Bolivar: GOOD. 85 degrees. Numbers of redfish, croakers, sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with plenty of stingrays and sharks. The surf is producing redfish and black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula with high activity towards Gilchrist or High Island. Finger mullet and croaker have been popular baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 87 degrees. Shell humps along the ship channel producing decent size speckled trout on soft plastics. Upper Bay Spoil Island are good for black drum and redfish on live shrimp. Few trout showing up on the middle bay gas wells. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Trinity Bay. Dow Reef is catching Trout consistently on docks with live shrimp and artificial WAC assassins in the rollover moon color. Redfish are being caught on live shrimp, dark swimbaits and chartreuse on rocky shorelines. Drum and sheepsheads are being caught on live and dead shrimp in rocks and reefs in the main channels. Watch your weather before your trip and always wear your kill switch. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 86 degrees. Bolivar surf full of speckled trout. East Bay producing fair numbers of trout for those wading and drifting over open bay reefs. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Plenty of various sized speckled trout, black drum, sheepshead, and redfish caught on live shrimp, croakers, and top water lures. Alligator gar are abundant. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temperature is 86 degrees. As in previous weeks, the water clarity is stirred up in the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer water as you get closer to the western portion of the Bay, with a distinct line as you venture closer over to Galveston. We are finding a few trout and redfish in the Intracoastal around the structure. Water is clear at the jetties and there is a solid trout bite utilizing MirrOlure suspending hard baits, swimbaits, and tails with 1/8 ounce heads in light colors. Success using Fish Smack Popping corks with a 1 to 2 foot leader above shrimp imitation lures, and Salt and Pepper Tails by WacAttack. The Topwater bite has still been good on early morning and late afternoon trips, so if you like throwing walking baits now is a great time to get on the water and make it happen. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: SLOW. 86 degrees. West shoreline producing good numbers of speckled trout. Gas wells seeing mixed catches of trout and black drum. Spoil Islands are still fair for trout, black drum and redfish. Best live shrimp bite, then soft plastics. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 86 degrees. Lower Bay is still good for trout, black drum, sheepshead, and the occasional redfish along the causeway bridge and rocks. Good numbers of trout over deep shell fishing with croaker. Waders are still catching trout and redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stained; 92 degrees; 0.99 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are hanging tight to structure, mainly in cypress stumps, and drop-offs in the morning biting grubs and worms. Crappie are scattered in 6-10 feet of water in the rivers and creeks being caught in small artificial jigs. Catfish are plentiful using jug lines in 12-18 feet of water using live perch and shad with a 25 foot leader. White bass are decent if you can find a school and have not been too active in the evenings. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 85 degrees. The Texas City Dike is still closed for repairs after Hurricane Beryl. Trout are being caught from the dam road to the flood gate. Jetties producing boxes of trout, black drum, and slot redfish. Lots of big sharks just past the jetty rocks. Surf has been good for speckled trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The Dike remains closed for clean-up and repairs. People are fishing along the levee towards Moses Lake tidal gate. Anglers are still catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and flounder every day with some occasional black drum, sheepshead, sand trout, and gafftop. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Freeport: GOOD. 84 degrees. Fishing is consistent in the surf for trout and redfish in the morning on topwaters and down south lures. Bastrop Bay, Chocolate Bay, Christmas Bay have been steady among birds with trout and redfish. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: SLOW. 84 degrees. The bay is full of trout and drum, but the unsettled weather makes for unsettled fishing. The bite is usually great on the upswing of a full moon, but the changing wind direction slowed the bite last week. When the winds are out of the southwest or east, the bite should improve. The best bite has been wading with croakers. Slot trout are possible, but catches are primarily undersized or oversized. Flounder giggers are doing well. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.West Matagorda Bay: SLOW. 84 degrees. Conditions on the bay are looking good after Hurricane Beryl, and bait camps are holding bait. Southwest winds slow the bite, but we are on the upswing to a full moon so fishing will be good. Lots of trout in the system with many catches of oversized trout. Catches of drum are good drifting the reefs. Redfish bite is better in the afternoon than in the morning. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service
