We took the annual family vacation in Galveston for some fun in the sun. The weather was perfect - very hot with very calm seas. We spent several days on the beach and also made some trips to various spots around the island on the boat. I actually fished both ends of the 32-mile-long island this trip. We fished the North and South Jetty on the far eastern end of the island and fished the San Luis Pass (SLP) which is where the bay meets the Gulf on the far western end of the island. It was my first trip navigating the very shallow waters around SLP before crossing under the bridge that leads to the Gulf for deeper waters. I waited for some of the twin and triple engine big dogs to show me the way through the pass using the deeper channels - especially since the channel was not marked and was surrounded by sand bars with less than a foot of water.
Within one hour of being on the island, my nephew from Ohio caught a trout and redfish using shrimp and minnows caught in a castnet.
We caught a variety of fish and determined it would be all CPR (catch, picture & release). We caught the following species of fish:
- trout
- redfish
- flounder
- black drum
- sand trout
- croaker
- pompano
- sharks (several types)
- gafftop catfish
- Spanish mackerel
- hardhead catfish
- piggy perch
- ribbonfish
- several stingrays
- dogfish
canal house we rented in Sea Isle
