Baaaa!!! Sheepshead running strong along Galveston Bay
SCATTERED showers are on the docket for the weekend and the start of the week. The best of the non-trout areas are at both east and west Galveston Bay, where redfish, sheepshead and black drum are flowing. Freeport is a good bet for those anglers looking to go offshore, as kingfish are running strong.
Bolivar: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Croakers are good on dead shrimp in the channel and around the pass.
Trinity Bay: Trout are good at the wells on soft plastics. Redfish and trout are fair to good at the spillway on shrimp. Redfish are good in the marsh.
East Galveston Bay: Trout are good on the south shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Mid–bay reefs have held trout on plastics, live shrimp and croakers.
West Galveston Bay: Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp. Kingfish, ling and wahoo are good offshore.
Texas City: Trout are good on the channel on croakers and live shrimp. Trout are good on reefs and wells on live bait. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on finger mullet.
Freeport: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Trout and sand trout are good at the jetties on shrimp and shad. Dorado, ling and kingfish are good offshore.
East Matagorda Bay: Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.
West Matagorda Bay: Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on sand and grass on soft plastics and topwaters.
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