Heading to Galveston during Christmas weekend. What kind of fish can I catch of surf and piers?

the flounder may or maynot be around, usually there not but this year, everythings alittle different with the cold coming late.
Sheepshead will be around, the bull reds are still doable.
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Thanks for the info

What kind of bait do I use for sheepshead?

my personal way of doing it is buying live shrimp and cutting it up, yes i know , it defeats the purpose of paying for live bait, but fresh cut live bait works well. fish within 20ft of structure, and do not cast and set the rod down, hold it in your hand

Ill be down there too, staying on tiki island, bringing my boat though, never fished galveston, looking forward to it

That is one of the thing I want to do which is on my buck list, next year I will bring my jetski and fish from it. I am thinking about bringing my kayak

Use shrimp for pretty much everything trash fish have gone deep from the cold.

Is the blue crab still around during this time?

Fish Tiki at night ( green lights on docks) this will get you some fish. From TIKI, go under causeway bridge and into ship channel, pelican island area and fish the variuos retaining walls that are all over the place along there.

Thank you for the info.

Going to Galveston on 23rd, not sure if I should go to the South or North jetty bank fishing? Never went to Tiki island, where should I fish there? anyone would recommend ? Also will the morning bite better or evening or night time? Thank you all! Mike

Alright, went to Galveston for a short trip. Fished at south jetty yesterday, Beautiful weather, bunch of mullets in shallow water but no bite for three hours. Stopped by Seawolf park at night, tons of people there, no one got anything , hooked on a little eel thing, can't wait to throw it back. Fished again this morning at south jetty, huge waves, caught some under size red at the channel , they started to bite around 9, and saw a guy pulled up a 30 lb red and lost another one. There is fish there . Just not my day. Anyway, Merry Xmas to everyone!