I just moved on the water on South Shore Harbour off Clear Lake. These are unfamiliar waters to me. Can anyone familiar with this area share any info on how to take this area on, or am I better off launching from my house and paddling into Galveston Bay itself? Cheers! J

Welcome to SSH!

The yellow dots in the map are launch areas that you might want to get familiar with.

For fishing areas around CL you can try the following:

1. South side of Mud Lake
2. Near bridge of Nasa Rd 1.
3. Clear Lake/Kemah Channel
4. Kemah Flats - 29 32.510, -95 00.900
5. Seabrook Flats - 29 33.500, -95 00.970
6. Seabrook Tidal Tubes - 29 33.560, -95 01.160

For Mud Lake you can launch in the Clear Lake Park, but I prefer to launch in the public boat ramp in Nasa Rd. 1 and paddle to Mud Lake. Same thing for Nasa Rd. 1.

Clear Lake/Kemah Channel you can launch from the public boat ramp in Clear Lake Shores or under the 146 HWY bridge boat ramps. One thing to consider from Clear Lake Shores is your car needs to be out of the area by midnight if fishing the lights.

For Kemah and Seabrook Flats you can launch from Todville Rd and 10th St or from boat ramp under 146 and paddle your way out the channel.

For Seabrook Tidal Tubes you can park in the area next to Todville Rd. Due to rain and cars visiting you will find big deep holes that can make it difficult to park your car close to the water unless you have a 4x4. Last weekend I tried with my Pathfinder and I kept spinning my wheels, so I had to carry my yak.

I never tried Taylor Lake, but that is another option. Also, I saw a post from DelSol recently of fishing the Clear Creek area. I have done shore fishing from Bay Area Park with lowsy results and you should do catch n' release only there due to water pollution.

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That is all I know about fishing the Clear Lake area.

For Galveston you might want to read more about:

1. The CauseWay
2. Offatts Bayou
3. Sportsman Rd
4. GISP
5. Pierce Marsh
6. Tiki Island
7. San Luis Pass

Other places that I have not explored is Texas City. There are a couple of places around there people fish often.

To get more details get your Hook n' Line maps for West and East Galveston Bay Kayak and Wade Fishing Guides. They are about $11 dollars each.

Forgot to mention. For Clear Lake/Kemah Channel (depth @ 25ft in some places) get yourself at least 50ft of rope for the anchor and watch out for strong currents and boat traffic. If your anchor does not stick well you might drift to the middle of the Channel and get run over by a boat

From South Shore Harbor I would paddle to Mud Lake. The are between SSH and the Hilton Hotel, there is a channel and reds can be found in there. That is the area south of the bulkhead where the "mocking" shuttle was unloaded. The potential problem is the the powerboat traffic doing the crossing ... be careful, very careful. I was south of Mud Lake / Nasa Rd 1, about mid way to the southern shore I think I saw a mackerel jump. BTW, a couple of years ago I saw someone catch a Mackerel in the Seabrook north lagoon (the north side of the tidal tubes, as mpg calls them), where I have also seen someone catch a 28 in flounder. Oooops, should I give that kind of information?

Thanks for the great info guys! Launching will not be a problem. My backyard is on the water. I was thrilled to spot reds in one of the shallow corners of the harbour itself. Im not sure what they were feeding on.

I got started with kayak fishin today, and live in the area too, feel free to hit me up

I also just relocated to the area and have been wondering where to wet a line. Won't have my yak or skiff down here for a bit but look forward to getting out on the water.

I have not told the honey yet that I plan to go out this Sunday, but if all the stars align I will be hitting the water. Would like to test pierce marsh, but if time is an issue to do other activities with the family I might stay in the clear lake, kemah, or seabrook. Will post plans if I'm going 4 sure.

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Now that I have spent some time fishing this area I am kicking myself for not fishing it before. There are some solid flounder and reds and I have caught some really nice trout. The one snook was a baby, a BIG surprise, and the icing on the cake! Other than BTB and going after BR's I have found myself only fishing in the clear lake area. Why go elsewhere?

I also live in Seabrook I fished the lagoon on todville rd but hate going to New places by my self so if anybody needs a fishing partner and don't mind someone tagging along send me a pm

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I could not agree more. What is more impressive is that so many members are willing to get on the water and share info, not just type it in a thread. When I get my home water of Clear Lake 100% dialed in I hope to have info and on the water time to share to pay it forward.

Thank you mpg- lesson learned only too well. When the big boys go by in the IC you'll be amazed at how much water it moves at the Kemah Channel. Don't, for example, have your backed turned toward the IC casting toward a red you just know is on the edge of the bulkhead and, I dunno, wind up on the outside of your kayak diving down to retrieve a Curado.

Never happened to me, though.

Oh yeah, watch out for the old bulkheads when you launch from Toddville. They feel good too.

i usually get off work about 2p during week, and always willing to wet a line in the area and catch afternoon tide
feel free to shout at me whenever