Fishermen will now have little disturbance in their fishing in this spring break as constant cold weather during each week disrupt fishing. The low tide levels and colder water will run fish away from the shallower waters until tide levels return to normal. Weather department predicts the return of southeast winds and, with them, warmer Gulf of Mexico waters should fill the bays.
It is reported that last week, all of the big three — trout, reds and flounder — were caught in good numbers and sizes all around Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. Whiting were a given for surf fishermen and should continue to be there for easy pickings once the beach-front water improves. Offshore fishing on Galveston’s party boats was good last week when weather permitted trips. Unfortunately, all of the red snapper caught had to be released due to the closed season on that popular fish.
Operating under the mandates of the act, the National Marine Fisheries Service has been compelled to issue strenuous regulations that are causing job losses and other adverse economic impacts on both the sport and commercial fishing industries. Most fishermen agree we need to address the declining stocks of our Gulf finfish and the Magnuson-Stevens Act could accomplish this without devastating the existing Gulf fishing businesses.
