where to catch the most fish without a boat for beginners (Houston: home, buy)

[Brom]

Those who fish a lot here, where is the place you recommend that dont require a boat, will catch a lot of fish and dont require much experience (i have done fishing a few times). Also not catch and release, something we can bring home to cook.

[mojo101]

fish market

[Jack Lance]

Texas City Dyke, Galveston and Bolivar Jetties, there are a couple of piers off the seawall in Galveton you can fish from as well.

Good luck !

[WRM20]

Make sure you get a fishing license for each person 17 or older, the TXPWD guide that has the bag limits and length restrictions, and a measuring device of suitable length. Fishing licenses expire on August 31st, but I think you can buy one after August 1 that's good until the following year. Here's the TXPWD website https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...nnual/fishing/

Game wardens do not accept ignorance of the laws with respect to bag limits and size restrictions. Nor do they tolerate fishing without a license.

[SanJac]

Just google “best fishing places near me” and you will get your answer. I grew up fishing at Lake Houston (Eisenhower Park), Texas City ****, and Rollover Pass. I’m sure there are a bunch of other places around…

[mkwensky]

Originally Posted by Brom

Those who fish a lot here, where is the place you recommend that dont require a boat, will catch a lot of fish and dont require much experience (i have done fishing a few times). Also not catch and release, something we can bring home to cook.

There are fishing piers off Seawall Blvd in Galveston. If you use frozen shrimp as bait you're pretty much guaranteed as many catfish as you could want. If you're luckier you might get better fish like croakers, sheephead and even redfish.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by mkwensky

There are fishing piers off Seawall Blvd in Galveston. If you use frozen shrimp as bait you're pretty much guaranteed as many catfish as you could want. If you're luckier you might get better fish like croakers, sheephead and even redfish.

Those catfish, called hardheads, are not generally considered good to eat. Gafftop catfish, yes, hardheads, no.

[detachable arm]

Do yourself a favor and do not eat any saltwater cats.

[mkwensky]

Originally Posted by detachable arm

Do yourself a favor and do not eat any saltwater cats.

I've never tried to eat them. I had sheepsheads and croakers once and decided they weren't worth the trouble of cleaning and cooking. IMHO only redfish and the occasional shark are truly edible if we're talking about fish you can catch from shore. I've heard you can catch flounders but you probably can't do that from piers and have to wade into the sandy part of the shore.

[jerbear30]

All the advice here looks good. I would only eat redfish--nothing else--and I'd even suggest looking into that. There is unfortunately a lot of pollution along the whole northern Texas/western Louisiana coastline.

I have friends who go regularly to the Bolivar peninsula to catch drum and catfish; redfish are rare but available. You can also catch largemouth bass in the Buffalo Bayou, which runs right through the city.