Galveston fishing report 3-5-15

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On Wednesday, fog again hampered early morning fishing; however, by late afternoon conditions improved enough to allow anglers to hit the water.

Gerald Black took advantage of the window of pleasant conditions to wade fish the shoreline of Offatts Bayou in front of Scholes Field. Using Norton Sand Eels in bone with chartreuse tails, the angler from Seguin landed seven sand trout to 14 inches and lost a good-sized red.

We have been waiting to see how Tuesday and Wednesday’s trout fishing turned out as there were high hopes that some trophy-sized trout would be landed. We did have a report of an eight-pound plus speck being caught by one of Capt. James Plaag’s guests on Tuesday.

Plaag reported that fishing on the whole that day was slower than prior days; however, the big trout made up for the lack of quantity.

Overall, fishing has been excellent all winter, said Plaag, who operates Silver King Adventures Guide Service. Saturday evening his group took limits of trout to five pounds along with a redfish and flounder. Chartreuse and Gold Mirrolures were the baits and the water temperature was a cold 47 degrees.

Sunday and Monday also were excellent with limits taken both days. Corkies in glo chartreuse and pearl with black backs were the baits that accounted for all of the fish.

Capt. Robert Liebert, Greenwater Guide Service, reported excellent catches of trout recently while wade fishing over bottoms consisting of mud and shell mix. Live shrimp worked best for his groups.

Today and Friday likely will be out for fishing as another major cold front will be crossing the upper Texas Coast.