I have owned offshore boats my whole life and recently bought a 23' Robalo, can't go as shallow as I would like and would like to spread my horizons beyond Jeddy fishing. Always slay the trout in my kayak but am in west bay. East bay seems like a whole different beast. I keep my boat at the Galveston yacht basin.
Could anyone give me some decent east bay trout and redfish spots that are 3+ feet deep other than Hannah's reef. I caught 3 today in the ship Chanel near the rigs and Texas ATM Galveston but am still exploring
Head out to East Bay any saturday morning during the summer. Drive around and when you see more than three boats in an area mark it on your GPS and come back later to check out what they are fishing on. Most all of EB is over 4ft except the visible islands and the reef right near Hannahs.
I wade a lot of areas in east bay. Some of the shorelines have some good guts where it may drop a foot or so and come back up. You can catch some good fish in those areas. The first suggestion is a potlicking suggestion lol.
You can run pretty much anywhere in East Bay... On the south shoreline, even up in Yates Bayou, around Elm Grove Point and such. Back in the day, I preferred East Bay above most of the rest of the Galveston Bay system... Under right conditions, the North Shoreline can be real good, but with our SE prevailing winds, it stays beat up a lot. Frenchie's Reef is just east and north of Elm Grove Point, and many of the bigger reefs up in East Bay are well marked (unfortunately)... but they are all fishable in your boat. I used to fish' em in a 23' Chris Craft...
I am in the same boat ( so to speak ) did offshore for over 30 years. Just bought a 22 bluewave and have been exploring east bay. Peppers grove ( several ) Bull Shoals. Hana's, lil Hana's, they are all on a map.
Thank you for everyone who replied. I will give these spots a chance. Are you throwing live bait? Chicken boys? Down south? Mirrodines? Those are most of my go tos that's why I ask
Place you really need to go slow a few times is entering East Bay at Seivers cut from the Intercoastal waterway. Go in at the middle of the cut slowly until you have a track in the sweet spot. I don't know about the west end of the cut but the East end gets real shallow on a low tide. I have gone through there dozens of times and last trip I almost got stuck on a low tide because I was too far East. That was in a 23 feet Schoalwater Cat. It gets shallow quick. That being said you should be good shape going into the bay in the middle of the cut. Just be careful as in that boat you won't as lucky as I was.
line up with the canal across from the red buoy. There are two canals at the homes at Seivers. so use the western most canal as your target to make the turn into the bay. East of that boy and the water gets shallow.
line up with the canal across from the red buoy. There are two canals at the homes at Seivers. so use the western most canal as your target to make the turn into the bay. East of that boy and the water gets shallow.
Not trying to be an A-hole but you guys are asking questions about specific areas that are easily found via the web and a simple search. See picture for Sievers pulled directly from Google. A hook and Line map will do wonders and costs 20$
Not trying to be an A-hole but you guys are asking questions about specific areas that are easily found via the web and a simple search. See picture for Sievers pulled directly from Google. A hook and Line map will do wonders and costs 20$
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