Galveston Fishing Charter Company
832-917-FISH(3474)
Not much was taking place on the fishing scene Saturday except for a couple of tournaments, one focusing on trout and the other on flounder. Results were not available at press time.
This presents an opportunity to address questions from readers.
Rob Carter
of Denton sent a note asking about the effects of the seasons on
fishing in Galveston. Carter purchased a weekend home on the West End
last year and has enjoyed fishing the San Luis Pass area.
He has fished on both the
Gulf and bay sides of the pass and almost always catches fish if
conditions are favorable. Recently he has been coming up empty-handed
and recalled the same scenario last year from December through early
2014. Why are the fish not there like in the warmer months, he asked?
My answer was that we have
migrations of fish along the beach front and water temperatures trigger
their movement. When the readings are in the 70s and above, the fish
begin moving in, and conversely, when the temperatures begin dropping
well below 70 degrees, the fish begin to move out.
Currently, the beach water
temperature is hovering in the upper 50s to lower 60-degree range, and
only a few varieties of fish will hang around under those conditions.
Reds, black drum and varieties of pan fish are among the fish that typically remain year-round along the beachfront.
The bays, however, offer speckled trout in addition to the fish mentioned above.
The big difference, and the
reason that those remain, is that the other fish are driven to migrate
by dropping temperatures. The ones that remain do move in and out of
deeper waters when temperatures drop; however, for the most part, the
ones remaining stay in the same area.
This is particularly true
of speckled trout. Coming soon after year-end will be the prime time for
catching that once-in-a-lifetime trout.
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