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  2. Port of Galveston - Wikipedia

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    Port of Galveston ca. 1845 Loading cotton at Galveston Wharfs & Harbor. During the late 19th century, the port was the busiest on the Gulf Coast and considered to be second busiest in the country, next to the port of New York City. [11] In the 1850s, the port of Galveston exported approximately goods valued almost 20 times what was imported.

  3. Clear Lake (Galveston Bay) - Wikipedia

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    The lake feeds Galveston Bay. It is bordered by Houston (Clear Lake City), Pasadena, League City, Clear Lake Shores, Taylor Lake Village, Seabrook and El Lago, Texas. NASA's Johnson Space Center lies near its shores. The lake is a major recreation center and home to one of the largest concentrations of recreational boats and marinas in the nation.

  4. Galveston Bay - Wikipedia

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    A large commercial fishing industry has grown around Galveston Bay, with significant production of shrimp, blue crab, eastern oyster, black drum, flounder, sheepshead, and snapper. [63] In 2012, the commercial fish harvest in Galveston Bay amounted to 5,800,000 pounds (2,600,000 kg), with a wholesale value of roughly $16.4 million. [64]

  5. Recreational boat fishing - Wikipedia

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    Fly fishing from a dinghy. Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank. When fishing from a boat, or fishing vessel, most fishing techniques can be used, from nets to fish traps, but some form of angling is by far the most common. Compared to fishing from the land, fishing from a boat allows more ...

  6. Bolivar Roads (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    Bolivar Roads is a natural navigable strait fringed by Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island emerging as a landform on the Texas Gulf Coast. [4] The natural waterway inlet has a depth of 45 feet (14 m) with an island to peninsula shoreline width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km).

  7. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas. Many of the busiest ports in the United States in terms of tons of cargo [6] are located on or near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Notable ports on or near the waterway include: [needs update] Florida. Apalachicola, Florida; Carrabelle, Florida; Panama City, Florida ...

  8. Surf fishing - Wikipedia

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    The terms surfcasting or beachcasting refer more specifically to surf fishing from the beach by casting into the surf at or near the shoreline. With few exceptions, surf fishing is done in saltwater. The most common misconception about surf fishing is the idea that one must cast as far out as possible in order to reach the fish.

  9. East Bay (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    East Bay exchanges seawater with the Gulf of Mexico at Rollover Pass in Gilchrist and at Galveston Harbor near Port Bolivar.It is fed by Oyster Bayou, an important nursery for oysters and shrimp, which runs 23 miles from its source near Winnie through the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge to its confluence with East Bay, near the bay's easternmost point. [5]

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