Speckled Trout Fishing on Galveston, TX Seawall

Well the night started off with a text message from one of the Ortiz brothers telling me to check the water out on the seawall. This either means two things. The water is going to be super nice and we are going to go fishing or the water isn't going to be so perfect and we are going to go fishing! So I got in my car and drove down to check out the water. It was nice! Either way we were going to go and catch some fish!

The night started off kinda slow for everyone but me.... I think I caught two limit of fish before anyone caught one fish! LOL this was fun. Even though you could see fish everywhere they were not biting unless you had a certain color and weight. But once they figured out how the Speckled Trout were biting and what they were biting everyone started tearing them up. Not to long after we had limited out! This was the best trout fishing I have ever seen. One of the trout I had caught was as big as my arm! 

Eric and Evan's Limit

The next night the brothers were out there again. Again the night started out really slow but once everyone figured out how the fish were biting they caught their limits. This night the wind had picked up and the fish were being really tough. Phil and Brother kept saying they are out there we just have to find the pattern. And after a while of throwing they found it and tore the fish up! 

These guys make some of the best Fishing Lures on the market! Its just about finding the right color and right  fishing pattern for the fish that night. By the end of the night everyone was throwing the same lure and getting multiple bites on the same cast. But we were all fishing with the same two lures at the end of the night as well. 

Their Flounder Pounders are great for Flounder. Guess what? Their Speck Rigs are super for Specks! These guys fish certain lures to catch fish and they work! I suggest going to their website and getting your baits from them. They have baits for all kinds of fish not just Flounder!

Going Flounder Fishing in the Morning | Galveston Ship Channel

Tomorrow I am hitting the Galveston Ship Channel to see if any big flounder are hanging around. I am going to be fishing with Flounder Pounders pumpkin body with chartreuse swirly tail. My buddy Mike will be tagging along also. He is going to be using the clear body tube with the red straight tail. This lure has done very well for me earlier this year. Lets hope the fish are hanging around the usual honey holes!

We went fishing this afternoon in the surf. The Whiting were running good. After 45 mins of being in the cold water we had to call it quits. We ended up catching 7 nice Whiting and lost a couple more. They made for a nice little fish fry.

Well wish us luck!! Hope the Flounder are hitting in the morning! After fishing we have a class to teach at CSI: Combat Sports Institute. Then we are going to go out and try to catch a couple more flounder. I hope they are hitting good tomorrow! Cant wait to get the line wet!

Where to Fish in Galveston Texas?

The flounder run is over and the cold weather is here. All of the water in west bay is super clear and the fish are staying in the deep. I do not have a boat so that really sucks!!!! I was thinking about doing a little wade fishing down at the San Louis Pass but my work has kept me pretty busy.

When I am not fishing I am teaching Mixed Martial Arts on the Island. We have classes Monday through Saturday. This weekend we have our third Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament. All the guys that are competing should do good. I cant want to post the results!

I need to know were the fishing is good in January. I live down here in Jamaica Beach so if the fish are biting in west bay let me know!

To set up any Mixed Martial Arts classes give us a call or email at

443 618 8887

galvestonbjj@gmail.com

Going Fishing in the Morning!

Well from what I have been reading the flounder will probably be staying in the bays this year. The bays are full of bait and the flounder are chowing down on all of it.

So this has brought me to the conclusion that I should hit the water in the morning and just try to bring back some of those flat fish.

Tomorrow I will be taking my mom fishing. Last time I did that she caught a fish on the first cast and then wanted to go home.... Which is really weird because she loves to fish almost as much as I do. But her wanting to go home and us actually doing it was not going to happen.

Well its time to get to sleep and get mentally prepared to tear up those fish tomorrow!!!

I will be using Flounder Pounders and nothing else!

Flounder Fishing Galveston Island Ship Channel

This fishing trip was one I will remember forever! The first two hours sucked! I didn't even get a bite. But I stayed in there and kept fishing for those flounder. It was a slow incoming tide to the fish were not moving to good. But when they turned on they were on!

So I kept fishing the spots known for producing big flounder and I finally felt that bump. The only thing I could think was FINALLY I got a bite! So I set the hook deep in the flounders mouth and pulled him up. He was a respectable 17 inch flounder. So I put him on the stringer and kept on fishing. Not 10 cast later that bump came to the end of my fishing pole and it was a good hard strike. I knew this fish was going to be a bigger one. Again i set the hook and brought up the big ol beautiful flat fish. This fish was a little nice around 19 inches. But those two had nothing on the last fish I hooked into. I actually thought I was hung up for a second. I didn't even feel this monster suck my Flounder Pounder up. So I kinda lifted the end of my pole to tighten the line. And then I felt the monster fish move and I knew it was a flounder. So I set the hook good and hard and the beast came up right in front of me. Not four feet from my feet. In two reels and one big heave the fish was up on the bank. It was a big saddle blanket. 25 inches and 6.5 lbs.

Once I got him on the bank I was ready to catch my limit and go home to show off my first real Saddle Blanket. Here is the pic of the flounder. I think the fish looked bigger in person. But you can def tell the size of the fish in the picture.

Check out the pic below!

Flounder Fishing Galveston Island Ship Channel 11/29/11

Today I took my Mom and her friend Carol out fishing in the Texas ship Channel. Its a pretty neat little spot where you can walk and jig around a lot of structure. I have been having good luck there with the Chartreuse Swirly Tail Flounder Pounders. Yesterday I went there and caught 7 nice flounder within a hour. The two I brought back home were 23 and 20 inches.

Today the flounder were not biting as good. We ended up with four fish between 16 and 20 inches. My mom caught two and I caught two. Carol did not have any luck at all.

Here are a couple of pics from today's catch.


These are the two I caught

Mom and her 19 inch flounder

All four of our flounders and the Flounder Pounders we caught them on.

Fishing the San Louis Pass, Galveston Texas 11/26/11

We had a storm come through on the Island and it was getting chilly. I knew the flounder had to be loving this cold front coming in. Every second I kept looking out the window checking on the weather conditions. I have no problem fishing in the rain but if it is thundering or lightening outside I am out!

Around 5:00 pm it was looking good for a real fisherman to go out. So I grabbed my pole and flounder pounders and I hit the door running. The drive was so nice!!! You could see the sun shinning through the clouds to the left over the Gulf and over to the right it look dark and rainy. I drove down to one of many spots I fish at the pass and started casting. Around 10 cast in I felt the first bump. My heart started thumping fast I knew it was a flounder inhaling my red and white flounder pounder. I set the hook and the fight was on. First fish was a 23 inch flounder monster! This was a good start to a stormy fishing day.

My niece kissing the flounder.
After I landed that first monster flounder I was ready to catch another one and get home. So I walked about 50 feet to this little deep hole the flounder like to stack up on and casted. On the first cast I felt that same flounder bump and set the hook. This one was not as big as the first but it was not a little one by all means 19 inches. I had my limit and I was ready to get home to clean the two nice flounder.