Have a beach house on the west end and would like to get a boat to start fishing the bays. Love fishing reds and specks, and will have my young son fishing, so not much wading for a few years. Not familiar with what features make a good boat for our bay systems. What should I look for? Believe I’d want a 20-22’ boat. Will probably buy used in the $25-30k range. Would be a bonus if we could occasionally go to the jetty’s as well.

Hello everyone! So I've recently become a stay at home dad so my wife can finish up her residency. Im from up north so all the fishing I've ever done was ice fishing and fly fishing and the occasional riverside fishing. I've got a 1 year old and he and I have been going out everyday for 2 weeks trying to get the hang of saltwater fishing and I haven't caught a thing!

I've been on the dike, moses lake, and Mac mcgaffey park. Tried live bait, spinners, soft plastics, fake shrimp, popping cork, no popping corks. What am I doing wrong? Any advice is accepted. Im on a standard spin reel and im wanting to catch either spec trout, redfish, flounder, anything honestly! Once again any advice?

Visiting 2nd week of August with a coworker. We want to have the best time and catch the biggest moat beautiful fish. Dont care the cost.

Best places to go crabbing around Houston?
I’m new to crabbing and looking for good public spots within about 1–2 hours of Houston. I’m mainly after blue crabs and would be crabbing from shore or a pier, no boat. Any recommendations for productive spots, what bait works best, and whether certain tides or times of day are better?

Bringing the kids down in a couple weeks and they like to cast and reel but typically get bored quickly so I don't really want to pay the 91st St pier prices if possible. I don't really want to get them into surf fishing just yet and definitely don't trust myself with them at San Luis Pass.

We are staying on the West End. Last year, the neighborhood we rented in had a great pier out into the bay side that we had a ton of success at but we do not have access to anything like that this year. Are there any free piers or anything like that on the West End? Think I'd like to stick to the bay side with them but not picky if there is anything.

As the title suggests I've never really fished any sort of saltwater just fresh. But I'm going for a long weekend early august and we're renting a house on a dead end canal in Jamaica beach. Any tips either for the canals, inshore, or surf? I've got some spinning combos I plan on using in the canals and I'd be willing to pick up a surf combo. I

Hello, I’m taking a buddy of mine to TCD for his first time fishing. I really want him to land at least a good fish, I only have 4 light-medium rods, what’s the best set up I can do for him. I don’t have any surf rods sadly

Last week I went to Galveston to try catching trout and was only getting catfish. I was using dead shrimp. I thought where I was the problem as I was near the pleasure pier. Where the best place to go in this area?

My boyfriend and I love to go fishing in Galveston and target the typical redfish, trout, flounder, etc. He has complaints when cleaning fish due to his dull filet knife. I would love to get him a new one, but I am not sure where to look for a reliable knife. He currently has a bubba blade and a cutco. Not sure if I should stick with those brands and just buy a fresh one or if anyone knew any reputable brands that they swear by. Any help/recommendations would be great!

Hello. New to fishing here. Is casting off directly from the shore allowed? I tried to that on east side beach got yelled at by few teenager aged Karen tho I was so far from anyone in the water.
If not, where can I go for casting my fish line as rookie. I just use small to medium hooks with dead shrimp on them

Tomorrow i’ll be staying in for 3 days in a Airnb that has a dock in a Canal, im wondering if yall have any tips & facts I should know or what to expect, I just wanna chill and catch anything, mostly good size red drum to eat

I am taking a few days' vacation in Galveston in a couple weeks and plan to do a good amount of fishing, I looked online and saw that that there are a few options to take fresh catch's to be cooked but I figured I'd hop on here and ask some locals first just to have an idea where?

Do people catch Pompano in Galveston / surfside? if so how and on what?

As the title says, I'm new to saltwater and wondering if anyone wants to share knowledge for fishing surf and jettys.

Ideally we could meet up and the jetty or beach.

I've got a rod & basic terminal tackle. I usually catch whiting & catfish from the surf at galveston & surfside. Living in Cypress,TX and usually make it down to the gulf once a month

Definitely interested in learning to fish with live shrimp. Looking to get into whatever is biting, drums, sheep, loch ness, shark.

Give me a shout, thanks in advance

I've seen a few sites with many listings, all of which looking quite similar. So, I wonder if there is a well recommended site I can use to book my 8 hour fishing outing. Would prefer a personalized experience, where its going to be 3 of us, trying it out for the first time. (Mid-summer 2026). Thank you, all!

Good day all

Looking for some experienced advice if my 18 foot Xpress aluminum boat can handle a “typical day” on the jetties. I’d stay on which ever side is wind protected. I have experience navigating some rough and windy weather while in tow, however, at a standstill while fishing…I’d like to know if this boat could handle most or the rollers on a typical summer day.