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[JARHEAD SGT]

I am considering visiting some friends in the Houston area this spring and bringing my walleye boat with me.  OK I admit it, I am using my friends as an excuse to get to the salt water.  Where would be a good place to launch and what should I expect to catch.  I have a 15 foot lund with a 40hp motor, and am a decent seaman (I so far have made it back from events that a good seaman would have never been involved with ).  I think that late Feb or early March, but that is flexible. (part depends on when the new water pump gets here).  Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks a bunch

[J.Dean]

Welcome to the site JARHEAD SGT! Sorry I can't help with locations, but you can expect to catch redfish, speckled trout, black drum, sheepshead, and possibly other species depending on what bait you use etc.

I'm sure some of the upper coast members will be glad to help with locations as soon as they see your post so be sure to check back.

[JARHEAD SGT]

Thanks for the welcome, I hope to learn a little here, and maybe get my friend back on the water, but he has become an SCA geek

as soon as I figure how I will post picture of blue beast, but I am not scared of the  salt for floating, ones took a 13 ft whaler from long beach to avalon, but I was a lot younger then

[rwl1948]

 Send a Personal Message to Red Raider he is close to the Houston Area, and could give you a couple of hints.

[Night Wing]

I suggest early March. February can be a dicey month weather wise.

In early march, some flounder might be heading back into our bay systems from the Gulf after they've spawned. Also, many commercial crabbers start putting out their traps to catch blue crabs so they can sell them to our local restaurants in the Houston/Galveston metro areas.

[JARHEAD SGT]

Thank you, I used to have family over in Bridge City, but the moved in the mid 80's and I have not been back since, I remember fishing in the ship channels and having my catch eaten by crabs.  It was a lot of fun, some good memories.  Any unusual safety gear that you recommend for a boat down there?  I have flares and fire bottles, hand held GPS and several small tanks.

[rwl1948]

He is the web site for the Texas parks and Wildlife, has all the information you need for a safe and successful trip down south.   

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

[RED RAIDER]

Most walleye boats can handle the wind blown chop that you will encounter while in galveston bay complex.  But if you prefer to escape the spring time winds and get in the back lackes and marsh you will need to draft pretty shallow.  What is the draft of your boat while at rest?


I can point you in the right direction as far as launch points to fish the different wind directions and give you a couple of areas to key on that hold fish.   Also you better study up on tides/feeding periods/moon phase. all those play a key role in what time of day you should be on the water. not just for fish catchin but for safety while running your boat as well.  You can easily get stranded if the tide falls while you are on a flat or in the marsh.

[JARHEAD SGT]

I have pushed it through 6 inches, she is similar in design to the 13 ft whaler, bad ride, but stable but the whole estimating water depth is beyond me, I did not think of tide, that will have  to definitely considered, I always try and plan my groundings for low tide, the other way is not a lot of fun.

[BK]

A key point about Texas coast bays that is different from some other salt water areas you may have fished is that the tide level can be driven as much or more by wind as it is by the sun & moon.  In Feb & March when a strong cold front comes through the strong north wind can blow a lot of water out of the bays lowering the bay level by several inches, which is as much as the astronomical tide range on some days.  Then a few days after the front, wind switches to the south and the water comes back.  The NOAA tide web sites have good info about actual vs predicted water levels.  http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_menu.shtml?stn=8774770%20Rockport,%20TX&type=Tide+Data  Find a station near where you plan to fish.  You might consider hiring a guide for one trip to get you oriented a bit.  Good luck!

[JARHEAD SGT]

I assume that bait shops in the area are good sources of local info and charts, but are any really better than the others?  Right now I am not sure where I want to fish, been checking out GOOGLE EARTH, more detail than I would believe, even some rough ideas on water depth.

This is a great forum thank you for having it.  so far I am still trying to figure out your abbreviations,  I think that LLM would be lower laguna madre?

[RED RAIDER]

Here are some of the best maps for the texas coast. 

http://www.hooknline.com/

[reeltime]

let me know which bay you will be fishing.

[JARHEAD SGT]

ok, I think it will start by baytown, but that is subject to change.  so far the big thing I am looking for is ease of launch, and then my worry is rapidly changing water depth.  but I can work on that.