across the channel to the boat cut and find protected water on the Gulf side of the jetty.

There was hardly a bite at the four spots we stopped and none of us observed any bent rods the whole morning. One last stop on the way back to dock salvaged the trip.

We anchored in approximately 10 feet of water off the Cedars of Pelican Island, and action on sand trout busted wide open. Before running out of live bait, we must have caught and released well over 30 of the fun-to-catch fish.

We attributed the slow morning action to the effects of the Full Moon the night before.

Capt. James Plaag, Silver King Adventures, limited out on trout with his guests Monday through Thursday. Plaag said that trout are still in their summertime patterns, with the action coming from shell pads, slicks and birds in seven to eight feet of water.

Bass Assassin Sea Shads in Houdini color worked best along with Slammin Chickens and the fish were not really big, just good-sized fish.

Greg Hagerud sent in the following report on his trips to the surf three days this week.

“While the surf may not look its best, it is loaded with a variety of fish. There are plenty of speckled trout and redfish. The only problem is getting the bait past the numerous croaker and whiting. Dead bait fishermen can have a field day.”