Galveston fishing report

Galveston Fishing Charter Company

832-917-FISH(3474)

www.galvestonfishingchartercompany.com

Monday, the special bag and size limits for flounder (two fish per angler, per day) that were issued for all of November and the first two weeks of December ended. We are now back to a five-fish bag limit.

Ronald Goldman reminded me of the end of the special bag limit in his report for Monday. Goldman passed on fishing last weekend and took a day of vacation from work Monday in an effort to land five flatfish. Goldman said that for the past three weeks, each time he went flounder fishing, he and his guests landed a number of flat fish and were able to retain only two each.

You probably anticipate the rest of the story. Yes, on Monday, Goldman caught only one flounder. 

 The lone fish came from near the wall of the yacht basin. Prior to Monday, flounder were tearing up his Gulps.

No other reports were received; therefore, we cannot determine if Goldman was just fishing at the wrong spots at the wrong times or if flounder have actually moved out.

This year has been disappointing overall for speckled trout fishermen. We have had numerous inquiries about the slow action, with many readers asking if the trout stocks have declined.

Based on information from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, there has not been a noticeable decline in populations of trout. Several guides have made comments about the poor year of trout fishing, with some feeling that the fish have moved to different areas of the Galveston Bay Complex.  

The guides professing the change in location cite the fact that most of the better catches have come from farther up the bay and from Trinity Bay, especially this fall.

West Bay traditionally has been a late fall and winter hot spot, and it remains to be seen if this will hold true this season.