DON’T LET a mild chance of rain keep you from fishing this weekend and the
early part of the new week ahead. Temps are showing signs of cooling off, which
will make it comfortable when chasing redfish in Texas City’s Moses Lake or bull
redfish at west Galveston Bay. Crabs and mullet are effective bait in most areas
while live shrimp are good at east and west Matagorda Bay.
BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and
plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.
TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair for drifters working pods of shad and mullet in the
middle of the bay. Redfish are good at the spillway on crabs and mullet.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to 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.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good in the mud and shell on topwaters
and Corkies. Bull redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp
and crabs.
TEXAS CITY: Redfish are good in Moses Lake on live shrimp and mullet. Large
sand trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp. Flounder are fair on Chicken
Boy Lures.
FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs.
Bull redfish are good in Cold Pass and San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps
and scattered shell. Redfish are good while drifting the east end of the bay on
live shrimp under a popping cork and Gulps. Redfish are good in Boggy Lake
on live shrimp.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are good in Oyster Lake on shrimp. Trout
are fair along the south shoreline on live shrimp while fishing the reefs.
PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on topwaters over soft mud in
waist–deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working
the back lakes with live shrimp and topwaters. Bull redfish are good at the
jetty on live shrimp fished on the bottom. Tarpon are showing around the jetty.
