GOOD NEWS: THE GULF will be quiet this week. Combined with a pair of cold fronts hitting the area, the scene is set for a solid week for fishing. West Galveston Bay is the hot spot with water temps in the mid-80s and plenty of bull reds along with opportunities for waders. Texas City is also a good spot with the rocks producing black drum and sheepshead.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 84-85 degrees. Unchanged. Speckled trout have been under the birds, and redfish are good around the flats on shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder activity has increased, and they are biting on minnow around the rocks. The north and northwest shoreline is a great area year-round due to the generating station. The cooling canal flows into the north side. Work the structure and watch for what’s under the birds.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 84-85 degrees. North and south jetties are good for bull reds on fresh bait. The reef areas along the south side are best for speckled trout and redfish using mullet or croaker. Sheepshead have been producing along the rocks and piers on shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: VERY GOOD. 84-85 degrees. Bull reds along the jetties are great on fresh shad along the bottom in 20-30 feet of water. The shell reefs around the ICW and San Luis Pass are great for speckled trout and redfish on shrimp under a cork. Topwaters are the best choice for wading, shrimp under a popping cork is good for the rest.
Texas City: GOOD. 84-85 degrees. Bull reds are still being caught around the dike in decent numbers, on mullet or crab. Redfish and speckled trout are still excellent along the shoreline on shrimp under a popping cork and soft plastics. Some have been in slightly deeper water as well. Flounder are good on minnow around the rocks. Black drum are good on blue crab around deep structure or vegetation. Sheepshead are good around the rocks on mullet.
Freeport: GOOD. 86 degrees. Redfish are excellent around the jetties, and the best chance of catching them is throwing right in the rocks. Speckled Trout are good around San Luis Pass on shrimp, MirrOlures, and soft plastics. Redfish, black drum, and sheepshead are good on live Shrimp under popping cork around the reefs.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 86 degrees. Wading the mid-bay reefs for redfish is great using live shrimp or croaker. Speckled trout are great around Brown Cedar Flats using the same baits.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 86 degrees. Large schools of Redfish have been great along the north shoreline or around Crab Lake on live shrimp or mullet. Speckled trout have been great on soft plastics in the grass beds.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 86 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are excellent on topwaters and shrimp. Black drum are good on crab around deep water and grass beds. Concentrate on flats that are close to deep water, throw topwaters in the morning. Flounder is good on live mullet around the rocks.
