Today does not appear to be one in which much fishing will take place if the forecast at press time was correct.
Hopefully Saturday and Sunday will see a turnaround and conditions will snap back to where anglers can hit the water.
Lots of good catches still are taking place, with flounder at the forefront of the action.
East Bay shorelines have been producing all of the big three, with trout limits being taken by most of the guides fishing in waist-deep water.
James Monroe, of Houston, fished the shorelines along the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday morning and caught a limit of trout to three pounds, two flounder (a limit) and a red that measured just under 20 inches, which was released.
Mirrorlure soft plastics and DOA’s were the baits used. All of the action took place before 10 a.m.
Jim Nowell, of Austin, wade fished the shoreline of the Intracoastal Canal near Stingaree Cut on Wednesday.
The angler landed six flounder, retaining two, measuring 20 and 22 inches and lots of rat reds were caught as well and then released. Fingerling mullet was the bait.
Wayne Singleton reported his wife, Susan, catching her largest red fish ever.
The 10-pound, 28-inch fish was caught and released while fishing the Galveston Ship Channel with mud minnows.
Wade Wallace took his 8-year-old daughter, Abbie, and a friend named Frank, flounder fishing.
Abbie limited out with two flounder measuring 17 and 19 inches.
Rick Rogers and Sam Cantey fished the North Jetty Boat Cut early Wednesday and found the outgoing tide too strong to drop a line and moved inside the cut where the conditions were more tolerable.
There, they caught four reds, releasing three oversized fish and retaining a slot red. Cut shad and mullet were the baits.
The party boat New Buccaneer made an overnight tuna safari last weekend and returned with a nice haul of deepwater fish.
Their catch included 351 vermilions, five mangroves, 15 blackfin snapper, 196 blackfin tuna, six yellowfins to 115 pounds, 14 sharpnose sharks, an assortment of various grouper, a 125-pound bull shark and a ling.
Capts. Garrett King and Matt Smith shared the captain duties.
The Best of the Best Open Tournament returns Dec. 5 after a three-year hiatus.
The event will be a trout tournament with a three trout stringer.
It is open to amateurs and pros and covers the Galveston Bay Complex.
For information, check out the Web site at www.specktourney.com or call 832-646-3687.
