Bolivar: GOOD. 55 degrees. Bolivar Jetties are holding some good drum, redfish, speckled trout and sheepshead using shrimp under a popping cork on the beach side. East Beach jetty holding bull redfish on the channel side and around the end of the jetty. Speckled, trout, and sheepshead up against the rocks with live shrimp and a popping cork, or free-line live shrimp by the rocks. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 63 degrees. Exxon A-leases gas wells producing plenty of sheepshead and a few keeper black drum, for those anglers using live shrimp fished on the bottom. Speckled trout are beginning to show up in Trinity Bay along the shorelines with oyster reefs. Burnett Bay and Scott Bay still producing scattered catches of keeper speckled trout and redfish. Plenty of sheepshead and at times keeper black drum. Best bite in live shrimp fished under popping corks. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 60 degrees. Best bite is in shallow water near drains and bayous for speckled trout and redfish. A few fish showing up on the oyster reefs when conditions allow. Live shrimp and lures working equally well. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 62 degrees. Moses Lake producing scattered catches of trout and a few redfish. Shorelines around Eagle Point holding plenty of large sheepshead, and a few speckled trout, best on live shrimp. Schools of bull reds working the deeper water towards the Kemah channel. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 64 degrees. When conditions allow, anglers are finding a few speckled trout over deep shell. Waders catching a mix of speckled trout and redfish working in the coves. Artificial lures and live shrimp will work. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 61 degrees. Texas City the dike is producing big drum on halved crab. Look for slicks between the dike and Dollar Point. Trout starting to show up at night under the lights. Look for trout off the reefs 7-9 feet of water. Moses Lake has trout with an occasional redfish under the birds. Look for the birds with the tide change. The reef along San Leon and Bacliff holding trout on soft plastics. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC. Steady action on oversized black drum and a few bull reds at the North and South Jetty. Best bait is live halved crab followed by fresh dead shad. Sheepshead catches fair along with keeper sized black drum for those anglers throwing live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Freeport: FAIR. 59 degrees. Sheepshead, drum, trout and redfish are good in the cuts. Drifting the bay with Four HorseMen corks with gulp or live shrimp, or casting down south lures producing. Report by Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 56 degrees. Before front fishing was vastly improved, the bit has shut off after the front. Wade fishing with live shrimp popping cork producing many catches of redfish and drum. The river and diversionary canal holding fish. Redfish are good using cut mullet everyday. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 56 degrees. Before front fishing was vastly improved, the bit has shut off after the front. The river and diversionary canal holding fish. Redfish are good using cut mullet everyday. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 54 degrees. Weather permitting the fishing is good. Trout are good on live shrimp and voodoo artificial shrimp. Sheepshead are great on live and dead shrimp. Drum are good on dead shrimp. Oversized redfish are good on sardines. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
