Bolivar: GOOD. 67 degrees. Many reports of bull redfish, redfish, and jackfish. Most catches are coming with live finger mullet, fresh cut bait, or squid.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 67 degrees. Trinity River Channel to the HL&P spillway and north, are holding speckled trout along with a few redfish. Jack’s Pocket and the F-lease wells are notable hot spots. Live shrimp and soft plastics working equally well. Speckled trout fishing is good in the bays north of the Fred Hartman Bridge. Lots of undersized trout in the area, but plenty of keepers if you find the right school. Live shrimp and soft plastics are best baits. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: FAIR. 67 degrees. Speckled trout are good. Redfish are good along the shorelines and in open water. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 67 degrees. The shorelines around Eagle Point are holding plenty of sheepshead. A few black drum and slot reds are being landed along with some speckled trout using live shrimp under neath popping corks. In the open water, bull reds are schooling with the best bite coming with soft plastic lures. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 67 degrees. The flounder bite is good in the harbor, with many big females being taken. They are biting on live mullet, mudfish and shrimp. Gulps are proving successful for anglers throwing artificials. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 67 degrees. Redfish are good in East Bay with topwater action under the birds using live shrimp around drop-offs in 7-9 feet of water. Redfish and slot sized trout are good near the gas wells using artificials. Flounder bite is good as the season opens back up. Good sized fish have been caught on live shrimp. Sheepshead are good on live shrimp by rock structures near pylons and the gas wells. Reported by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: GOOD. 68 degrees. Fishing should pick up after the cold front rolls through this weekend. Birds are still working and will lead you to redfish using live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder season opened Wednesday.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 69 degrees. We are experiencing unusually warm weather for the season, so cold fronts are welcomed as the fishing is really good for a few days after it rolls through. The fish are holding to the December pattern. Fish under birds, drifting and wading all working. The bay is holding shrimp and they continue to migrate out of the marshes. Gulf and sand trout are scattered. The Colorado River is still really good for redfish and trout. Flounder season opened up Wednesday. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 69 degrees. We are experiencing unusually warm weather for the season, so cold fronts are welcomed as the fishing is really good for a few days after it rolls through. Redfish are good in the lakes and reefs using cut mullet. Jetties are holding good sheepshead. The Colorado River continues to produce trout and redfish. Success with live or plastic baits. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 69 degrees. Flounder season has opened back up and there are a few in the bay, but they are mainly in the gulf until they start their migration in the spring. Sheepshead are good and big on dead shrimp. Tarpon are good using snook. Trout and redfish are good on live bait. Black drum have slowed with a bites on dead shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
