Galveston fishing report 3-31-15

Galveston Fishing Charter Company

832-917-FISH (3474)

www.galvestonfishingchartercompany.com

Last weekend was one of the best fishing weekends of the year with catches of a variety of fish reported from the bays, surf and jetties. The action should continue, especially in light of strong tidal movement that is setting in around the upcoming full moon on April 4.

Galveston’s two largest party boat operations, Williams Party Boats and Galveston Party Boats, were in the Gulf over the weekend.

Andy Hernandez, Galveston Party Boats, said their two-day trip was a feast for the eyes and taste buds. The catch included 129 vermilion snapper, four amberjack, 106 blackfin tuna, two yellowfins, two Warsaw, three yellow edge grouper, 11 queen snapper, 13 barrel fish, tilefish, triggerfish, gulf hake and a 200-pound mako shark.

The party boat Capt. John fished the old Buccaneer Field and V.A. Fogg areas Saturday where 83 anglers landed limits of red snapper, 26 vermilions, Gulf trout and a Warsaw.

Thomas Williams of the Woodlands had a limit of snapper to 16 pounds.

On the bay side, the party boat Cavalier fished both the jetties and the bay over the weekend and ended up with good numbers of whiting, black drum and a red fish.

Sunday was not a good day on the old Intracoastal Canal for this captain. After hearing of recent problems caused by ethanol gas that had set up over the winter, I decided to make a run down the ICW toward Freeport to use much of the gas in my tanks. While heading down the waterway, I observed two barges aground, and unfortunately not far away near the Chocolate Bay entrance, I ran aground.

A strong south wind hindered my efforts to push the boat off of the sand embankment; however, two good samaritans, Ken and Rebecca Walker out of Sea Isle saved the day by stopping and towing the boat back to deeper water. My thanks to those fine folks.