By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 84.6 degrees in East Galveston Bay. The Tropical Storm that rolled into Mexico last week pushed an enormous amount of water into East Galveston Bay, along with the Full Moon, so we had several days we could not fish due to Tides so elevated we could not get to our boat to fish. The Bay is still very off colored, but fishing is continuing to improve for us in the Bay over the last few days. We are having to weed through a number of undersize Trout to find the better fish. We are still catching them around protected Shorelines over shell pockets, as well as Redfish along the grass lines and over shell, and a few nice flounder busting bait up around grass lines and over shallow shell beds, with good current flow.
The lighter the jig head the better (1/16 to 1/4), determined by the wind and current, and tails with paddles performed the best for us again this week, as we were utilizing Anahuac based, WACky Shad Xl’s and top performing colors varied, depending upon water clarity and light conditions, with Rollover Moon, being a favorite of the fish this week.
Our clients are still finding good success using Fish Smack Popping corks with a 1-to-2-foot leader above a pink tinted shrimp imitation lure, or Tails with a 1/16 oz jig head, with a hard pop and a 5 to 8 second pause gathering the most strikes. The Topwater bite has also been good when utilized on our early morning and late afternoon trips, so if you like throwing walking baits, now is the perfect time to get on the water and make it happen. We are starting to see more solid fish show up on reefs in the middle portion of the bay, which is getting better as the days go by. We also found a few birds working int the middle portion of the bay over the past couple days and found some solid trout under them.
The fishing pressure has been higher than normal for East Bay, so if you can go any day other than Saturdays, that would be my recommendation for your fishing pleasure.
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