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WW2 Bomb Craters and Targets
During World War II, San Luis Pass, parts of West Galveston Bay, and all of Christmas Bay were closed to fishing traffic. These areas were used for practice bombing runs with live ammunition. They were bombed over and over throughout the war, leaving hundreds of deep potholes─many ten to fifteen feet deep. Speckled trout and redfish were wall to wall in these holes after the war, and we treated this bit of knowledge like a military secret...We'd have a speck or red on every cast. 'Plugger' by Rudy Grigar
1944 aerial photographs (from TNRIS) show (clockwise from upper left) bomb targets on south shore of Christmas Bay, bomb craters near Bird Island, and bomb craters off Rattlesnake Point.The craters are up to 100 ft in diameter. I don't see these features in more recent aerial photography, but remnants might be found during low tide. If they still exist, they would be worthwhile fishing targets.
Aerial photo source: TNRIS
During World War II, San Luis Pass, parts of West Galveston Bay, and all of Christmas Bay were closed to fishing traffic. These areas were used for practice bombing runs with live ammunition. They were bombed over and over throughout the war, leaving hundreds of deep potholes─many ten to fifteen feet deep. Speckled trout and redfish were wall to wall in these holes after the war, and we treated this bit of knowledge like a military secret...We'd have a speck or red on every cast. 'Plugger' by Rudy Grigar
1944 aerial photographs (from TNRIS) show (clockwise from upper left) bomb targets on south shore of Christmas Bay, bomb craters near Bird Island, and bomb craters off Rattlesnake Point.The craters are up to 100 ft in diameter. I don't see these features in more recent aerial photography, but remnants might be found during low tide. If they still exist, they would be worthwhile fishing targets.
Aerial photo source: TNRIS