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Few anglers brave windy conditions
By Joe Kent
Correspondent
Published October 18, 2009
Saturday’s windy conditions kept many anglers off the water; however, those who chose to give it a try found fish. As the day progressed, the wind dropped off to somewhat tolerable levels for most boats; however, the water was still in poor shape overall.
Several spots were productive Saturday, including the jetties, causeway bridge area, Rollover Pass and Pelican Island.
Tom Meadows fished Rollover Pass and found plenty of croaker using dead shrimp. The water was in terrible shape; however, the golden croaker were able to locate the shrimp on his line. His catch for the day was nine nice-sized croaker.
Abel Satterwhite and Charles Estes wade fished protected areas of Seawolf Park on Saturday and ended up with stringers of reds, gafftop and a lone flounder. Live shrimp fished under popping corks was their choice of bait.
The causeway bridge produced large croaker and reds for several parties, according to a report from Galveston Bait and Tackle.
John Dixon and his son, Terry, fished along a group of boats that were anchored parallel to the line of abandoned bridge pilings and caught six croaker and eight rat reds. The reds were all released. Live shrimp fished on the bottom was the bait that worked.
Fishing near the North Jetty Boat Cut on Saturday was Glenn Selman and Charles Cork.
Using cut shad for bait, they landed three reds, two bulls that were released and a slot red that was retained.
Conditions were bumpy early but settled down after lunch, and that is when the bite started.
Sterling Silvers made his way to the Gulf side of the South Jetty on Saturday afternoon and caught a variety of fish using fingerling mullet and cut sand trout. Gafftop, bull reds, sharks and stingrays were all caught and released by Silvers and his two friends.
Friday, Capt. Paul Stanton braved high winds and small craft warnings to take a party of six from Oklahoma City fishing at the jetties.
Anchoring on the Gulf side of the South Jetty, his guests caught 12 bull reds, releasing six, tagging six, and 10 gafftop to 5 pounds.
Manual Conceicao, 80, landed three of the reds to 38 inches, while his son, Tony, decked a 38-inch red. The bait was Spanish sardines.
Following this cold front, bay fishing should pick up and flounder action should heat up around Pelican Island and the Galveston Channel.
The passes and mid-bay reefs should produce some outstanding action with a dip in the water temperature.
To get your catch in the Reel Report, phone Capt. Joe Kent at 409-683-5273, or send an e-mail to reel.report(at)galvnews.com. There’s no charge for this service.
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