I called the 18 th st Pier and was told it would open on Friday the 17

Pier is open , no live bait yet .open 24 hours .

Bob,

I've been looking into Galveston, cause I'm headed that way with the wife & kids in about a month. Once I ran across this thread (all 2+ years of it), I found the perfect database. With this thread, any fisherman from anywhere can look up what was biting when at any given time of the year.

I just wanted to say thanks for building a thread like this. I hope the pier opens up soon for you. I know its gotta be driving you crazy.

Shane

Crazy not the word man I miss fishing . Lol got mixed up in that stupid World of Warcraft to pass my time

nnnnnooooooo......get out as soon as you can, ive seen many lives ruined by this game...haha.....but seriously, i wont touch that game because of how addicted to it ive seen people get

The 61st Street Pier is suppose to be rebuilt in next 2 months , we will see FEMA is being buttheads about the height of the pier . The Pine Gulley Pier in Seabrook will reopen on 4 th of July . 18 the Street pier is in 24 hour operation butt really crowed so is Seawolf . Thats all I heard if anyone knows anymore please post it .

its good to here that the 61st street is going to rebuild i've been wondering.last i heard 18th st and seawolf were very crowded. if i hear of anything else i'll post.oh yeh the galveston fishing pier is suppost to open in 2010,they have a sign on the fence

Where did you hear this ??

This is a acticle from the owner of 61st pier. Will be back up this winter.They are suppose to start any day now.

http://blogs.chron.com/galveston/2009/02/in_progress_61st_street_fishin.html

anyone heard anything new on the galv piers

I just got back sunday the 25th. the only pier thats open is at seawolf. 6 bucks to park 6 bucks per person. and its very crowded. All the rest of the piers are gone.. you can fish off of the jettys down on sea wall blvd. Fished off the one by the flagship hotel caught sand trout and drum. good luck..

Man, if Galveston would just build a jetty that went out a quarter of a mile, it would change the flow of the currents and reduce the corision of the beach - but hey, who am I, evidently not the Core of Engineers.

And, both surfing and fishing would change. Wow, could you imagine surfers and fisherman bringing more money to the island - hmmmm let me think - would this help the economy? DUH!!!!!

really really getting to hate IKE more and more

Went to the pier at Seawolf.. felt like killing people.( Mods- That was a joke.. hehe? )

Anyhow, I was there this past Sunday and man, it's like these people are fishing for their life and none for the sport. You can tell these people were not considerate. I had a good spot at the corner of the pier catching stuff, and as soon as I reeled in my line to put fresh bait on, a guy pops up right next to me and casts out. He was litterally sholder to shoulder with me. Weird part is, he squeezed into the space between me and my girlfriend... AND WE WERE ONLY A FOOT APART. He was a Vietnamese guy, and he had no shame in casting accross everyone's line. We told him to stop and he kept doing it. Nothing racial intended since I am vietnamese myself, so I had to tell him in Vietnamese and he still did it again.

To simplify the problem, I started cutting lines everytime I reeled one up that I knew intentionally crossed.

Yea that happens alot over there....actually anywhere you find people fishing on a pier, shore, or bank. It's really bad at seawolf cuz that's the only pier in the area that's open and really work fishing. Next time, just fish off the rocks right by the pier, i've caught a whole lot of trophy specks and smacks there.

U would think with Galveston needing people to come and buy and spend money someone would get the ball rolling on getting the piers rebuilt . BUT no the dam im here and late FEMA gumming up the works with telling people they have to rebuild the piers another 10 ft higher . GONA need an oxegen mask to fish at that highet. And thats stupid . A hurrican could knock it down even if it was 1000 ft high . [censored] bast----- ok I ll calm down .

lol. i'm vietnamese too and know exactly what your talking about. Those fools like that don't give a rats azz about anyone but themselves. That happend to me in Okaloosa peir near Destin FL. A butload of asians fishing with blood in their eyes. I asked one of them " what are you going to do with all that fish" . The reply was " Why the ff would you want to know".

Next time some viet pisses you off, just say "DU MA MAI!"

thats funny!but i wouldnt want to start a fight with my 3 yo around fishing with me. i think those asians are from New Orleans!

Now that's funny. You are right. It does remind me of my relatives in NOLA. They are a whole other breed.

Ever heard of "U BUY WE FRY?"

61 st street pier will begin rebuilding in oct hopefully ready by spring !!!!!! Galveston fishing pier says if it depend on cost ???? hopefully rebuilt by summer !!!!

Remember that S O B Ike Happy brithday sob

tried surf fishing Saturday did O.K. hooked up allot but lost a bunch never had so many fish come off that I did that day, cant figure it out I did go to a bigger hook #7 and #8's maybe thats it but pulled in a Black Drum never done that on the beach before and pulled in a little toothy and some reds tried using one of those needle fish(GAR) for bait been wanting to try one for awhile well the hard heads love um lol