Our weekly guide to action at favored angling spots FISHING FORECAST

Trout running wild throughout area fishing spots
JUST because Christmas is around the corner doesn’t mean it’s time to put the rod
and reel away. The weather will be favorable for good fishing action in both east and
west Galveston Bay along with a strong presence of trout in Bolivar and Texas City.
BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on slow–sinking plugs. Black
drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.
Trinity Bay: Trout are fair to good over clam shell on plastics. Redfish are good at the
spillway on crabs and mullet. Tides are below normal.
East Galveston Bay: Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal
on fresh shrimp. Trout are good over the deep reefs on plastics when the wind allows.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good for waders working the mud and
shell in the afternoon on MirrOlures and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black
drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.
Texas City: Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in the holes in Moses Lake on
fresh shrimp. The channel edges have held trout, black drum and a few flounder on
Gulps and shrimp.
FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are fair to good on live shrimp on the reefs.
Redfish are fair to good at San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on soft plastics over humps and
scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and
mullet. Redfish are fair on the shorelines in the guts.
West Matagorda Bay: Trout are good in the Colorado River on glow plastics during
the day and at night under lights. Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in
the guts and bayous.