FISHING FORECAST

THE FISH aren’t taking Thanksgiving week off. Neither should local anglers, who will open the weekend with great weather before the start of next week brings rain and cool temps to the area before heading north of 70 degrees by Black Friday. While the significant other is out shopping, head to Texas City where the sand trout is good. West Galveston Bay is a hotspot as well along with Port O’Connor. 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: Most of the bay remains fresh from runoff. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on 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 MirrOlures and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. TEXAS CITY: Sand trout and whiting are fair to good in the channels on shrimp. Trout are fair to good at night from the piers on glow plastics and live shrimp. 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. Trout are fair to good on the reefs in Bastrop Bay on live shrimp. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are good on the edge of the Intracoastal along the north shoreline on crabs and mullet. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous. Trout are fair on shell on soft plastics and live shrimp. PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on Corkies over soft mud in waist– deep water in San Antonio Bay. Redfish are good at the mouths of drains on Gulps.