Galveston fishing report

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This week looks great weather-wise for fishing. The only hiccup for bay anglers is the summer like temperatures that are keeping the waters warmer than usual for this time of year.

Surf and jetty fishermen are less affected as many of the summer season fish continue to roam the warm waters. Jack crevalle, Spanish mackerel, pompano and an occasional ling or king mackerel are being caught.  

Bull reds and sharks continue to be consistent along the beach front.

Bay fishermen are catching fish; however, specks are hovering deep as they do during the summer and the best catches reported have come from deep reefs and shell pads in water 7-to-10 feet deep.

Preston Minter found fair trout action along the Houston Ship Channel Spoil Banks just off April Fool Point in San Leon. Minter and his wife, Carolyn, used live shrimp to land seven specks and three black drum while fishing the incoming tide Friday.

Frank Ledbetter of Bayou Vista fished Greens Lake late Friday and caught two flounder measuring 15 and 17 inches, respectively, using Chickenboy soft plastics. Ledbetter said the water is just too warm to encourage flounder to move out of the shallows.

Dick Rogers and Hap Hillman fished long reef in Offatts Bayou on Friday and caught 13 sand trout to 16 inches. Rogers said the 16-inch sandy was the largest sand trout he had seen in his 30 years of coastal fishing.

Jesse Hamilton is one of the late-night fishermen who fishes the surf to the early hours of the morning. Late Friday, Hamilton and his fishing friend Mary fished the from the rock groins and caught a number of croaker, sand trout, black drum and whiting. Dead shrimp was their bait of choice.

This week may offer a window for offshore anglers to head beyond the jetties.