Location: Galveston Jetties
Air Temp: 80-88Water Temp: 85
Depth: 27 feet
Wind: calm to 15 mph
Bait: cut mullet
I had planned to make the trip from Austin with a buddy and his brother, but plans changed due to the iffy weather conditions and one person prone to sea sickness. I took advantage of the open weekend and fished with my best fishing buddy - my daughter.
We made the long trip from Austin early Saturday morning and finally dropped the anchor about 11:00 AM just past the boat cut on the channel side of the North jetty in about 27 feet of water. It was a bumpy ride out to the jetty from the Yacht Basin, and choppy the entire day with stained water conditions but that did not discourage the big reds. My daughter caught her first of nine bull reds within about 15 minutes and it was good steady action until about 4:30 PM. We thought about trying another spot around 5:00 PM, but decided to call it a day, and have some Casey's for dinner.
We didn't get our usual early start on Sunday morning and missed the early super calm conditions. As we drove down the seawall, the Gulf looked great with only small rolling waves. Within about 15 minutes, the wind started from the north, but it was still not as bumpy or choppy on Sunday. We started at the North Jetty again and added number 10 and 11 bull reds to the 4-digit fish counter that my daughter bought me for my birthday. Not sure I'll need more than two digits on the counter but it's nice to dream. Anyway, the action slowed at the North Jetty and it turned into hardhead and gafftop action so we decided to move to the South Jetty. We anchored on the Gulf side near the end of the jetty in about 25 feet of water and it was slow for about an hour. Then number 12 bull red took a huge mullet head and had the Okuma singing (Z Z Z Z Z Z Z) and once again I enjoyed seeing my daughter take care of business. It was slower, but she did catch two more big reds to end the trip with 14 bull reds and one agressive Atlantic Sharpnose shark.
What a fun weekend!
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