Galveston Fishing Report

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Low water levels and a moderate north wind held bay fishing to a standstill Tuesday. The beach front was a different story, however.

The norther that blew through Monday and Tuesday lowered water levels and that, along with a single tide change for Tuesday, discouraged anglers from fishing the bays.

The bright spot Tuesday was the surf as the leeward shore from the wind turned on with action on golden croaker.

Ken Scanlan, a long-time fishing enthusiast in Galveston, was on the 61st Street Fishing Pier for a couple of hours Tuesday morning and caught 10 bull croakers and several smaller ones. All of the fish were caught using dead shrimp for bait. Scanlan said he started out using squid and did not get a bite. When he switched to shrimp, the action started with several duel hookups among his catch.

Everyone on the pier was landing croaker.

A similar report came from the vicinity of the pleasure pier, where Don Wright landed 17 large croaker while fishing from his kayak. Live shrimp was the bait. 

Based on those reports it certainly appears that we are in the midst of the annual golden croaker run.

 In recent years, the run has been a disappointment to most anglers, targeting the tasty pan fish. 

Hopefully this year the run will be more wide spread.

One of the traditional hot spots for action during the croaker run is Rollover Pass. No reports came from that area; however, if the run is on, that should be a good spot to fish.

By the upcoming weekend, water levels should be back to normal and tides improving. My bet is that a flurry of action on flounder is awaiting anglers at that time. Conditions are prime to get the flatfish to moving and one of the first spots they show up is in upper West Bay.