Galveston fishing report

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Saturday and Sunday mornings, the best trout action came from some of the more far-reaching points around the Galveston Bay Complex. Flounder action has slowed; however, some nice flatfish were being taken from around the point near the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Galveston.

It has been a while since we have had any reports from the Frozen Point area of East Bay. Frank Caddenhead of Gilchrist drifted just off of Frozen Point early Sunday and landed nine specks, all keepers, using live shrimp fished under a popping cork.

Burnet Bay, located above Baytown off of the Houston Ship Channel, was productive for Henry Morales Saturday morning. Morales used both live mullet and shrimp to land six solid specks, with the action taking place using maulers with 15-inch leaders attached. A lone flounder was the only other fish that hit. The flatfish broke off before Morales could lift it into his boat.

Our only flounder reports came from two fishermen, both fishing outside of the Galveston Channel. 

Frenchy Phillips of Texas City fished just around the bend from the coast guard base and landed a limit of flounder to 18 inches.  Farther down that shoreline, Cedrick Mayes and Tommy Helstrom fished near the mouth of the East End Lagoon and landed a mess of sand trout along with four flounder. Helstrom said the flounder were much smaller than those caught at the same spot over Thanksgiving weekend; however, all were legitimate keepers.

Cyril Crenshaw sent a note asking where all of the crabs have gone. In mid-November he was catching lots of good-sized crabs from around the old barges near the mouth of Dickinson Bayou. Last weekend he did not see any crabs.

Crabs have escaped to deeper waters is the answer. When a series of cold fronts blow through and the water level and temperatures drop, crabs will head to deeper waters, likely for the winter.