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.