Bite Slows Mid-Week Winds-N-Tides

Fishing Report 6/29/09

Well between the West/Northwest winds and little tide movement in the mornings made for some tough fishing on the bay mid-week thru the end of the week. Waiting it out and moving around paid off for many. But don’t worry I see things improving this week and the holiday weekend should be great as long as the weather holds. One thing that was on this week with the west, north/west winds was the beach front. With the west winds came a laid down surf and trout right up on the beach, I saw many wade past the trout going to deep.

As for the coming week I may change up a little and head to deeper water depending on what I see the first of the week. Water temperatures are still climbing and one thing I’ve noticed is the presents of sharks in East Bay. We see them every once in a while but never had much problem with them in the past, it’s just part of summer fishing. I noticed we’re going to have some light winds from the noaa report I got but some may ne north so it looks like the bay should be in good shape and the beach front for most the week from what I see. We should see tides start to work in our favor this week so by week’s end we’ll be back in full swing.

As for location it’s a summer bite. For Galveston Bay the channel area has and should be a hot spot for the coming weeks. Dollar, Flat Top, A-2 seperator, Oyster Farm, Tom-Toms, etc should all be checked out. As for East Bay their just about everywhere you see slicks and bait. Big Hanna’s and around Bull Shoals, Deep, The New Reef and Peppers. All have been producing some nice trout this last week and with the improved tide movement we should see it just get better.

I’m running a special for the 4th for anyone that wants to take one of my East Bay classes. On Saturday the 4th I’m doing a mixed class. Instead of one on one I’m doing it as a group to save everyone a little money. It will be done at my place on Saturday morning at 8am and run till around 11am-11:30am. I’ll be covering the same things I do in the private classes just as a group. I do this every year around this time to save everyone a little money and keep me off the water on the 4th. The cost will drop from $495 per person to $250 a person which is half price. I’m gonna limit the number of people so call and make your reservations. If your booking for 2 people I’ll knock another $25 off the price so it could be as low as $225 per person. This is for this coming Saturday only. If you call and I don’t answer leave a number where I can call you back day and a night number and let me know you want a spot for Saturdays class.

As for bait camps and ramps. Hornbecks is open and holding live shrimp and croakers and has bulk ice with plenty of parking and his ramps are open. Stingaree has their ramps open and being at the cut to East Bay makes for a short run for some great fishing. They have bait on weekends as of now the boats are getting rebuilt and should be up in 30 days. They also have the restaurant open Wednesday-Sunday for lunch and dinner and it has been great having them open again. The menu has changed a little but most of the good ole favorites are still on there. Stingaree bait camp is now open and is working on having a steady supply of bait. Both of their boat ramps are open and they now have gas on the water.

Once again I am doing the “Bay Fishing Classes” for all. It’s set up a little different than the ones I started with, it covers more. Mainly concentrated around East Bay it now covers parts of Galveston Bay from the Galveston Causeway Bridge across the Dike to East Bay and from around April Fools Pt. to Smith Point and all of East Bay back to Roll Over Pass. Like before this is a no holds bar class with G.P.S. locations given for fishing locations. We cover it all from baits, fishing methods, presentation and all. We can also build a class to cover the needs for anyone. Call and I’ll go over the class structure and times. This is a one on one for all unless you set up a group of up to 4 or 5, discounts are given for groups of more than 2, and these classes are given in the mornings or afternoons week days or weekends. Call for more info.

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