Galveston Fishing Report 7-10-15

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A gentle to moderate southeast breeze prevailed over the Galveston area Friday and conditions were beginning to bounce back.

Early Friday there were not many fishermen on the water, and that was confirmed when I called the bait camp to check on live shrimp inventories at 6:15 a.m. I was told that there were plenty of shrimp; however, business had been slow up until then.

Polly and I hit the water immediately, loaded up on live shrimp and headed off to check several areas for action.

We spent almost eight hours on the water fishing the Bolivar surf and both jetties. Our first stop was my favorite spot on the channel side of the North Jetty where the water still was not in good shape. 

So, instead of spending time there, we moved to the Gulf side and fished the rock pile. The water was in good shape, but instead of limiting out on trout like a couple of weeks ago, only a few bait snatchers and a small black drum were the extent of the action.

Then we were on to the surf, where the water was in excellent shape and full of 14-inch trout. After about an hour we decided to halt the attack on the small trout and headed to the South Jetty Gulf side. The water was off-color and in my opinion, just not worth spending time there.

Around 11 a.m. we checked the North Jetty Channel side and found the water much improved from early morning with a light outgoing tide moving. We anchored at our spot close to the boat cut, and bingo, the action turned on.

Trout, reds, lots of small jack crevalle, lady fish, sheepshead, black drum and stingrays kept us hopping until the bait was gone.

It was a great day on the water, especially beginning around noon.