Galveston fishing report 3-25-16

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  Anglers seemed to have lucked out this weekend as great conditions appear to be settling in on the upper Texas Coast for the Easter holidays.
Friday started out with moderate winds; however, as the day progressed, the volumes dropped and the forecast for the remainder of the weekend calls for light winds, which is just what everyone on the fishing scene wants.

Several reports were in by press time Friday, and all indicated excellent action on a variety of fish.

Dean Silvers was back on the water Friday with his son Ben and friend Bill Zimmer. They started off at the South Jetty where Silvers said the water was nice, and they caught two undersized reds, a trout and 11 sheepshead.

While fishing Offatts Bayou, Zimmer landed a nice flounder.

Larry Wright and his son Terry fished Green’s Cut and other spots in upper West Bay on Friday and landed six trout and an undersized flounder. Most of the action came from drift-fishing West Bay between Mecom’s and Green’s Cuts in 4 to 6 feet of water. Bass Assassins and Touts were the baits.

Mike Hall and Jerry Sales fished from a lighted dock in Jamaica Beach on Thursday night and landed 11 trout to 16 inches in length. Six of the specks were undersized and live shrimp was the bait. The action took place between midnight and 2:30 a.m.

Our only black drum report came from Raul Cervantes who, along with two friends, fished the Galveston Channel on Friday and landed eight black drum, with the largest being an oversized 34-inch big ugly. In addition to the drum, a bull red was caught, tagged and retained.

A variety of baits were used including live crab, live shrimp and cut mullet. The smaller fish hit the cut mullet, and the big drum and red hit the live shrimp. The crab did not attract anything.

Galveston Fishing Report 2-22-16

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  Monday was a nice day to be on the water, especially later in the day. While conditions were inviting, not many anglers were taking advantage of them. Later this week does not look good for fishing based on current forecasts, at least for anglers looking for comfort while wetting a line.
With no fishing reports to pass on, this allows for discussing a couple questions readers have had lately. While I have been responded to these questions before, they bear repeating.

George Morgan asked about using non-ethanol gas in his new 150 horsepower, four stroke engine. He said that the fuel recommendation in the manual was for gasoline with up to 10 percent ethanol while friends had recommended non-ethanol gasoline.

I replied he should check with the dealer where he purchased the engine. Although he did not mention the manufacturer, I do not know of any outboard engine that would be harmed by using non-ethanol gasoline. In fact, I tend to agree with his friends who recommended the gas.

Unfortunately this type of gasoline is not widely available. I used it in my new 15 horsepower Yamaha at the lake and purchased the gas from a station outside of Lake Jackson.

Often in the Reel Report I mention Sarah Melcer‘s famous recipe for preparing gafftop catfish and readers frequently ask for her recipe. Below is Sarah’s recipe and, if you try it, chances are you will seldom toss back a good-sized gafftop catfish.

“My gafftop recipe is simply pan-seared, lightly floured, gafftop filets in a little olive oil,” Melcer stated.

“Add in some capers, mango, tomatoes, purple onions, cilantro and diced jalapeños. It doesn’t take long and it’s done.”

Enough said and highly recommended.

Galveston fishing report 3-4-16

Galveston Fishing Charter Company

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www.galvestonfishingchartercompany.com

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 A moderate wind kept many anglers off the water early Friday; however, by noon conditions improved, and later on, the afternoon bite commenced.
The Galveston Channel was one of the hot spots Friday as black drum were schooling along the channel drop offs from the Pier 19 area all the way to the Coast Guard station.

Harold Wilkins and Rob Schwartz fished the channel edge just out from Pier 19. The two anglers landed eight large sheepshead with the largest measuring 18 inches. To round out their catch, they caught two black drum, a 23-inch keeper and a 32-inch oversized fish. Both drum were released.

Protected areas around Seawolf Park were producing black drum, reds, and sheepshead.

Cyril Manchester fished the rocks near the submarine and landed a 33-inch black drum that was photographed and released. Other anglers were landing sheepshead and reds with a few sand trout among them.

Corinne Bates and her 88-year-old father fished the Texas City Dike on Thursday and landed six sheepshead and a large stingray. Bates used the assistance of a nearby angler to land the big ray and gave the fish to him.

Bates said she refuses to eat stingray and the good Samaritan told her that the wings were as good a seafood delicacy as you can find. Her reply was, “I hope you enjoy them!”

The outlook for the first part of this weekend is good with light southeasterly winds in the forecast. Trout action undoubtedly will pick up under those conditions and stronger tide movement.

Anglers targeting oversized black drum for catch and release likely will find the channel side of the North Jetty to be a good spot along with the edges of the Galveston Channel and possibly the Bolivar Gas Wells.

Upper West Bay should be a good spot for trout of all sizes. Night fishing around lights should continue to be productive.