Fishing Frenzy

Galveston Island provides visitors and residents with some of the best fishing in North America, and is a superb destination for an angling holiday. As well as the angling, there are plenty of other opportunities to explore the culture, history and leisure facilities in the region. This article will highlight the kind of fun you can have with the type of fishing charters Galveston TX provides.

With palm trees dotting its coastline, this Texas island really is a very pretty place, and there is a lot do aside from fish. Some of the architecture and housing is very interesting indeed, from a historical perspective, while there is also plenty of wonderful scenery to enjoy too. Theme parks, as well as a good selection of bars and restaurants, means that there is plenty to keep everybody busy.

The saltwater angling here is really something special though, and visitors can fish off piers and jetties, as well as beaches and boats. Fishing from shoreline features is actually often considerably more productive than you might think. Bringing a boat down, or chartering one while you are on the island, is perhaps the best way of making use of the great sport on offer.

Back bay guides are some of the best people to talk to or engage the services of when you want to go fishing here. They offer many half or full day trips to the best bay reefs, flats or jetties where some great angling can be found. Speckled trout and redfish are among the species which can be caught here, with light tackle often the most successful set up.

Fishing from the shoreline also means that you can catch tarpon, and several kinds of shark, as well as big bull reds, can also be caught from the beach. Hiring a boat gives you the chance to try out what is on offer in the deeper waters out at sea. Out in the Gulf of Mexico, you can hunt for ling, king mackerel and marlin, among many other species.

Anyone who takes a boat from Galveston Island will discover that blue water fishing takes place from around 20 to 50 miles offshore. Once you get out beyond 50 miles, then sailfish and marlin become some of the best prizes on offer to anglers. Anglers can often achieve great success when they fish the deep water rigs and old oil platforms which lie along the Continental Shelf.

These blue water fishing trips typically leave early in the morning, usually around 5am, and anglers can expect to be out on the water until around 7pm the following day. Alternatively, many leave at midnight and return at 7pm later the same day. Anglers can expect to pay in the region of a couple of thousand dollars for this kind of trip, though that obviously varies with service provider, venue and time of year.

The kind of fishing charters Galveston TX provides are a great way to enjoy some superb angling, whatever your ability and experience level. There are many other things to enjoy in this part of Texas too, and the nightlife is excellent. The island is a great place to choose for a family vacation, even if the rest of your family are not that keen on angling itself.