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#1 ·
Hello everyone,
Just got a new boat this past week. I picked up a 17' Ankona Native SUV from a really nice guy in Waxahachie. Im not new fishing Galveston but I am new to poling a skiff and the areas up in Bastrop. Any tip for poling in Galveston would be good and sight casting.
 
#2 ·
The best way to learn new areas is to go explore and figure out how to find and fish areas. Most of my best areas were found by exploring and are areas most others overlook. I would rather catch fish in areas I found than places others told me to try.
Some advice I can give that applies to all the areas I have sight fished from Brownsville to Biloxi is look for shallow areas away from lots of boat traffic if you want to cast at fish that aren’t skittish.
 
#3 ·
Welcome. I've previously moved from Corpus (tears) to Richmond area and have a skiff as well. Happy to go explore around Palacious, Port O, etc if you like.
 
#4 ·
Hello everyone,
Just got a new boat this past week. I picked up a 17' Ankona Native SUV from a really nice guy in Waxahachie. Im not new fishing Galveston but I am new to poling a skiff and the areas up in Bastrop. Any tip for poling in Galveston would be good and sight casting.
Welcome. There’s a good dialogue on the Texas Coast here on MS. Good luck learning Galveston. That’s an area I want to learn as well. Best
 
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Went out this past weekend and limited out on reds, one was 27 inches, absolute hog! My father and I were fishing these backwaters and I found this shell beach that I soon found out was a spawning area or something because the fish on the shoreline were not bait fish. Seems like only thing biting right now is redfish, didn't catch a single flounder or trout. Does anyone know of a good place to stay in Lake Jackson or near Captain Marks Marina? I am currently keeping my boat there and would like to find an over night place to stay
 
#9 ·
Went out this past weekend and limited out on reds, one was 27 inches, absolute hog! My father and I were fishing these backwaters and I found this shell beach that I soon found out was a spawning area or something because the fish are the shoreline were not bait fish. Seems like only thing biting right now is redfish, didn't catch a single flounder or trout. Does anyone know of a good place to stay in Lake Jackson or near Captain Marks Marina? I am currently keeping my boat there and would like to find an over night place to stay
Are you blind casting?
 
#13 ·
We threw a couple more cast, caught more but it was towards the end of the day and we had already fished for 6 hours so we packed it up and went home to watch football. Anyone have tips for trout around this time of season? Are they feeding over shell or are they in more deeper water? I am taking a friend out this week and really want to target trout but havent had much luck in the shallow waters.
 
#15 ·
Went this past week, full moon killed the bite but we caught a couple keepers on top water. Talked to some people on my way back in and they said the night was wild this past weekend, might have to try that with my trolling motor some time. So I need help with charging my boat. Is there such thing as a boat charger that shuts off after it completely charges the battery, and if so does anyone have experience with any brands/recommends them?
 
#18 ·
I cant say enough good things about it. I cant get enough of it! With the 40hp on the back I can get out to any spot quick, throw down the trolling motor, or the Kayak spike, and get right on top of the fish without spooking them. Last week I got my friend on the front of the boat, lifted the motor, and peeled out of the shallowest water I have ever been in.
 
#23 ·
It was a big pod tailing in shallows but the water was clear, I could see redfish follow the redfish I had hooked. Greens was really murky last time I went but that was thanksgiving weekend. I went in and straight to the right to that first bayou, went all the way to the back past the second lake.

The closer you get to San Luis, the clearer the water. Those back bays get pretty murky sometimes but some tributaries can be crystal.

I would say put in at Bastrop. A lot of places to fish, the shell has been really really hot right now.
 
#24 ·
It was a big pod tailing in shallows but the water was clear, I could see redfish follow the redfish I had hooked. Greens was really murky last time I went but that was thanksgiving weekend. I went in and straight to the right to that first bayou, went all the way to the back past the second lake.

The closer you get to San Luis, the clearer the water. Those back bays get pretty murky sometimes but some tributaries can be crystal.

I would say put in at Bastrop. A lot of places to fish, the shell has been really really hot right now.
It's like a 20 minute run from Mark's Marina to Christmas Bay?
 
#25 ·
Depends how fast you go, me going full throttle takes about 15 minutes to Bastrop, but if youre going to christmas I would put in here;

515 Amigo Ln, Freeport, TX 77541

I have put in here multiple times. The people are super cool there. Churchill is fun, if you want a good time hit Cold Pass when the tide is roaring out (only when its moving fast), this time of year I would throw suspended like corkies or crazy croakers. Nothing is more fun then getting smoked by a big trout there.
 
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