Bolivar: GOOD. 62 degrees. The jetties are holding speckled trout by the rocks biting on live shrimp under a popping cork. Bull redfish and black drum are good on cut crab and cut bait. Redfish and trout are good on the edges of the ICW biting on live shrimp under a popping cork in less than rough waters. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 67 degrees.Speckled trout 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 keeper sized black drum. Best bite in live shrimp fished under popping corks. This area may suffer freshwater runoff from recent rains. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 66 degrees. Waders are catching a mix of speckled trout and redfish on a variety of artificial lures. 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. 67 degrees. Eagle Point shorelines holding speckled trout, for those anglers using live shrimp. Plenty of sheepshead in the Exxon A-lease gas wells, with some black drum mixed in biting on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 66 degrees. Catches of black drum, speckled trout and a few redfish for those anglers using live shrimp over or nearby structure. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 65 degrees. Exceptional sheepshead bite on the outside of the Galveston south jetty on live shrimp. Black drum catches on the inside of the north jetty, on live halved crab. Bull reds on the outside of the north on dead shad. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The dike is holding big black drum biting on cut bait. Dollar Bay is holding redfish in the shallows. April Fool to Eagle Point holding trout in 4-6 feet of water. Sheepshead are good on live shrimp. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: FAIR. 64 degrees. Fish are in the spring pattern. Trout and redfish are good in the bay over shell and mud using Down South Lures and live shrimp under a popping cork. Sheepshead are good near the pass over oysters and spawning at jetties biting on live shrimp. Drum and bull reds are good at the pass and mouths of rivers using big live mullet fished from the bottom. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 65 degrees. Fishing is up and down with the weather. Trout are slow, with the best bite in the afternoons with artificials. Redfish are good in the ICW with live shrimp under a popping cork. The river and diversionary canal are slow. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 65 degrees. Fishing is up and down with the weather. Trout are slow, with the best bite in the afternoons with artificials. Redfish are good in the ICW with live shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 65 degrees. Trout are good on live shrimp. Sheepshead are good on live and dead shrimp. Oversized redfish are good on sardines, shrimp, and RatLTraps. Oversized and slot black drum are good on dead shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
