Tough Weekend in West Bay

[Termo]

Location, location, location (and moving tide, wind from anywhere but the south, and changing BP-as long as it's not high)

[Longhornbubba]

Loons show the way in the winter.

[JT]

Sometimes the bait is " down " , hard to detect .

then look for any kind of bird sitting on the water; pelican, gull, coot etc..

[FlyPelican]

^This^
Moving water and bait...rule 1 and 2, right? I have trouble finding the bait when it gets colder.

[plugger]

Sometimes the bait is " down " , hard to detect .

[dPop]

Find the bait, find the fish. Not usually all that difficult. Now getting them to eat? Well that can sometimes be a little harder.

[Curmudgeon]

I have a boat and never fish. That is all.

Bwahahahahahaha! I don't have a boat and never fish!

[dbarham]

^^^^^^^this^^^^^^

[Gulfcoast13]

I have a boat and never fish. That is all.

[westbaytroutassasin]

West can skunk you if you dont know where to fish on and in certain conditions. Those of us who have spent most of their lives on west has hung with just about any locations in Galveston.

[therocket37]

I'm fairly new to fishing down here via boat but I've learned my lesson on fishing upper west bay (unless you're fishing lights at night, or maybe in the second half of winter). I've been skunked more times fishing that area than anywhere else in the bay complex combined. I used to go over there because it's so close and you can find protected water no matter what the conditions, never again during daylight.

[Ibtsoom]

I got stuck in there once but it was on a high tide and foggy. Couldn't see the markers. Low tide is much easier for me to run in - I don't draw any water though.

[westbaytroutassasin]

That is a tough little shoot right at carancahua. Low tide has claimed a lot of v bottoms right there. I fished Saturday and Sunday as well in west. I saw you guys out there on the south reef I was up in the deep water behind north deer. made out with only 3- @ 16-17" and got 3 more in one of my go to spots. They were off the bubblegum and natural colors and ended up striking hackberry hustlers midnight glow. Very slow bite.

[H.Maier]

I want JT on my boat so I can figure out how to make more $$$ as I teach him to work a hogie.

[Termo]

Bring your GoPro Termo-I won't be around until Xmas and will be doing family stuff then. January looks pretty open. It'd be fun with Harvey, Termo and Mike-Harvey can drive so no BUI!! We can take my boat and Mike's and that way we don't hook each other in Da Face. Seriously, that would be fun!

Man, I'm so up for that trip! We can stop by JT's place afterward so Harvey can pay up on his gambling debt. HAR!