Location: Galveston Ship Channel
Air Temp: 85-90
Water Temp: 85
Wind: 15-20+ mph
Bait: live shrimp and live croakers
Even though the winds were predicted to be tough, my buddy Allan and I made the trip to Galveston and still had a great time. I was hoping for a trip out to the jetties for some Spanish mackerel, trout, sheepshead and sharks, but the seas were too rough and we had to stay close to the ship channel.
We fished a top secret location (ok, not really as you can see from the background) near Seawolf Park known as the concrete ship or the S.S. Selma: http://www.crystalbeach.com/selma.htm
I also donated my favorite anchor to the Selma.
We caught and released 6 bull reds (redfish) on Saturday and all were about 20 pounds. We were catching small croakers on the light reels and then baiting the larger reels with the live 4-6 inch croakers. The redfish were pounding the live croakers and we even lost a few circle hooks deep inside the redfish. We also landed and released a few small sharks and had about a 5 minute fight with what had to be a 100+ pound shark that eventually ran around the end of the Selma and cut my line. It was good fun while it lasted.
The winds were still howling on Sunday morning, so we decided to try for some sand trout in the ship channel. We caught about 15 and kept a few that were large enough to eat. Allan also caught a 3-4 pound gafftop catfish that hit the cooler for his neighbors.
As always, we enjoyed some Casey's for dinner on Saturday night. It was a great weekend on the water with a great friend.
