The Galveston County Daily News

Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday offered windows of excellent fishing conditions before the next deluge of wind and rain hit.

Reports from all across the Galveston Bay Complex indicate all of the big three, trout, reds and flounder, are being caught.

The jetties and surf continue to produce excellent catches of reds and pan fish, while trout and flounder are hitting along with reds in the bays.

Christmas Bay is one of the back bays that appears to be turning on.

The traditional late fall and winter hotspot is turning up reds and flounder, especially around Guytan Cut and Christmas Point.

Wade fishermen are finding consistent action on smaller reds and flounder along the north shoreline.

Upper Galveston Bay around San Leon is producing trout and reds, and Moses Lake continues to reward anglers with catches of trout, reds and flounder.

Now, let’s take a look at the reports from anglers who are catching the fish.

A late report from Sunday was received from John Bertolino, who along with a friend, fished the surf on the west end of Galveston Island. Using mullet and shad for bait, they caught two reds, a 26-inch slot red and a 36-inch bull red that was tagged and retained along with the other red.

Vicki Pike, Fish Spot on Moses Lake, reports two nice catches. Customers Paul and Jane, of Houston, caught four keeper flounder using live mud minnows for bait and other customers named Big Sam and Capt. John landed three sand trout, two specks and a red using soft plastics for bait. All of the action took place Wednesday.

Richey Garza and Rick Garcia fished birds working in Moses Lake using soft plastics and Todd’s Dump off Eagle Point using live croaker for bait on Wednesday and caught 15 trout and three reds.

Jason Reuter, Aunt Margie’s Bait Camp, reported customers Jennifer and Denise Boggs’ catch of two nice slot reds from San Luis Pass. The action was Wednesday at low tide, and the bait was shad.

Capt. Michael LaRue, LaRue’s Guide Service, fished Galveston Bay on Wednesday with a guest and limited out on trout and reds. A lone flounder rounded out their catch.

Strike Pro Baby Busters and Red Shad Goobers were the baits. All of the action took place before noon.

This time of year when reds and flounder are running, large number of anglers tend to concentrate in small areas, whether on land, fishing from piers and the shorelines or from boats such as along Pelican Island and around the Galveston U.S. Coast Guard Station.

Many complaints are received from both groups about discourteous fishermen who fail to respect others fishing nearby.

The most common complaints center around fishing too close, making too much noise and intruding on one’s fishing area.

Unpleasant remarks, along with obscene gestures, are common place during this time and could be avoided by just using some common courtesies.

If you approach someone fishing, whether on land or by boat, don’t crowd them. Not that they are any more entitled to the space than you are, but they were there first and should not be encroached upon.

There is plenty of room for everyone to fish, just not at the same spot.

If fishing by boat and you have a trolling motor, use it to get in and out of crowded areas. Otherwise, idle as slowly as you can when entering and exiting such areas.

Having fun and catching fish are everyone’s objectives.