RAIN IN THE FORECAST will hamper much of the weekend and will carry into the week. Cooler temps will also mean cooler water temperatures than those currently projected.
Trinity Bay: VERY GOOD. 61 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp and soft plastics around the causeway. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics, and shrimp and are along the shoreline. Sheepshead are very good on live shrimp.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 58 degrees. Flounder bite is good on live shrimp. Redfish and black drum are good in the channels and drop-offs on live baits. Speckled trout are good near Oyster Bayou. Catfish are good on cut bait.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 58-62 degrees. Redfish and Black drum are excellent near the south shoreline coves. Flounder are good on live shrimp. Speckled trout are excellent on shrimp under popping cork or fatboys in deeper water. Catfish are good on cut bait.
Texas City: VERY GOOD. 60-63 degrees. Redfish are very good on soft plastics or live mullet. Flounder is fair on live shrimp or minnow. Speckled trout are good on slow sinking mullet imitating plugs. Very early hours of the morning and late afternoon will be the pinnacle fishing times. Black drum is good on whole shad.
Freeport: GOOD. 59-61 degrees. Water clarity is excellent. Black drum is excellent. Redfish will be found during the mid-day/afternoon in shallow mudflats and are good on soft plastics or natural baits for the experienced and finger mullet or shrimp for the more inexperienced. Speckled trout bite is very good on mullet or pinfish. Sheepshead are good on shrimp and will be found around the jetties. Flounder are good around the San Luis Pass bridge and are good on mullet. Bull reds are fair at the mouth of the Brazos river on cut menhaden baits.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 64 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics around the north shore reefs. The bigger trout are on this side. Red fish are very good near the south shoreline on live mullet, soft plastics and topwater in the warmer, shallow water. Flounder are good on shrimp and will be under birds. Black drum is fair on soft plastics or blue crab.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 64 degrees. Black drum is fair on blue crab or soft plastics. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics along the flats around mullet. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and topwater. The flounder bite is fair on down south plastic in red or white color. The southern shoreline still seems to be producing the best results.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 61 degrees. Black drum is excellent on blue crab, shrimp, or soft plastics. Trout are good on a combination of live or fresh baits such as shrimp or crab in the shallow sand bars. They are also found at the dropoffs of the ICW and around seadrift flats and the lagoons. Redfish are excellent on live shrimp. Flounder are good at the end of the jetties on minnow. Sheepshead are excellent near the jetty on live shrimp.
