Location: Galveston North Jetty, South Jetty and Ship Channel
Air Temp: 60-70
Water Temp: 60-64
Wind: 10-20 mph on Saturday and calm to 10 mph on Sunday
Seas: Range of flat to choppy
Bait: live crab for the black drum and live shrimp for sheepshead
Caught and released 6 black drum ranging from 20 to 50 pounds on Saturday using live blue crabs near the boat cut in about 35 feet of water at the North Jetty. The action started around 9:30 AM and shut off completely at around 12:30 PM when the tide started to change and the current in the channel stopped moving. The winds also picked up considerably around 1:00 PM, so we ventured into the ship channel and caught some sand trout in one of the barge slips. Tried another slip for some flounder but nada!
Sunday morning was flat calm, so we picked up some live shrimp hoping for some sheepshead action at the South Jetty. It wasn't fast and furious, but we did manage to box 4 nice sized sheepshead and lost a few. We fished close to rocks near the end of the jetty on the Gulf side close to the foundation where the lighthouse (I think) used to be. We either free lined shrimp or used a small egg Texas rigged. Lost some tackle, but it was necessary to stay in the rocks to get the bites. Moved over to the North Jetty after noon and tried crabs again near the boat cut with no luck for about an hour.
As always, enjoyed some good laughs and great food at Casey's!
