Bolivar: GOOD. 82 degrees. Bolivar Island surf is holding small sharks and redfish on cut shad or mullet. Trout are good on the rocks at the end of the North Jetty with live shrimp on a popping cork, free-lined croaker, or drifting with paddle tails. Trout are holding close to rocks in the channel biting on free-lined live bait, or live bait under popping cork. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 87 degrees. When conditions allow, speckled trout are scattered throughout open bay gas wells. Reefs near shorelines holding some decent sized speckled trout. Northern areas of the bay are good for redfish, and a few speckled trout. Best bite has been on live natural baits, shrimp or croaker but soft plastics can land a bite as well. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 88 degrees. Speckled trout scattered over bay reefs on live natural bait and soft plastic lures. A few redfish schooling over the open bay. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Elm Grove and Pepper Grove holding redfish on live bait or artificials under popping cork. The reefs between Hanna’s Pass and Ladies Pass are good for redfish drifting soft plastics, or with live shrimp under a popping cork. Reefs between Pepper Grove and Deep Reef holding fish early and late biting shrimp or live croaker under a popping cork. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 87 degrees. Scattered trout catches in the middle bay wells, best on live natural baits, such as shrimp or croaker. Some redfish and trout being caught along the shorelines near Eagle Point. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Upper Galveston Bay is holding trout and redfish fishing the humps with soft plastics or live bait between marker 52 and 72. Todd’s Dump continues to hold fish early on soft plastics and live bait. The wells and piers in front of Topwater are holding trout on popping cork and live shrimp, or free-lined live croaker. Rock shoals by Snake Island holding trout and redfish biting live shrimp under a popping cork, free-lined live croaker, paddle tails or soft twitch baits. The surf is on fire from Pleasure Pier to Jamaica Beach early and late on soft plastics, silver spoons, live shrimp under a popping cork, or Texas chatter weight rigged croaker. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 89 degrees. Waders still catching speckled trout and the occasional redfish with live croaker. Mid bay reefs are good for speckled trout for those anglers throwing live croaker. Some nice sand trout being caught on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Carancahua Reef holding trout under the birds and slicks with soft plastics, live shrimp or croaker under a popping cork, and free-lined live croaker with chatter weight. The surf is holding lots of speckled trout, with an occasional redfish on paddle tails, popping cork with shrimp, and free-lined croaker in the first gut. Chocolate Bayou holding redfish up against the grass bank with popping cork with soft plastic or live bait drifting the grass line. Inlets leaving Cold Pass are holding trout on popping cork, soft plastics, and chatter weight rigged croaker. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Texas City: GOOD. 87 degrees. Galveston jetties and surf producing some large trout for those anglers throwing live croaker and shrimp. Bull and slot redfish on both Galveston jetties. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The Dike is holding trout early around Halfmoon Shoal to Mosquito Island to Dollar Point biting soft plastics, live bait, paddle tails, free-lined shrimp, or shrimp under popping cork. Trout are also at the end of the Dike biting live bait under a popping cork. Redfish are good in Moses Lake with Texas rigged live mullet, shrimp under a popping cork, or slowly worked soft plastics under the birds. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: GOOD. 86 degrees. Despite the rains and wind the fishing has been really good. The river continues to hold trout, flounder and redfish biting good on live shrimp, mullet and shad. Trout and redfish are good on live shrimp under a popping cork in the Pass, Bastrop, Chocolate and Christmas Bays. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 85 degrees. Fishing should improve with the rain as the water begins to cool. Trout and redfish are good in the surf wading with live or artificial baits. Run of pompano fish in the jetties biting on live shrimp worked along the bottom. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 85 degrees. Fishing should improve with the rain as the water begins to cool. Trout and redfish are good in the surf wading with live or artificial baits. Run of pompano fish in the jetties biting on live shrimp worked along the bottom. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 90 degrees. Tarpon are good drifting live croaker at the jetties. Redfish are good on sardines at the end of the jetties. Trout action good free-lining croaker in the surf. Black drum are good with dead shrimp in 20 feet of water. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
