Fishing Forecast

RAIN WILL BE IN THE forecast as temps begin to present more of a spring feel.
However, local anglers will also get a healthy taste of humidity that will hover between
90-95 percent, a total that will be less tolerable as the weather continues to warm up.
Mother Nature aside, black drum is abundant in the channel while redfish are showing
up on Galveston 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 on Bass
Assassins and Gamblers. Redfish are good in the marsh on shrimp.
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. Black drum are fair to good in the Ship Channel on crabs.
West Galveston Bay: Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp.
Trout are good on the mud and shell on topwaters and Corkies in the afternoon.
Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.
Texas City: Black drum are good in the channel on crabs. Sand trout and whiting are
good from the piers on fresh shrimp.
Freeport: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Black drum
are good at the jetties on cracked blue crabs. Redfish and black drum are good in
Bastrop Bay on shrimp.
East Matagorda Bay: Trout are fair to good for drifters on Gulps 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 and at Shell
Island on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics while
wading. Black drum and sheepshead are good at the jetty on crabs.
Port O'Connor: Trout and good on live shrimp over reefs in San Antonio Bay. Trout
and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.