By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 87 degrees. The water clarity is improving slightly for the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get over towards Elm Grove Basin, and beautiful water the closer you venture over towards Galveston. We are spending more and more time locating trout, reds, and flounder in the intracoastal relating to structure, in areas closer to deep water with active bait in the area. We are starting out on the Jetties, to find a solid early am trout bite on artificial’s on most outings when the wind cooperates.
We are still having good success on MirrOdines, Rattle Traps, ¼ oz soft body Swim Baits, and Tails with 1/8 oz heads in light colors on the shallower ends and ¼ oz when we are fishing in deeper water. Our clients are still enjoying solid success using Fish Smack Popping corks with a 1-to-2-foot leader above shrimp imitation lures, as well as Salt & Pepper Tails by WacAttack and Blue Moon Rat tails by Deadly Dudley.
After the sun gets up, we are venturing over to the reefs and that bite has started to heat up for us, as the water continues to improve. We found a few birds working this week on a couple reefs, but had to weed through a good number of Gafftop to find the better trout. The Topwater bite has still been strong when utilized on our early morning and late afternoon trips, so if you like throwing walking baits, now is a great time to get on the water and make it happen, with bone being one of our favorite colors we have the most confidence in.
The crowds are starting to slack up now that summer is winding down (other than Saturday’s), so now is the perfect time to get out on the water and make some memories.
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