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Galveston, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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Planning your next fishing trip in Galveston, United States ? Today is a poor day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar tables, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, nearby tide chart, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar tables and the best moon phases.
  • Use the Tide Clock section to sync bite times with high and low tide chart.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Galveston, Texas offers some of the most reliable inshore and offshore fishing on the Gulf Coast, with easy access to Galveston Bay, jetties, surf, and bluewater. Anglers target redfish, speckled trout, flounder, and a wide range of offshore gamefish using everything from live shrimp under popping corks to deep-dropping rigs and trolling spreads. read more...

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Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 14:3 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
    Sunrise:
  • Sunset:
    Nautical Twilight ends:
  • Moonrise:
  • Moonset:
  • Moon over:
  • Moon under:
  • Visibility:
    84%
  • Waxing Gibbous - 84% illuminated Waxing Gibbous
Next Full Moon in ~4 days on 29th June
  • Distance to earth:
    401,763 km
    Proximity:
    9.2 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Galveston
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun
New Moon
Tue, 14 Jul
Full Moon
Wed, 29 Jul

Solunar Bite Times

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Best fishing times:
  • minor Time:
    01:51 am - 03:51 am
  • major Time:
    08:55 am - 10:55 am
  • minor Time:
    04:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • major Time:
    09:24 pm - 11:24 pm
All times are displayed in the America/Chicago timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -5 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). Blue areas indicate high and low tides. The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waxing Gibbous at 84% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a poor day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -2 hour and -51 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/Chicago β€’ Thu, 25 Jun 07:03 β€’ 29.301, -94.798

Tides Times for Fishing: Thu, 25 Jun

The Tideclock displays the tide status and the hours until the next tide. Currently the tide is falling and the next low tide is in 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Tide Graph
06:00 am 09:38 am 11:29 am 08:03 pm AM PM 1.35 ft -0.66 ft height hour: 12 2 4 6 8 10 12 2 4 6 8 10 12
Times
Tide Time Height
high 06:00 am 1.35 ft
low 09:38 am 1.28 ft
high 11:29 am 1.28 ft
low 08:03 pm -0.66 ft
Tide Coefficient at 06:00 am is 78
Tide Coefficient at 11:29 am is 70
For fishing, stronger tides are often favourable as they cause stronger currents and more motion on the sea bed. The above tidal coefficients give us an indication of how strong the tides are compared to their average. A value over 90 indicates very strong tides, known as spring tides. A low value indicates weak tides, known as neap tides. The tidal coefficient can range from 20 to 120 with a mean value of 70. A higher number usually indicates better fishing.
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Current Fishing Weather

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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Galveston, US
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
Date Major Bite Times Minor Bite Times Sun Moon Moonphase Tide Times
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Waxing Gibbous
high: , 1.18 ft , Coeff: 58
low: , 1.15 ft
high: , 1.21 ft , Coeff: 62
low: , -0.52 ft
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Waxing Gibbous
high: , 1.35 ft , Coeff: 78
low: , 1.28 ft
high: , 1.28 ft , Coeff: 70
low: , -0.66 ft
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Waxing Gibbous
high: , 1.44 ft , Coeff: 89
low: , -0.72 ft
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Waxing Gibbous
high: , 1.44 ft , Coeff: 89
low: , -0.72 ft
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Full Moon
high: , 1.44 ft , Coeff: 89
low: , -0.66 ft
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Full Moon
high: , 1.41 ft , Coeff: 85
low: , -0.59 ft
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Full Moon
high: , 1.38 ft , Coeff: 82
low: , -0.52 ft
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Full Moon
high: , 1.35 ft , Coeff: 78
low: , -0.46 ft
*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Galveston

Galveston fishing centers on a sprawling bay system, surf-accessible beachfront, long granite jetties, and quick runs to nearshore and offshore structure. The mix of brackish bays, tidal passes, and Gulf water keeps fishable options open in almost any weather, if you match your plan to the season, tide, and wind.

Seasonal patterns drive the bite. In spring, warming water pushes speckled trout and slot redfish shallow over shell and mud in West Bay and East Bay. Focus on drains and bayou mouths on a falling tide with live shrimp or soft plastics. By summer, trout spread across open bay reefs and the surf; calm green water along the beachfront is prime for free-lined live croaker, topwaters at first light, and popping corks over shell. Bull reds, sharks, and jacks stack along the jetties and nearshore shrimp-boat lines.

Fall is Galveston’s most consistent inshore season. Northers concentrate redfish, flounder, and trout around channel edges, marsh drains, and the Galveston jetties. Soft-plastic paddletails slowly bounced near bottom and live finger mullet cover all three species. The flounder run peaks as fish exit the bays, making ship channels and passes the focus. Winter pushes trout and reds into deeper holes, ship channels, and the warmth of power-plant discharges and deep bayous; work slow suspending baits and soft plastics tight to the bottom.

Key habitats include the North and South jetties, surf, upper and lower Galveston Bay, West Bay reefs, marsh drains, and nearshore rigs. The jetties fish like a multi-layered reef: work the channel side deeper with Carolina-rigged bait for bull reds, drum, and sheepshead, and the Gulf side with spoons and swimbaits for mackerel and jacks when water is clear. In the bay, focus on well-known shell pads and mid-bay reefs; windward shorelines with active bait usually outproduce leeward glassy water.

Techniques and tackle are straightforward but timing-sensitive. Inshore, a 7' medium spinning or baitcasting combo with 10–20 lb braid and 20–30 lb fluorocarbon leader covers most situations. The workhorse rig is a popping cork with live shrimp over 2–5 feet of leader, drifted across shell or along marsh drains. For covering water, cast 1/8–1/4 oz jigheads with paddle-tail plastics in natural or chartreuse patterns, ticking the tops of shell and slowing down on any bump.

Surf anglers along the Galveston beachfront do best by identifying guts and bars at low light or low tide, then setting up parallel to those contours. Fish cut mullet, shrimp, or live bait on fish-finder or double-drop rigs in the first and second guts for reds, whiting, and drum; throw spoons and plugs when water greens up and bait showers on the surface. Nearshore and offshore trips from Galveston target snapper, kings, cobia, and pelagics around rigs and shrimp boats using vertical jigs, live bait on downriggers, and trolling diving plugs and ballyhoo. Watching water clarity, current lines, and bait activity is as critical as GPS numbers, especially when pressure is high.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Galveston area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 22 beaches and bays in this area.

East Beach - 4.74652504695km , Greens Bayou - 5.18884782379km , Offatts Bayou - 6.25945768303km , Sydnor Bayou - 7.84961086458km , Campeche Lake - 9.03991666351km , Campbell Bayou - 10.80256964439km , Ganas Bayou - 12.19841071572km , Gangs Bayou - 12.19841071572km , Jones Bay - 12.20723846723km , Beacon Bayou - 12.58982364732km , Beacon Bayou - 13.06049491311km , Oxen Bayou - 13.14464329279km , Highland Bayou - 13.88882873586km , West Beach - 14.27187809545km , Mentzel Bayou - 14.55987700436km , Basford Bayou - 14.77229929068km , Bolivar Beach - 15.63212728904km , West Bay - 15.85858950204km , Johnson Bayou - 15.90193250447km , Bermuda Beach - 15.96144910444km , Eckert Bayou - 16.02332027045km , Johnson Bayou - 16.14141231815km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 6 main harbours in this area.

Port of Galveston - 0.89405968082km, Galveston Yacht Basin Marina - 2.78129356493km, The Landings of Galveston Marina - 5.62711795209km, Payco Marina - 7.39474765881km, Texas City Dike Marina - 7.49370683493km, Teakwood Marina - 10.47256381776km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Galveston. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Port of Galveston - 0.89405968082km , Galveston Yacht Basin Marina - 2.78129356493km , East Beach - 4.74652504695km , The Lagoon - 4.88275925352km , Greens Bayou - 5.18884782379km , The Landings of Galveston Marina - 5.62711795209km , Offatts Bayou - 6.25945768303km , Big Reef - 7.27001779396km , Payco Marina - 7.39474765881km , Texas City Dike Marina - 7.49370683493km , Sydnor Bayou - 7.84961086458km , Campeche Lake - 9.03991666351km , Sweetwater Lake - 9.80404146948km , Oyster Lake - 10.24359642302km , Texas City Dike - 10.3451696467km , Teakwood Marina - 10.47256381776km , Campbell Bayou - 10.80256964439km , Tiki Island - 11.40077411623km , South Deer Island - 11.46824884863km , Middle Deer Island - 12.06217779283km , Ganas Bayou - 12.19841071572km , Gangs Bayou - 12.19841071572km , Jones Bay - 12.20723846723km , North Deer Island - 12.48933021924km , Beacon Bayou - 12.58982364732km , Beacon Bayou - 13.06049491311km , Oxen Bayou - 13.14464329279km , Highland Bayou - 13.88882873586km , Galveston Island - 13.91487329373km , West Beach - 14.27187809545km , Mentzel Bayou - 14.55987700436km , Melager Cove - 14.67463719721km , Basford Bayou - 14.77229929068km , Starvation Cove - 15.34409430416km , Bolivar Beach - 15.63212728904km , West Bay - 15.85858950204km , Johnson Bayou - 15.90193250447km , Bermuda Beach - 15.96144910444km , Eckert Bayou - 16.02332027045km , Johnson Bayou - 16.14141231815km

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