The good news Monday was that Hurricane Ida was not going to have the impact on the Galveston area that was forecast earlier to take place.
High tides did prevail most of the day Monday; however, they never reached the heights that were predicted.
The midweek weather forecast was revised, and it now looks as if we will have sunny weather with a moderate north wind for a few days. Closer to the weekend, weather looks great for fishing if the predictions hold.
Bull reds should be running along the beach front with all of the rough water in the surf.
When the beach-front fishing piers were operating, the decks would be full of anglers fishing for the big reds when storm surfs took place associated with events in the Gulf.
Flounder still are making the fishing news and should continue to be a hot topic among anglers for a while. Late reports from last weekend indicated a lot of flounder stacking up around Pelican Island.
Trout action has not slowed in the bays, as evidenced by a couple of good reports from professional fishing guides.
Capt. James Plaag, Silver King Adventures, placed his three guests into a catch of 30 trout and a red while bay fishing Sunday. The action took place around color changes in the water using Bass Assassin Sea Shads in red and black for bait.
Capt. Steve Hillman, Hillman Guide Service, battled challenging conditions Sunday to find trout and reds for his customers.
Greg Epperson, Kyle Stone and Richie Smith all limited out on trout to 3 pounds and caught a total of three reds to 6 pounds. Dark-colored, brown lure Devil Eyes and Saltwater Assassin Sea Shads were the baits.
The fish were caught while fishing over 5 to 7 feet of shell and mud. A slow, off bottom, retrieval worked the best.
Shirley Pike, Fatboy’s Bait Camp, reported a nice catch by customers Chris Parr, Gary Sills, Ted Price and Dr. Douglas Harper.
Using soft plastics and live shrimp, they caught seven trout, along with a red and a flounder.
Chris Hong, who resides in Dallas and fishes Galveston often, was here again this past weekend.
This time, two companions from work who had never fished saltwater accompanied him. Hong was able to show his associates what good flounder action is like.
They positioned themselves along the rocks near the Seawolf Park Fishing Pier early Saturday and caught a flounder on nearly every cast. It did not take them long to limit out with flat fish to 23 inches.
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