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Upper Galveston Bay & GSC -- 5/4/13 - 5/5/13
The strong west and north west winds made it interesting both days. Fishing out of a kayak during windy conditions, really made me pick my spots carefully. The flounder are definitely moving into their summer pattern.
5/4/13
Decided to fish a couple spots in upper Galveston Bay in the afternoon. I targeted flounder along protected shorelines from sunrise until about noon. Tide didn't switch until about 10:00 AM, which got the flounder feeding for a brief period. Targeted the flounder with H&H red/white curly tails and Gulp mantis shrimp. Had to stick with curly tails that were non-scented, since the junk fish were out there in full force...
The only fish I caught on the Gulp mantis shrimp was a fatty 23" slot red.
Every now and then, I'll catch some "special" flounder, such as brown on both sides... caught one again this weekend.
Didn't land any saddles, most of the fish were around 17-19 inches.
5/5/13
The stiff northwest winds changed my plans for going back out to upper Galveston Bay. The tide was very low in the morning so I went over to Galveston Ship Channel and fished another flounder spot with some finger mullet. Water clarity wasn't too bad despite the north winds. I just Carolina rigged the mullet and bottom fished in about 10 feet of water along pier pilings.
No flounder, but picked up a limit of upper slot reds. The tricky part was ripping the fish out of the pilings. Once they turned their head down it was game over. The 3 reds I landed all got me wrapped up in the barnacle-covered pilings; however, the Sufix 832 (50 lb) held up nicely to the abuse.
5/4/13
Decided to fish a couple spots in upper Galveston Bay in the afternoon. I targeted flounder along protected shorelines from sunrise until about noon. Tide didn't switch until about 10:00 AM, which got the flounder feeding for a brief period. Targeted the flounder with H&H red/white curly tails and Gulp mantis shrimp. Had to stick with curly tails that were non-scented, since the junk fish were out there in full force...
The only fish I caught on the Gulp mantis shrimp was a fatty 23" slot red.
Every now and then, I'll catch some "special" flounder, such as brown on both sides... caught one again this weekend.
Didn't land any saddles, most of the fish were around 17-19 inches.
5/5/13
The stiff northwest winds changed my plans for going back out to upper Galveston Bay. The tide was very low in the morning so I went over to Galveston Ship Channel and fished another flounder spot with some finger mullet. Water clarity wasn't too bad despite the north winds. I just Carolina rigged the mullet and bottom fished in about 10 feet of water along pier pilings.
No flounder, but picked up a limit of upper slot reds. The tricky part was ripping the fish out of the pilings. Once they turned their head down it was game over. The 3 reds I landed all got me wrapped up in the barnacle-covered pilings; however, the Sufix 832 (50 lb) held up nicely to the abuse.
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