Saturday July 2nd
Met up with John Miller and his family this morning at the Texas city dike. I thought this day might be a tough one on Galveston Bay due to all the boat traffic on a holiday weekend. Headed out to the Galveston Jetties this morning and was very suprised the spot I wanted was completly empty of boats. Once the anchor was in place John’s 2 daughters took over and started hammering the Trout. For about 3 hours these 2 young ladies put a beat down on Trout to 20″. Abby had one 5lb Trout up to the boat but unfortunatly the Trout spit the hook at the boat. Not long after that she battled a 50lb class Black Drum for 30 minutes but ended up losing it at the end. 5 minutes later she was once again on the bow of the boat fighting another one. This time she was determined to win the fight. About 15 to 20 minutes later I had the 30lb Black Drum on the boga for some pictures then the release.
We sat in the same spot all morning catching 27 Trout to 20″ free lining Shrimp close to the rocks. Made a move around 930 to one of my reefs near the Texas City Dike. The tide was starting to die off so I knew the bite was not going to last much longer. At the last spot of the day we scratched out 3 or 4 more keeper Trout and lost a few more. This was another fun trip as I had a blast fishing with John and his family. John kept things entertaining while we watched his wife and girls fill the cooler with fish LOL. The girls today kicked butt!!!!!!
Capt. Greg
Friday July 1st
Met up with the Dunbars at Fat Boys this morning and headed straight to the Galveston Jetties once again. Fished the exact same areas as Wednesday but had a total different bite this go round. As soon as the anchor was set the kids got started and the Trout butt kicking started right away. For the next hour or so Chris and I played net boys and baited hooks for his 9 year old son spencer and his 13 year old freind Carson. These two were having a ball catching some solid Trout to 20″. They ended up catching over 30 Trout while retaining 15 or so for a fish fry they were planning that night. What a fun day this one turned out to be. I was whipped after this trip lol. Off the water at 11am.
Capt. Greg
Wednesday June 29th
Met up with Ali, Hunter, and thier dad John Mays at the Texas City Dike. Went out to the Galveston Jetties to free line some Shrimp but it ended up to be a tough one! We just couldn’t get on a good Trout bite for some odd reason. We had good tidal movement and the water clarity was good. For some reason we just could not get a bite. Ended the day with 8 keeper Trout and a few throw backs. The fish were there but just couldn’t catch them today.
Capt. Greg
For the next 3 months I will be on some solid, fast action fish catching using live Shrimp (no Croakers please) on deeper shell reefs and the Galveston Jetties. To get your trip booked you better hury! July is all booked up and August is filling up fast. Wade fishing with topwaters and other artificials are still producing some good hefty numbers aswell. The San Luis Pass has been good early throwing topwaters and Bass Assassins. The mid bay reefs around Galvestons West Bay and Chocolate Bay are still holding good concentrations of quality Speckled Trout.
To get your trip booked today give me a shout at 409-939-1684 or cast me an email at captgreg@saltwaterassault.net.
Tight Lines and be safe on the water
Capt. Greg Francis
Saltwater Assault Guide Service
