My friend, Bob Matthews, with a string of fish caught June 6th.
For a successful Galveston saltwater fishing trip, today we will be discussing several types of fish caught in Galveston, a description of each fish, their aquatic habitats, size, and tips to have a fun, exciting, and successful Galveston saltwater fishing trip.
Common Fish Caught on a Successful Galveston Saltwater Fishing Trip
Southern Flounder, also called flounder
Description: Flat-bodied, eyes on top. Change color and pattern of upper side to match color of mud bottom of coastal bays.
Habitat/Habit: in fall, found at the mouth of bayous leading into the bays and marshes, against marsh grasses, oyster reefs and spoil islands.
Size: average 1-3 lbs. but may reach 13 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Fish with live finger mullet, mud minnows, live shrimp, or artificial lures close to the bottom. Flounder may also be gigged in shallow water along reefs or shorelines during low moon phases with tide movement using a lantern or some type of artificial light.
Red Drum, also called redfish, reds, rat red, and bull red
Description: Reddish bronze with black spot on each side of the tail.
Habitat/Habit: Feed heads down, tails up, searching bottom for crabs, shrimp, marine worms, and small fish. Young prefer the shallow, bay water, adults migrate to the Gulf.
Size: up to 50 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Live finger mullet, cut mullet, live croaker, live or dead shrimp and lures fished close to the bottom, and gold & silver spoons.
Note: There are stocked red drum in a few of the TPWL freshwater impoundments.
Sheepshead, also called sheephead, convict fish, bay snapper, sargo
Description: Black and white bars up and down fish’s sides, sheep like teeth.
Habitat/Habit: Oyster reefs, barnacle encrusted pier pilings, bulkheads, and jetty rocks.
Size: Averages 2 lbs., but may reach 15 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Fish with hermit crabs, fiddler crabs, live or dead shrimp around pier pilings, rock groins, jetties, and oyster reefs.
Black Drum, also called drum, drumfish
Description: Barbels, or whiskers, on chin; young have black vertical stripes, absent in adults.
Habitat/Habits: Shallow bay waters to Gulf waters more than 100 foot deep.
Size: Average 2lbs., but may reach 80 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Dead shrimp or pieces of crab.
Spotted Seatrout, also called specks, speckled trout, trout, spotted weakfish
Description: Silvery sides, greenish back and numerous dark spots on the upper sides of the body and on the dorsal, and caudal fins. Mouth orange inside, one or two distinctive canine teeth, tip, upper jaw.
Habitat/Habits: Shallow waters, near sea grass bed, reef, or marsh.
Size: Average 1 ½ lbs., but may reach exceed 13 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Live shrimp, live finger mullet, live croaker or artificial baits.
Sand Seatrout, also called sand trout
Description: Large, orange months, one or rounded teeth, front upper jaw,
Habitat/Habit: Deeper bays, channels, and shallow Gulf.
Size: Average 3/4 lbs., but may reach 3 1/2 lbs.
Fishing Tip: dead shrimp or cut- fish and jigs under lights.
Atlantic Croaker, also called croaker or golden croaker
Description: Row of small barbels (whiskers) each side of lower jaw. Young silvery and older fish brassy yellow, short, irregular brown streaks.
Habitat/Habit: Bottoms of bays, surf, shell spoil islands.
Size: Average 3/4 lb., but may reach 4 lbs.
Fishing Tip: Peeled shrimp, live shrimp, cut bait.
Coastal Bays and Marshes
Coastal wetland habitats contain a large diversity of plants and animals of any aquatic ecosystem. This is due in large part to the diversity of habitats that make up coastal wetlands. Water is salty in the bays but fairly shallow providing important cover for fish, crabs, shrimp, and shellfish. The movement of tides influence the feeding activity of all species.
At the mouths of rivers and streams, the water is less salty with cattails and salt-tolerant reeds providing cover. The flow of freshwater helps maintain the fragile balance of water chemistry that many plants and animals have adapted to and dependent upon. These areas are nurseries for many saltwater fish, crabs, shrimp, and shellfish. Their importance cannot be overstated. In addition to aquatic species, many coastal wetlands support a diversity of bird life including shore birds, wading birds, gulls, terns, and pelicans. Sadly, coastal wetlands are being destroyed at an alarming rate as a result of development, decreases in water quality, and other threats.
Anglers can find exciting fishing opportunities in these shallow saltwater habitats. Spotted seatrout, red drum, and southern flounder are a few of the more popular species to catch in these areas.
In Addition..
Please consider reading my other blog posts on Successful Galveston Saltwater Fishing – Part 1, successful saltwater fishing in Galveston-Part 1 (mygalvestonrealtor.com), part 2, Successful saltwater fishing in galveston-Part 2 (mygalvestonrealtor.com), and part 3, successful Saltwater Fishing in Galveston Texas-Part 3 (mygalvestonrealtor.com).
Visit YouTube videos, Speckled trout fishing at Seawolf Park (Galveston, Texas) – YouTube and Best 3 Spots for Catching Speckle Trout | Trout Fishing Galveston Texas – YouTube to learn more about successful Galveston saltwater fishing at Seawolf Park and on Galveston’s East End.
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