Bolivar: GOOD. 67 degrees. Bolivar Jetty still holding trout and slot redfish on popping cork and live shrimp. Target oversized reds in the channel of the north jetty on bottom with cut mullet. Hanna’s Reef holding good trout early on soft plastic or popping cork. Look for trout under the birds. Reported by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 67 degrees. Burnett, Scott and San Jacinto Bays are good for speckled trout and redfish using live shrimp fished under popping corks. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: FAIR. 65 degrees. A few bull redfish, sheepshead and slot redfish are being caught in the jetties. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 65 degrees. Bull reds schooling in open water under diving gulls. A few sheepshead and black drum along rocks near the ship channel. Best bait live shrimp and soft plastics for the reds. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 65 degrees. Some anglers are catching decent numbers of slot redfish and scattered catches of speckled trout using soft plastic baits. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 73 degrees. The trout and the occasional redfish action is good under the birds in East Bay by San Leon shore on soft plastic. Mosquito island holding some nice trout. Dollar reef holding trout and redfish on the shores with live shrimp. Redfish are good on incoming tide by Moses lake. Report by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: GOOD. 67 degrees. Fishing has been ok due to warmer waters and possible pressure from so many fishermen out during the holidays. Brazos River is muddy. Sheepshead are good with limits coming in the boat. Finding eggs in the sheepshead which is an indicator of an early spawning seasoning. Drum and undersized redfish are good on live shrimp.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 69 degrees. Prior to the cold front fishing was off the charts.The bay is clearing up after the high winds. Redfish and trout are good in the bay using artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 69 degrees. Prior to the cold front fishing was off the charts. Redfish and trout are good in the bay using artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork. The bite in the Colorado River has turned back on. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 68 degrees. Lots of oversized redfish with a few slots mixed in are biting on dead shrimp and sardines. Slot drums are good on dead shrimp. Large sheepshead are good on dead or live shrimp. Trout action is slow at the jetties because the water is muddy. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
