August 24th

Fishing remain as hot as the summer heat!!!! For the last 3 weeks it been easy limits every morning. Most of my clients have been reaching thier limits by 730 to 8am. This morning the bite was a little slower but we still brought in 25 Trout to 20 by 930. Free lined Shrimp over deep shell is still the pattern and will continue to be the pattern until we can get some relief  from the heat. This pattern should hold up for atleast another month.

To get in on some of this fast and furious action give me a shout at 409-939-1684 or cast me an email at captgreg@saltwaterassault.net

Capt. Greg Francis

Saltwater Assault Guide Service

    

 

 

 

 

 

August 20th  fishing report

What a week it has been! The fishing has been on fire this week with easy limits caught everyday.  Free lined Shrimp over deep shell structure in lower Galveston Bay has had all of my clients very happy. Most of our limits are comming before 8am. 

Monday August 15th

Met up with my party of  Mark, Suzanne, Jeff, and Jennifer at Fat Boys bait camp on Tiki Island. We left there and went to the Galveston Jetties first but things didnt look good out at the jetties. Didnt see any slicks or any bait fish being busted. Decided to make a quick move over some deep shell pads in lower Galveston Bay. The first shell pad we went to was a good one as my party boxed 22 keeper Trout to 21″ and released another 10 Trout that were just slightly over 15″.

Tuesday August 17th

   Met up with Chris and Tim this morning at Fat Boys and headed to the deep shell reefs in lower Galveston Bay. Tim came in from Pittsburgh yesterday and hasn’t fish saltwater in over 10 years. It didn’t take long for him to get going either as he stuck a good Trout his very first cast. The action stayed solid up until 9am but by then we had caught over 30 Trout retaining a 2 man limit. All trout boxed were in the 17 to 20″ range. I had one that pushed 24″ that I released. Left the deep shell about 930 and went to West Bay looking for some Reds but couldnt locate any. Off the water at noon. Fished an almost slack tide this morning free lining Shrimp over deep shell. The tide was just barely moving in but it was enough to get the Trout feeding.

 

August 18th

Left the Texas City Dike at 6am this morning and headed off to my money hole. Had Warren, Blaine, and his daught Bailey this morning for a little free line action. This started off early and never let up as my group put a beat down on some Trout. By 730am a 3 man limit was had on our way to an easy 65 Trout day. This was Baileys first time ever saltwater fishing and she held her own as she caught well over 20 keeper Trout. Finally used up 4 quarts of Shrimp by 1030 and called it an early day before it really got hot. At 1030 when we left the bite was still fast and furious. Free lined Shrimp in deep water over shell was our pattern for the morning.

 

August 19th

Fishing remains out standing!!!!! Today my party of John, Bill, and Harold put a whooping on them. It wasn’t as easy as the dat before and it took way longer to reach limits but we finally got our 3 man limit around 11am. Ended the day catching about 40 keeper Trout between 16 to 20″ free lining Shrimp

August 6th Fishing report

Fishing over the last few weeks has been really good. Its been very hot out on the water but we been getting on the fish early and been getting off the water by noon.

Wade fishing we have been doing our best work down around the San Luis Pass and Chocolate area. Wade fishing around shell pads in 2 to 4′ of water keying in on nervous Mullet and slicks have been paying off on some solid stringers of Trout. Smaller topwaters in bone, blue/chrome, or chartreuse and pearl have been working best. Bass Assassins in plum/chartreuse have been deadly rigged on 1/8 ounce lead heads. The San Luis Pass is still producing a good topwater bite if you can catch it right. Over the last several weeks we have had a westerly wind that has had the water sandy and off-colored at times.

Fishing live Shrimp has been killer. Todays party of 3 had there 3 man limit of Trout by 8:30am. After that they continued hammering the Trout for another 2 hours catching well over 60 keeper Trout from 17 to 23″. Ran out of bait by 10am and left them biting. This action will cotinue for another month or so. Free lining Shrimp over deep shell in anywhere from 6 to 15′ of water has been very good and steady this summer. Also, the jetties will continue to produce some solid Trout and some very fast action.

To get in on some of this action send me an email at captgreg@saltwaterassault.net or you can call me at 409-939-1684

Tight lines and full limits

Capt. Greg Francis

Saltwater Assault Guide Service