Galveston fishing charter company
832-917-FISH(3474)
For anglers wanting a good shot at catching fish this weekend, protected
waters will be the answer.
For a number of days now strong southeast
winds have been too much for recreational boaters to deal with, and
extraordinarily high tide levels have added to the problem.
While
protected waters will offer fishable conditions, anglers fishing the
upper reaches of back bays and marshes are likely to find action on red
fish.
Henry
Curtis reported lots of reds in the flooded grass areas along Dickinson
Bayou and Dickinson Bay. Thursday, the angler from Bacliff landed two
slot reds while working flooded grass. Soft plastics, mostly Norton Sand
Eels in bone with chartreuse tails, did the trick.
Jimmy
Hernandez of Bolivar reported similar action from flooded areas off of
the Intracoastal Waterway between Bolivar and Crystal Beach. Hernandez
observed two anglers battling reds; however, both were just below the
20-inch cut off and had to be released. The anglers encountering the
action were wade fishing in 25 mph winds.
While
the surf has been churning lately, fish are being caught from the
beachfront fishing piers.
Richard Belleau reported whiting, croaker,
blacktip sharks and bull reds being caught by his customers at the 61st
Street Fishing Pier.
Mike
Crockett and Marty Griffin fished the East End Lagoon early Friday, and
while the fishing was not anything to brag about, they did manage 11
nice-sized blue crab. The crabs were caught using rod and reels with cut
bait.
Crockett
said that at first they looked upon the crabs as a nuisance; however,
when a third one of edible size was caught they began focusing on the
popular shellfish.
With
the strong winds and high water levels, canals could be a productive
place for fishing. No reports were received from the Diversionary Canal;
however, it could be a sleeper this weekend.
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