Spend enough time on a Galveston beach and eventually the Gulf delivers seaweed. Sometimes it arrives as a thin brown line near the water. Sometimes small clumps roll in with every wave. Other times...
Redfish are one of those fish that make Galveston fishing interesting because they can show up almost anywhere. You can catch smaller reds around bay structure, grass, marsh drains, rocks, piers, and channels. Larger...
Walk into a Galveston bait shop for the first time and the options can make saltwater fishing look considerably more complicated than it needs to be. Live shrimp. Dead shrimp. Mullet. Croaker. Crab. Squid....
Pier Fishing on Galveston Island: What to Bring, What Bites, and How to Fish It Pier fishing is one of the easiest ways to get into saltwater fishing on Galveston Island. You do not...
Speckled Trout Fishing on Galveston Island: Where to Find Them, What to Throw, and When to Go Speckled trout are one of the fish that can turn an ordinary morning on Galveston Island into...
The Night the Gulf Rewrote Galveston Before 1900, Galveston ranked among the most important cities in Texas. The island served as a major port, financial center, and gateway to the Gulf of Mexico. Ships...
Galveston vs. the Gulf: The Storms That Built the Island Galveston’s history cannot be separated from hurricanes. Storms destroyed the island, changed its economy, created the seawall, raised the city, reshaped its beaches, and...
