Sabine Lake GOOD. 73 degrees. Water is muddy making it harder to fish, but fish are still biting. Birds are still working pointing you in the direction of fish. Redfish and trout are relating to the banks biting on glow chartreuse with quarter ounce jighead, gold spoons, and one-ounce silver spoons on the bottom. The channel is holding trout, with larger trout using zara spooks topwater lures. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar GOOD. 75 degrees. Fishing has been great this past week. Many reports of bull redfish, redfish, and jackfish. Most catches are coming with live finger mullet, fresh cut bait, or squid.
Trinity Bay GOOD. 77 degrees. Birds working towards the northern end of the bay, but lots of catches of undersized speckled trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.East Galveston BayFAIR. 74 degrees. Birds are working pointing the direction to lots of undersized speckled trout, with a few keepers mixed in. Redfish are holding along the shorelines and marsh. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay GOOD. 74 degrees. Black drum and redfish, along with the occasional speckled trout are still being caught in the A-lease gas wells. Anglers are catching a mix of black drum, speckled trout, and sheepsheads along the shorelines around Eagle Point. Bull reds remain active for anglers in the jetties. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay GOOD. 74 degrees. West Galveston Bay: Keeper reds being landed by those drifting the reefs. A few trout are also in the same area, but most of them are undersized. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City GOOD. 74 degrees. The fishing report remains the same for those Texas slams, flounder, speckled trout, slot redfish, fish in the bay using artificials, and live shrimp.FreeportGOOD. 80 degrees. The flounder are moving after the recent cold front. Redfish are schooling and feeding up like crazy. Reports of redfish anywhere from 26-32 inches. Chase the bird action to find schools of fish. Catch fish on gulp shrimp under a popping cork.
East Matagorda Bay GOOD. 79 degrees. The fishing improves after each cold front rolls through. Wade fishing is proving the best. Redfish are fair, with sporadic catches. Gulf, sand and speckled trout are good under the birds using artificials or gulp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay GOOD. 79 degrees. The fishing improves after each cold front rolls through. Wade fishing is proving the best. Redfish are fair, with sporadic catches. Gulf, sand and speckled trout are good under the birds using artificials or gulp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor GOOD. 81 degrees. Redfish and black drum are good at the jetties on dead shrimp and Spanish sardines. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
Rockport FAIR. 77 degrees. Redfish are good in the flooded grass biting finger mullet. Redfish and scattered trout have been caught along the jetties and surf on croaker and mullet freelined
Port Aransas GOOD. 84 degrees. Redfish and trout are good in the shallows of the bay system on cut bait. Report by Alex Cruz, Affordable Guide Service.
Corpus Christi GOOD. 78 degrees. Fish are deep, so use depth finders to find them. Redfish are good at the jetties with bull and slot fish being caught. Trout are good at the gas wells on live shrimp.
Baffin Bay GOOD. 75 degrees. Fishing conditions this week in Baffin have been good catching good numbers of trout, redfish, sheepshead and black drum. Wading with soft plastics or fishing from the boat fishing over structures in deeper water using live shrimp. Report by Gilbert Barrera, Baffin Bay Hunting and Fishing.
Port Mansfield FAIR. 81 degrees. The water levels have fallen, as have the temperatures. Redfish are very active near the east cut and large oversized reds can be found just outside the jetty. Trout fishing is still slow, but large red snapper are being caught in state waters. Fishing should stay very good on the flats for at least the next month. KWigglers Wig-A-Lo baits are very good slow rolling across shallow potholes. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters.
South Padre FAIR. 81 degrees. As the water cools from the cold fronts look for trout in the Old Causeway and gas well flats. Exception not the rule, look for bonnethead shark in the gas well flats and the surf. Speckled trout are good in the Intracoastal Highway. Many are still undersized, but the keepers are getting more abundant. Still some small schools of redfish in the South Bay, jetties and North Bay on the edge of grass. Pompano in surf. Report by Captain Lou Austin.
Port Isabel FAIR. 81 degrees. As the water cools from the cold fronts look for trout in the Old Causeway and gas well flats. Exception not the rule, look for bonnethead shark in the gas well flats and the surf. Speckled trout are good in the Intracoastal Highway. Many are still undersized, but the keepers are getting more abundant. Still some small schools of redfish in the South Bay, jetties and North Bay on the edge of grass. Pompano in surf. Report by Captain Lou Austin.
