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Anglers are waiting for a cold front to lower water temperatures and get the fish into their fall patterns. This weekend just might be the relief we need as a cold front is in the forecast and it should drop water readings and start the migration of flounder and bait fish out of the marshes.
Tuesday, Polly and I hit the Galveston Channel area looking for flounder. Upon arrival at one of our favorite spots we found the tide weak and moved to the jetties where the outgoing tide was strong. Not much activity except for a few boats hooking up with bull reds along the channel outside of the North Jetty.
Late morning we moved back to the
Pelican Island area were the tide had begun to move and found a little
action which included a couple of flounder both between 15 and 16 inches
in length.
Except for the flatfish and some
large sand trout not much besides bait snatchers were caught. The water
temperature along the channel was in the 75 to 77 degree range, which
still is high for this time of year.
A drop of five to 10 degrees will do wonders for our fall fishing.
Duck season begins this Saturday,
and I want to caution anglers fishing the marshes, back bays and lakes
to be alert for decoys around blinds and to keep away from them. Not
only is there that element of danger, the hunters in the blinds get
upset when boats scare away birds about to be drawn in to their decoys.
Among the areas to be alert for
duck hunters are Greens Lake, Carancahua Lake, Halls Lake, all located
along the Intracoastal Waterway west of the causeway, and the marshes
along Bolivar Peninsula fed by Yates and Big Pasture Bayous.
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