Galveston bay area

[christina]

Anyone been fishing in the Galveston/Texas City/Seabrook area lately? I haven't been saltwater fishing in a while, but since I have Friday off I plan on getting down that way if it is worth it.

[dpiper]

Nothings better than celebrating your b'day fishing. Have a good day and good luck.

[dwaynez]

Sounds fun, hope the fish are biting and the weather is nice. Let us know how it goes if you make it down there

[minner skinner]

I fish those waters alot and its always worth it. The north wind from the front should set Seabrook up for some calm water and happy hungry fish. If all else fails there are plenty of fish markets in the area.

[dwaynez]

LOL

good advice minner skinner, those fish markets keep us all from getting skunked, not that I have ever used one before :oops:

[christina]

Thanks yall. I'm looking forward to leaving Magnolia at 5am for fishing, even though I hate leaving at 5:30 for work. LOL

Hopefully the weather will cooperate with me and I'll be able to bring back at least one descent flounder for my dinner. If not, I guess I'll have to try the fish market like you said. Never done that one before, but guess there is a first for everything.

[Thin Water Tracker]

Christina the San Leon shore line is a good place to look for flounder. Just work close to the piers and old piers that are broken up. Just remember when going after those flat fish slow way down and if using live bait give them time to take it down before hitting them.

[dwaynez]

Good luck Christina, hope the fish are biting

[minner skinner]

and set the hook on those flat suckers like bill dance does on Sat morning T.V. Ive had too many let go just outside of my nets reach. I hate when dinner swims away.

[Thin Water Tracker]

They are one fish that can spit a hook after you think hit them so hard that their eyes would have pop out and just as soon as you get them up close and give them some slack out pop that hook.

[BIGDAVE]

Don't forget the camera! We want to see some fishing pictures. Good Luck and enjoy your day!

[dwaynez]

Let us know how it goes, weather is looking pretty good

[christina]

I got up at 4am Friday morning so that I could get from Magnolia to Seabrook before daylight. By 8:30, I gave up. Nothing was going on down there. I even ran down 146 to Bayclif in hopes things were different down that way, but it wasn't.

I went on and visited with some friends that live in the Pearland/Alvin area for the next fews hours. Around 2, I was getting ready to head back north to Magnolia, but decided to try just one more time at Seabrook. I was only 30-40 minutes away versus almost 2 hours.

Not great luck in the end, but I was able to catch 2 small flounder. Both were 8-10 inches, but at least it was better than nothing.

Figured it was going to rain all day Saturday, so I hung around my side of town. Although it was overcast, it never rained here. Got up early this morning, thinking of heading back south and what.... it is raining and is still raining. I'm still off tomorrow, so I may try it again.

Hopefully everyone else had a more productive weekend than mine.

[Gentleben]

Get you some juggs and head for a fresh water lake you'll always catch a few or more !!

[minner skinner]

Well forget the camera and head on down below I-10 to see for yourself. Today started slow with some light rain and a low tide but a few lucky drifts, a rising tide, 5 nice trout, 3 angry flounder and one pole breaking Red never to be seen again later, We were happy as a bug in a rug. The weather helped to ease the weekend traffic and a red and green sea shad provided a low fat, low calorie meal for some hungry fish. West bay delivered the goods. The S/W wind really started to blow about 11:00 and really slowed everything down. Hope next weekend is just as good as the water is reported to about 60 degrees and rising. Ive got a few flounder fillets left over but they wont last long. Any Fishing tx member can pick them up but hurry before I just eat them myself :P .

[Larry G]

How about that wind today Minner. Yeh, about 11 up here also. Kinda hard to work jugs when the waves are coming over the front of the pontoon. I felt like I was on the coast. Glad ya had a good day!

[minner skinner]

Hey larry. Where did you fish today and how did you do? That wind really blew even though there was only a predicted 10-20. Felt more like 30. The open bay looked like victory at sea. I stayed in more protected waters.

[dpiper]

The winds on Conroe were up at 15+ today. Made it tough to jug. It also made the upper creeks muddy. Well at least little creek was muddy.

[Larry G]

I'll not do high winds again!!!!!!!!!! Especially by myself. I set out thin water jugs in our cove and it was rough up there also. :!:

[dwaynez]

That wind is brutal at times, I know I have been caught in some of the heavy stuff before and it is no fun at all. Better to be safe than sorry when dealing with higher winds.

[minner skinner]

i cant complain about wind cause it gave up the biggest stringer of specs ive ever had. Ive read that the wind can stack up bait on the backside of a point or dike. a strong south wind can stack them up big time on the end of the TC dike.

[dwaynez]

That is true, you can use the wind to your advantage if you know what to look for. It is funny how wind can produce great fishing or a terrible day, but that is mother nature for you, always full of surprises.