Bolivar: GOOD. 77 degrees. Water temperature staying in the upper 70s. Water levels swapping back-and-forth this week with the front and the tides. Anglers are still catching plenty of redfish everywhere. There are plenty of big croakers along with sand trout, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with a few small stingrays and sharks. Flounder are still sporadic with small males still being caught until we get some cooler weather. Flounder season ends November 1. The surf is producing lots of redfish and black drum, a few gafftop, lots of small stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula with high activity towards Gilchrist/High Island mainly. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 78 degrees. Birds still active in the northern area of the bay. Shorelines holding better fish in 2-4 feet of water over shell. Schools of redfish in the open bay. Ship Channel spoil islands are producing catches of no a redfish, black drum, a few sheepshead and speckled trout. Best on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Winds are forecasted to be pumping out of the southeast. Pay attention and plan to navigate and fish protected shorelines. Kayak fishing can be deadly during these conditions, so always wear a life jacket and be safe. Wearing a kill switch when underway can save ask the lives on a boat. Redfish are heavy on shorelines with rocks in coves in shallow water being caught on imitation shrimp rigged weedless and live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are in scattered shell flats that are around 5 foot deep being caught on the WACky fluke in the code red color teamed up with a 1/4o ounce jig head. Sheepshead and drum are tight to rock shorelines being caught on live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are showing up pretty good on points and mouths with current being caught on live shrimp on the bottom and gulp shrimp rigged weedless. The flounder season ends November 1. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 78 degrees. Flounder, redfish, black drum, and a few trout being caught near bayou mouths and drains. Birds working over schooling speckled and sand trout, also a few bull redfish in the open water. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. A few more slot-sized speckled trout, black drum, and redfish being caught on live shrimp, croakers, and finger mullet. A few reports of good fishing by the old broken bridge, Siever’s Cut, and near the boat ramp by Rollover. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temperature 75 degrees, water clarity has been extremely good for East Galveston Bay this past week. There has been lighter than average winds, allowing anglers to fish all over the bay system. Trout and redfish were good off shore oyster reefs. Redfish were also good off grass shorelines, including back in the marsh. Target flats with scattered shell around pinch points with current and nervous bait, with great success, enabling us to land trout, redfish and the few flounder are beginning to show up in their Fall Spots. Imitation Shrimp lures under popping corks with 12 inch leaders have still been producing the most bites. Fish are also hitting 1/8 ounce jig heads with WacAttack and Deadly Dudley tails in lighter colors, as well as Gulp tails when targeting flounder. Birds are still working all over the bay. The morning and evening temperatures are nice, so get out there and enjoy the great outdoors. Remember October 31st is the last day to keep legal flounder until Mid-December. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: SLOW. 78 degrees. Wind will be a factor fishing the open bay wells. Look towards protected shorelines as they have produced catches of redfish, black drum, sheepshead, even a few flounder and speckled trout. Best action on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 79 degrees. Decent bite on large sand trout, speckled trout, and redfish, over shell and along the shoreline coves. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.13 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are shallow in the morning feeding heavily in worms and grubs. Transitioning to rocks in the evening being caught with crank baits. White bass are getting thick in the main lake being caught with both crank baits and small paddle tails. Crappie are great in the rivers being caught on small jigs tight to structure in 12-16 feet of water. Catfish are being caught on jugs rigged with live perch and fresh caught shad using an 8 foot leader. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 77 degrees. Bull redfish is still the name of the game. Plenty of fish are being caught at night and some during the day near the end of the dike. Galveston jetties producing bull redfish, black drum, even some speckled trout. Best bite for redfish has been on crab, mullet or shad. Trout are biting live shrimp. 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.
