THE WEATHER IS GOOD FOR A solid weekend of fishing as the entire area is good across the board. It’s a double dose of good news for those who enjoy wade fishing in Galveston Bay and Texas City, where redfish are keeping things, especially near the shorelines.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 81-82 degrees. Fishing the birds, working structure, and wading the flats are the best methods to fish for redfish and speckled trout. Wade along the northwestern and eastern sides of the bay. Flounder are good on minnow and higher in number around the rocks.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 81-82 degrees. Redfish action is good wade fishing along the shoreline. The higher the water temperature gets, the fishing tactic will shift to drifting over structure. Speckled trout are starting to hold on reefs, and the topwater action has been awesome for waders. Catfish are good on cut bait. Sheepshead are fair and will be found primarily around rocks on shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 81-82 degrees. Redfish action is good wade fishing along the shoreline. The higher the water temperature gets, the fishing tactic will shift to drifting over structure. Speckled trout are starting to hold on reefs, and the topwater action has been awesome for waders. Catfish are good on cut bait. Sheepshead are fair and will be found primarily around rocks on shrimp.
Texas City: GOOD. 81-82 degrees. Redfish are good over the flats on live shrimp. Flounder are good on live bait around the jetties and wherever there are rocks. Speckled trout are good along the shoreline on shrimp. Black drum are fair on blue crab around structure. Sheepshead are fair around the dike on mullet.
Freeport: GOOD. 81-82 degrees. Black drum are good on blue crab, slow bouncing off the bottom around vegetation or structure. Redfish are found along the flats or shoreline. Live Shrimp, live croaker, or piggy perch are all great natural baits for the redfish. Speckled trout are good on shrimp near the San Luis Pass. Sheepshead will be found around the oyster reefs and are good on live bait. Flounder are good around the rocks on mullet.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 81 degrees. Mid bay reefs are the ticket right now on this side of the bay- Chinquapin and Boggy reefs. Trout and redfish are good on live bait near structure. Black drum are fair on blue crab around structure or vegetation.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 81 degrees. Great month to be fishing! Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp. Redfish and trout are good on live bait and will be gravitating towards the structure. Flounder are good on shrimp around the rocks.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 80-81 degrees. Trout and redfish have been excellent and abundant on down south lures with red/white and a black spoon. Black drum are fair on blue crab or shrimp. Flounder around the jetties on shrimp or minnow. Sheepshead are fair near the rocks on live shrimp.
