Sabine Lake: GOOD. 85 degrees. Very good bird action on Sabine Lake. The water level continues to be high after the hurricane, but will start to lower and flush more shrimp out of the marshes. Best catches of Texas keeper trout are coming in 8-9 feet of water midlake under the birds slow rolling ¾ gold spoons off the bottom. Nice speckled trout catches on the North Levy with a 5 inch plastics with a 1/4 ounce jig head with a glo chartreuse tail. Trout and redfish can be caught near Pleasure Island Point making long drifts in 4-5 feet of water with live bait under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are good on Sabine Channel shell flats and rock piles with live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are in the same areas with 1/4 ounce jig head tipped with shrimp. ICW live shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar: GOOD. 77 degrees. Water levels normalized with northeast winds. Anglers are still catching plenty of redfish everywhere! There are plenty of big croakers, up to 19 inches, showing up along with sand trout, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with a few stingrays and sharks. Flounder have been sporadic or small males still until we get cooler weather. The surf is producing redfish and black drum, less gafftop, lots of small stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula with high activity towards Gilchrist/High Island mainly. Anglers are using a variety of bait. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 75 degrees. Birds are working over schools of trout in the back portion of the bay. Waders catching better fish along the east shoreline. Redfish bite is good in the same area. Spoil islands in the upper bay producing catches of speckled trout, redfish, and black drum. A few big sheepshead from the same area. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Bull tides with the east winds. Redfish are scattered on the back side of the full moon, but starting to group back up in the shallows with scattered rocks being caught on live shrimp under a popping cork and square bill crankbaits. Trout are good on rocky shorelines with points and a little water movement being caught on rat tails and on the shell flats. Drum are abundant on rock shorelines with the same feeding patterns as redfish. Flounder are showing up on points, mouths of marshes, and flats being caught on paddle tails and live shrimp. Pay attention to the weather and if needed, stay on protected shorelines. Always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 74 degrees. Speckled trout and sand trout are under flocks of working birds. Flounder catches are fair along the shorelines, along with some redfish and black drum. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Plenty of speckled trout, black drum, and redfish caught on live shrimp, croakers, and topwater lures. Some big whiting were caught at the old broken bridge and around Fort Travis this past week with a handful of small stingrays and small flounder. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temperature is 70 degrees and the clarity is about average now for East Galveston Bay. This past week we have battled strong winds from the east and northeast, which forced us to focus our fishing time in the marsh and back lakes. The tides have started out extremely high, which was a positive allowing us to target some areas with more submerged grass present. Focus on shorelines with nervous bait present to find nice slot redfish and some bull redfish. Catching good numbers of trout over shell and in some deeper cuts utilizing Imitation shrimp lures and tails under popping corks, with a 1-foot leader, as well as 1/16 ounce jigheads with tails by WacAttack & Deadly Dudley in lighter colors fished slowly. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: SLOW. 75 degrees. Decent trout bite along reefs, and on open bay structure when conditions allow. Redfish action is fair along the spoil islands. Black drum can be taken over hard structure. Best catches on live shrimp, but anglers are catching trout on soft plastics. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Steady bite on black drum, redfish, and speckled trout for those throwing live shrimp over shell reefs. Waders are catching quality fish on artificial lures. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are starting to hit large swimbaits along with worms and grubs on the shallow structure. Catfish are abundant in 10-18 feet of water eating fresh caught shad and live perch. Crappie are decent in the upper channels eating minnows and small jig heads tight to structure. White bass are in the main lake hitting deep diving crankbaits of drop offs of the main channel. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 75 degrees. Bull redfish and black drum can be caught off the dike rocks. Galveston jetties are good for bull redfish. Beachfront pier action is fair for redfish, black drum, and the occasional speckled trout at night. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Anglers are still catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and flounder with the occasional black drum, sand trout, gafftop and big croaker. Successful wade fishing around Mosquito Island and inside the Moses Lake Tidal Gate in the late afternoons. Along the dike has been productive from the beginning to the end. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Freeport: GOOD. 85 degrees. Birds have been working over trout and redfish feeding on shrimp in the mornings and in the evenings. Live shrimp under a four horseman popping cork, or gulp with 1/16 jig head has been catching fish. Redfish are good in the surf on live or cut mullet. The old river has been good for trout, redfish, sheephead and mangrove snapper. The river been good for trout, redfish, drum, sand trout and big croaker using either live or dead shrimp. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures
