Galveston fishing report 2-16-15

Galveston Fishing Charter Company

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Conditions generally were good for fishing over the weekend, and a number of anglers took advantage of the light winds and warmer weather to hit the water and make some nice catches.
One lucky angler was treated to a fishing trip on Valentine’s Day. Crystal Keill enjoyed her special treat with husband Tony and ended up making her first Kayak fishing trip. Fishing Moses Lake, she landed a nice 17-inch flounder for a romantic dinner that evening.

Brenda Rilat, Lee’s Bait and Tackle at the Texas City Dike, reported a productive fishing trip at the Bolivar Gas Wells. Elvin Maxwell, Dog Maxwell and Dale Hill used live shrimp to land 20 whiting and two bull reds, one released and the other tagged and retained.

The popular gas wells off of Bolivar are also good spots to find large black drum later in their annual run.

Bulldog’s Bait shop had customers return from fishing the Jamaica Beach beachfront who told of outstanding action on bull whiting. The fish were caught using dead shrimp for bait.

One customer returned from San Luis Pass, bay side, where he limited out on trout and caught several undersized flounder. Free-lined live shrimp was the bait.

Oscar Moore took advantage of the light winds and slight seas Sunday morning to make a trip to Mitchell’s Reef, approximately 12 miles south of the Jetties. Moore and three guests fished the bottom using cut sardines and mullet and landed a variety of fish.

Gulf trout, spadefish, large hardheads and a few undersized red snapper were caught. Only the larger Gulf trout were retained. Most of the fish were caught around the reef marker; however, all of the small red snapper were landed at the nearby production platform.