By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 70 degrees. The water clarity is about average now for East Galveston Bay. This past week we have battled strong winds from the East and Northeast, which forced us to focus our fishing time in the marsh and back lakes. The tides have started out extremely high, which was a positive as well, allowing us to

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 76 degrees, water clarity varies depending upon where you are on the bay, with East of Triple Cut being a little more stained for the most part. Fishing continues to improve in East Galveston Bay, with cooler evening air and dropping water temperatures, and good tide movement over the past week. We fished

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 82 degrees. The water clarity is about average for East Galveston Bay, with clearer water as you get west of Elm Grove. This week we have started out our mornings with NE winds increasing and changing to East to Southeast by day end. We have focused on grass shorelines with good current and

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 82 degrees. The water clarity is about average now for East Galveston Bay, with clearer water as you get west of Stingaree. This week we have enjoyed light North winds, which allowed us the opportunity to fish wherever we chose. We have focused on grass shorelines with nervous shrimp present finding some

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 85 degrees. Water clarity is about average for East Galveston Bay. We have spent some of our fishing time on shorelines in the intracoastal finding trout, reds, black drum and flounder, around structure and close to drains and points with good tide movement. We have also found good numbers of

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 84 degrees. The water clarity is much better this week in East Galveston Bay, after the storm pushed through, with much clearer water as you venture closer towards Galveston. We have spent some of our fishing time on shorelines in the intracoastal finding trout, reds, black drum and flounder, around

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 84 degrees. The water clarity is still stirred up in East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get west of Stingaree with a distinct line as you venture closer over towards Galveston. This week we have endured strong North/Northeast winds, which have forced us to pick and choose the areas

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 85 degrees. The water clarity is still stirred up in East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get West of Stingaree with a distinct line as you venture closer over towards Galveston. This week we have spent more time in the intracoastal finding trout, reds, and flounder, around structure, as well as

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 87 degrees. The water clarity is improving slightly for the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get over towards Elm Grove Basin, and beautiful water the closer you venture over towards Galveston. We are spending more and more time locating trout, reds, and flounder in the

By Captain Jeff Brandon
2024 Surface water temperature 87 degrees. The water clarity is improving slightly for the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get over by the Yacht Basin, and especially as you venture over towards Galveston. We are spending more time locating trout, reds, and flounder in the intracoastal relating to

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 86 degrees. The water clarity remains pretty much the same for the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get over by the Yacht Basin, and especially as you venture closer over towards Galveston. We are locating more trout, reds, and black drum, in the intracoastal relating

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature has dropped down to 79 degrees as a result of this past week’s rains throughout the week. Once again, the water clarity is still stirred up in the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer / saltier water as you get closer to the western portion of the Bay, with a distinct line as you venture closer over

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature is 86 degrees. As in previous weeks, the water clarity is still stirred up in the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer water as you get closer to the western portion of the Bay, with a distinct line as you venture closer over to Galveston. We are finding a few trout & reds in the intracoastal around

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 86.2 degrees in East Galveston Bay. The Bay is still off colored, but the clarity is much better and continues to improve since Beryl pushed a great deal of saltwater into the bay system. We are still weeding thru a number of undersize Trout to find the better fish, as in previous weeks, but our last few trips

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 85.9 degrees in East Galveston Bay. The Bay is still very off colored, with better looking water over by the Ferry Landing, but fishing is continuing to improve for us in the Bay over the last week or so. We are having to weed thru a number of undersize Trout to find the better fish. We are still catching them around

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 84.6 degrees in East Galveston Bay. The Tropical Storm that rolled into Mexico last week pushed an enormous amount of water into East Galveston Bay, along with the Full Moon, so we had several days we could not fish due to Tides so elevated we could not get to our boat to fish. The Bay is still very

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 85 degrees in East Galveston Bay. As in previous weeks, the Water clarity is still stirred up more than usual with all the freshwater entering the bay system from the heavy rains up above us. We are still finding good numbers of solid trout on the protected Shorelines over shell pockets, in areas with better

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 83 degrees in East Galveston Bay. As in previous weeks, the Water clarity is still stirred up more than usual with all the freshwater entering the bay system from the heavy rains up above us. We are still finding good numbers of trout on the protected Shorelines over shell pockets, and are having to weed thru

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 81 degrees in East Galveston Bay. As in previous weeks, the Water clarity stirred up more than usual with all the freshwater entering the bay system from the heavy rains up above us, as well as the storms that came across the bay last week. We are still finding good numbers of trout on the Shorelines over

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 78 degrees in East Galveston Bay. Water clarity stirred up more than usual with all the freshwater entering the bay system from the heavy rains up above us. The further we ventured East, the more muddied up the water became. This week we had a few days with lighter than normal winds and we

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 76 degrees. Water clarity stirred up more than usual after the front we had this past week, in conjunction with the freshwater entering the bay system from the heavy rains. We fished in the typical Spring Time winds again this week, so it continues to limit where we are able to fish effectively. We found good numbers

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 75 degrees. Water clarity Good for East Galveston Bay. We battled the typical Springtime winds again this week, so it once again limited where we were able to fish effectively. We found good numbers of solid trout on the Shorelines over shell pockets and within proximity to drains where we had good current

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 76 degrees. Water clarity is normal for East Galveston Bay, with the further East you travel the more stirred up the water is. With the high tides and strong South/Southeast winds we battled this week we were limited to fishing close to the shoreline over scattered shell and back in the back lakes to hide

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 78 degrees. Water clarity good for the majority of East Galveston Bay, especially on the South shoreline, with stained water East of Marsh point. This week we fished shell beds in the 2′ – 3’ depth range and found good numbers of Trout and a few reds, and flounder. As in previous weeks, if you catch a fish

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 74 degrees. Water clarity good for the majority of East Galveston Bay. This week we fished shell beds in the 2′ – 3’ depth range and found good numbers of Trout and a few reds. As in previous weeks, if you catch a fish, powerpole down and fan cast the entire area, as we have been picking up several fish in

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 72 degrees. Water clarity very good for the majority of East Galveston Bay. This week we once again fished shoreline shell in close vicinity to drains in the 3’ depth range and found good numbers of Trout and reds, and a few flounder. If you catch a fish, powerpole down and fan cast the entire area, as we

By Captain Jeff Brandon
Surface water temperature 69.5 degrees. Water clarity good for the majority of East Galveston Bay. This week we fished shoreline shell in close vicinity to drains in the 3’ depth range and found good numbers of Trout and reds, and a few flounder and black drum. If you catch a fish, powerpole down and fan cast the entire area, as we