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Tips for saltwater fishing in the winter
Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:34 pm
I fish the area around Galveston a good bit in the summer but I've never been in the winter and it looks like I'll go in about two weeks. Probably just a simple trip to one of the piers on Galveston Island but maybe over to the Bolivar Peninsula to Roll Over Pass, if anyone is familiar.
I'm looking for info about winter fishing to specks and redfish. What's different? Should I expect less action or is it about the same? What are better winter colors for plastics in murky water?
TIA
And for those around Pontchartrain, I did find this article that I think might be useful to some: LINK
I'm looking for info about winter fishing to specks and redfish. What's different? Should I expect less action or is it about the same? What are better winter colors for plastics in murky water?
TIA
And for those around Pontchartrain, I did find this article that I think might be useful to some: LINK
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Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:35 pm to ClydeFrog
Slow
Deep
Deep
Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:36 pm to ClydeFrog
don't bring me and you will catch 
Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:39 pm to jimbeam
quote:twss. but it also works for bass fishing.
Slow Deep
Posted on 12/9/13 at 7:40 pm to ClydeFrog
Deep holes in the bends of bayous. Jigging/slow retrieve plastics.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 8:02 pm to sloopy
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Deep holes in the bends of bayous. Jigging/slow retrieve plastics.
I'm boatless and will probably be fishing the surf around piers. In the summer it works fine and we pull up specks and even the occasional bull red. No idea what to expect in mid December.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 8:02 pm to ClydeFrog
deep holes
once you find them you're gonna catch a bunch
ETA: get a kayak
once you find them you're gonna catch a bunch
ETA: get a kayak
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 8:29 pm to ClydeFrog
I wa s beginning to read that article you linked up the saw the name Greg Shlumbretch and started Lulz'ing. 
Can't tell you how many times I've been fishing the same waters a s him and seen him pick up and leave and sat there and caught my limit. Matter fact, just three weeks ago this happened.
Can't tell you how many times I've been fishing the same waters a s him and seen him pick up and leave and sat there and caught my limit. Matter fact, just three weeks ago this happened.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 9:33 pm to ClydeFrog
Specks here migrate to deepwater bayous and upriver, deep holes are money, trolling low and slow works good but it's cold as a well digger's arse in Montana when you do that. Only thing I've seen out front surfside during winter are huge sheephead, if you're into that kinda thing.
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 12/9/13 at 9:54 pm to ClydeFrog
Deep dead end canals are great. I throw a spinner bait a lot in the winter and have a lot of success with both specks and reds. The color cocahoe you use just depends on where your fishing. I normally use black and chartreuse
Posted on 12/9/13 at 10:17 pm to ClydeFrog
Slow and LOW that is the temPO.
Posted on 12/9/13 at 10:22 pm to jimbeam
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Slow
Deep
I've got half of that covered...
Posted on 12/9/13 at 10:24 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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I've got half of that covered...
Posted on 12/9/13 at 10:48 pm to ClydeFrog
I've fished a lot around Galveston for many years, and I'll have to say that winter fishing isn't very productive. There's only one place I know of for good winter fishing (Fort Point, Galveston). Drops to nearly 60 feet only yards from the shoreline. Unfortunately, this is a restricted area.
Rollover Pass is probably going to be your best bet for winter shore fishing.
Also, most any sailor who has sailed the world including Scandinavia and Alaska will tell you that the coldest they've ever been is riding a boat into Galveston during the winter with a damp blowing wind. Be prepared
Rollover Pass is probably going to be your best bet for winter shore fishing.
Also, most any sailor who has sailed the world including Scandinavia and Alaska will tell you that the coldest they've ever been is riding a boat into Galveston during the winter with a damp blowing wind. Be prepared
Posted on 12/9/13 at 10:57 pm to CoastieGM
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I've fished a lot around Galveston for many years, and I'll have to say that winter fishing isn't very productive. There's only one place I know of for good winter fishing (Fort Point, Galveston). Drops to nearly 60 feet only yards from the shoreline. Unfortunately, this is a restricted area.
Rollover Pass is probably going to be your best bet for winter shore fishing.
Also, most any sailor who has sailed the world including Scandinavia and Alaska will tell you that the coldest they've ever been is riding a boat into Galveston during the winter with a damp blowing wind. Be prepared
Solid stuff, thanks.
Do you know anything about the depth off Texas City Dike Road? It starts in Texas City and ends near the northern point of Seawolf. I've never been but I wonder if one side doesn't drop off quickly.
This post was edited on 12/9/13 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 12/10/13 at 12:05 am to ClydeFrog
quote:Actually, I forgot about this one spot. In the winter, the current causes a swirl in this one area that bores out a pretty deep a little less than 100 feet from shore.
Do you know anything about the depth off Texas City Dike Road?
Go out to the end of the dike road. Go to the furthest NE point. There will be a small rock jetty that only juts out about 100 ft toward the North. That hole is to the NE of the middle of that small jetty. There can be some wicked currents there. I've seen jacks, large flounder, sharks, and all kinds of ocean fish caught there (about 20-25 feet if I remember correctly). It's not as deep as Fort Point, but it's the next best thing.
On the south side of the jetty, about a mile and a half from the end of the jetty, there is a green channel marker #11. During the summer, I've had good luck in that area from a boat about 500 feet from shore. I don't know how the fishing is closer to shore.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 7:40 am to CoastieGM
That settles it. I'm going fishing this weekend.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 8:47 am to TBoy
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That settles it. I'm going fishing this weekend.
- I was thinking the same thing!!!!! 
Posted on 12/10/13 at 8:56 am to LSUTiger2u
Me too. Going down to Cocodrie to bust out the new kayak.
Posted on 12/10/13 at 9:37 am to CoastieGM
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jacks, large flounder, sharks, and all kinds of ocean fish caught there
sounds like a black drum hole to me
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