Stocker Trout Fishing News

The Team's annual fishing trip the Texas Coast is in the books. We fished the Galveston Fishing Pier for four days and came away with several Personal Bests with a 41 inch Redfish, a 38 inch Redfish, a 33 inch Black Drum, and a 54 inch Black Tip Shark! Do check out the video as I summarize the Team's fishing fun and point out several lessons learned to keep at the ready next trip! #fishing #galveston #pier

Here is a brief demo of the technique we used fishing for Sand Trout this past week at Galveston Fishing Pier. Slow reel, trout mouths lure, feel pressure (resistance), set hook! Do give it a try... should work for Speckle Trout, too. Let us know if it works for you, too!

Quick YouTube shorts of yours truly sight casting to feeding (correction Jack Crevalle) not Pompano with a tandem rigged speck rig and the Shimano Scorpion BFS XG reel and Bass Pro MicroLite Rod... works in Saltwater too!

Great start to our trip to the Texas Coast, fishing the Galveston Fishing Pier in 2022! Steady action on sand trout, hardheads and gaff top... with a nice 41 inch redfish to spice things up. Even broke out the ultralight baitcaster and the tandem rigged spec rigs for sand trout under the lights! Do stay tuned for more!

In our preparations for heading to the coast this next week, always good to review the fishing regulations so we know what are the legal daily limits, minimum and maximum lengths, and other things we should be aware of!

A follow-up video we mentioned on lessons learned fishing Galveston – specifically, Galveston Fishing Pier 61st Fishing Pier And, a sidetrip to Surfside Jetty Thanks for checking the video out and do subscribe. Plus, do stay for the bonus info on fishing a pier! Longer than our normal video posting but has a lot of info that may be of interest to some planning a trip to the area. Also, do comment and/or send questions our way concerning fishing and what we did this trip! See our article too – Fishing Galveston

A quick update from our trip to the coast… Texas Coast! We fished the Surfside Jetties, the Galveston Fishing Pier, and the 61st Street Fishing Pier this round. We are back in Allen, and have some video to edit – specifically, a lessons learned video of what we learned this trip to the coast! Do stay tuned, and do subscribe and select the bell to get notified when we post a video. Thanks for joining and checking out our videos!

Weekly video post from the COAF Field Team. This one has us on the road fishing the Galveston Fishing Pier. Plan is to fish several spots and provide an overview video of the trip.This video is an onsite update of the Team’s fishing fun while fishing the Galveston Fishing Pier!

Since the run to the Galveston last month, we have been missing the Texas Coast and the saltwater fishing that it offers.  Although we have had several rounds of kayak fishing in since then locally, one cannot catch a Shark in Lake Lavon! Luckily, we have several Readers asking about information and lessons learned from out trips to Galveston. Always willing to help other, we collated the our notes and published, “Fishing in Galveston”. Do check it out; we hope it helps others planning a trip to Galveston!

Having withdrawals already from being away from the Coast. Had lots of fun, and posted several videos of the action. Here is a short snippet that has some of the action from this weekend. Do checkout our earlier posts and videos from this past weekend!   was a great time on the coast #saltwaterfishing …caught lots of #fish and ate lots of food! already missing the #beach …can’t wait to go back. here are short clips of some of the action! A post shared by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Jun 15, 2017 at 2:53pm PDT

Was fun time on the Coast! We closed out this trip fishing the 61st Street Fishing Pier. We fished it in the day, then later at night, cutting the evening short due to rain. Did make it out to one of the little jetties along the beach to practice casting with the Switch Rod; did not get a bite but still good to get some practice in real beach conditions!

Back in the DFW Metroplex but sure did have a great time on the coast. Able to fish Surfside’s Jetty, Galveston’s Seawolf Park Pier, another Park in Galveston (but cannot recall the name), and the 61st Street Fishing Pier. Mainly caught and released fish, except for one Spanish Mackerel. Chillin’ and grillin’ now that we are back. Having the Spanish Mackerel along with Fajitas for dinner tonight. Will get a close out video to show how the action on the Pier went. Overall, it was a great round of fishing for the Team!   back from #galveston …chillin and #grilling #spanishmackeral #fajitas #poblanos …my life is good! A post shared by COAF Field Team (@coaf.field.team) on Jun 12, 2017 at 5:11pm PDT

Having a blast on the coast! Brings back fun times from way back when… this round, we opted for Seawolf Park Pier. Planned to fish Galveston Fishing Pier but while enroute, decided to fish a backwater area. While getting live shrimp for bait, the bait attendant suggested Seawolf Park Pier. Enough said… we went to Seawolf Park Pier. Promising area where we caught Perch and Croaker, and we think they are Spadefish. Also, caught a Spanish Mackerel! Fun times… PS: Did see one little Shark swim past the pier.

In the area for a few days, brought fishing gear and tried out Jetty Park in Surfside Beach, Texas! No Bruisers but still fun! Saw fish breaking on the water’s surface; tried casting lures in hopes of catching what was causing them to “panic”. No hookups but switched to the Channel side of the jetty and had fun catching several fish, especially the Ribbon Fish! Fun times… love the Coast!

The Team had a great time in Galveston fishing the two piers – Galveston Fishing Pier and the 61st Street Fishing Pier, over the weekend. Had been to both piers in the past. Originally, planned to fish only one but then we learned the T-Head at the Galveston Fishing Pier opened earlier this year. First night we fished the Galveston Fishing Pier Friday evening from 9PM to 5AM Saturday morning. Bite was mainly Gafftopsail, Hardheads, Croaker, and Whiting for us. Did learn that others were catching Black Drum, Speckle Trout, and small Sharks. Then, we hopped up the road to the 61st Street Fishing Pier and fished from 8:30AM to 3PM Saturday. During that time, we caught more Gafftopsail, Hardheads, Croaker, and Whiting. Saw lots of Mullet schooling and saw the occasional Shark take a bite of one. Others hooked into a Bonnethead Shark and Blacktip Shark, and then we caught a Blacktip Shark, too! Things slowed down afterwards, so we took a break, then headed back to the 61st Street Fishi...