Galveston Fishing Report

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 Saturday, fishing conditions were much improved over Friday; however, about the only fish that showed up for the crowds were reds.
Lots of boats were fishing along the channel side of the North Jetty and many were hooking up with bull reds. Two friends from Aldine fished with me Saturday, and one of our stops was among all of the boats inside the North Jetty.

While we were using live shrimp for bait, most of those fishing for reds were using finfish in the form of live or dead mullet and other fresh bait.

Bull reds did not interest my guests so we did not hang around very long choosing to go to areas where sheepshead, black drum, Spanish mackerel and sand trout could be caught. We ended up with a variety of fish; however, the overall results were disappointing.

Shirley Pike, Fatboy’s Bait Camp, reported a catch of specks, reds, black drum and croaker by Leo Johnson. Pike said croaker, rock and blue crabs and reds were being caught from their pier.

Don Robinson of Tiki Island landed a 22-inch trout while fishing West Bay Saturday morning.

Offshore conditions settled under lighter winds, and a few boats headed out to the rigs for some late season action on king mackerel and other pelagic fish.

Dean Silvers along with his son Ben and Joel Turman fished the short rigs Saturday morning and found good action on kings and ling of all sizes. While most of the ling were below minimum length, they did manage one measuring 40 inches. Several “smoker” kings were hooked but managed to escape the gaff.

The party boat Capt. John made a 25-mile offshore trip Friday and Capt. Johnny Williams found action for his 50 guests.

Their catch included 131 spade fish, 24 bonnet head sharks, 20 Gulf trout, 15 croaker, five blue runner, a king, Spanish mackerel and other fish.,