Fishing Spots

[Ballinxalex]

here is a black drum i caught last weekend off my pier

dude thats a beast i need to get out there!!!!

[barberking12]

that's huge man where exactly

in nassau bay on nasa rd 1 i take my boat out alot under the kemah bridge to fish and at nights a work the lights for reds and specs

[moganman]

Was around Seabrook picking up some fish stuff, decided to fish for 30 mins and here's the result. Caught some dinner

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[Ogrodii]

Re: Fishing Spots

here is a black drum i caught last weekend off my pier

that's huge man where exactly

[barberking12]

here is a black drum i caught last weekend off my pier

[RonR.]

I miss fishing the Galveston piers. My fav pier was the one at the end of the old Flagship Hotel (now the new Pleasure Pier?). I learned how to cast straight on those piers.


Trying to get back to the Texas City Dike as well. My dad and I used to walk the rocks on Galveston's East End to the left where the road ends. There was a military bunker there. Reds, trout and big croakers.


I've seen folks fishing off the seawall between the Gulf Coast pier and the end of the sea wall traveling toward the West End. They walk down the steps onto the rocks and cast out.


I caught a nice large Sheepshead 3 weeks ago at Galveston Island State Park in Dana's Cove. He made 2 runs on me about 30 seconds each. If you don't have waders you have to cast pretty far to get into deeper water.


My folks had bay homes at Bayou Vista and Terramar. Jones Lake near BV is swallow but you need a boat. Got into a school of tailing reds one day. Pretty amazing. Smelled like watermelon. No kidding. The smell is from them regurgitating baitfish and shrimp.


Btw, I buy my live shrimp, dead shrimp, squid and ice at the first bait shop off 45 at the 61st St exit. It's the one you have to walk up the steps.


At Terramar there is a Pavillion near the pool you can drive right up to. The water there connects to the main canal that leads right out into West Bay. Caught sand trout, whiting and smaller reds there.


What I enjoy most is flounder gigging at night. My son-in-law and I made some nice LED underwater lights powered by lightweight RC lipo batteries. I gigged a nice 21" flounder last October at Terramar.


Here are a few pics from some of my gigging trips:

http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=471343

http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=450346

My last fishing trip to GISP.




Good thread guys!!!!!!!

[moganman]

Yeah that's right. I never knew that until today.

[troy tucker]

I'm not sure if there's any regulations on oversized, undersized fish, or if you're even allowed to keep,

Paying to fish in a state park is like a one day permit to fish all laws aply and you can keep what they law say you can. All that info is in the office when you sign in.

If you want to find fishing spots read this book. http://www.texascoastalfishingbooks....coastbook.html

I like the book. Our place is in it. Caney Creek.

[freespool]

google earth or google maps along with a good tide table has lead me to many a paycheck. everyone here should understand fish habits. use that knowledge and apply to fish feeding habits and look at a map.

[moganman]

Most of the spots I fish now came through trial and error. When I got my first car I would go out and fish places with no success. I would focus on if bait was present and that would determine if I would put more effort into learning the area better. What I always tell people that want to go is to have patience. If I didn't embrace those tough days on the water I wouldn't know galveston like I do. Now I have more success because I never gave up on those tough days fishing all day for one bite.

[freespool]

I find this thread very entertaining, but maybe for the wrong reasons. If you want to find fishing spots read this book. http://www.texascoastalfishingbooks....coastbook.html

[mistahoo]

Re: Fishing Spots

If you pay to get in the state parks, you're allowed to fish without a license. I'm not sure if there's any regulations on oversized, undersized fish, or if you're even allowed to keep, but you can most definitely fish.

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[moganman]

The state park is a great place to wade fish (on the bay side). You can kayak or canoe fish there too. We have always done well there. wade fishing. Also if you take anyone that may not have a license. you can fish in a state park with out one. If you pay to get in...

Not sure about the license thing. But fishing is good there. It's mostly Dana's Cove. Redfish are very thick there in the summer but the grass gets thick there when it warms up on summer days. I try to use weed less hooks on my plastics when I'm fishing there. Bunch of rays and bull sharks there so be careful wading.

[troy tucker]

Has anyone tried wade fishing further west of Galveston? As in the state park/Jamaica beach and before surfside? How's the fishing there?

The state park is a great place to wade fish (on the bay side). You can kayak or canoe fish there too. We have always done well there. wade fishing. Also if you take anyone that may not have a license. you can fish in a state park with out one. If you pay to get in...

[troy tucker]

you could always go to Matagorda and hit the beach there...

We Love Matagorda. It has some of the best sport fishing in the state. But I am still learning the bay.