Bolivar: GOOD. 77 degrees. We shall see what the weather does this week, but the bite is best pre-front and a day after it passes. Water temperature staying in the upper 70s, but should cool after the cold front. 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. Reminder, flounder are catch and release only through December 14. 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. Wind, wind, and more wind. Late week prospects depend on where the tropical low goes. Protected areas up the channel producing some speckled trout, redfish, and black drum. Open water bird activity on hold till wind levels off. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Trout are really showing up with the best catches on top of the shell. Watch for signs of shrimp, and birds can be helpful but if you know where the reef is you will find fish. Redfish are still in the back waters, but after a cold front the fish along with the shrimp should dump out of the back water. Drum are plentiful on rocks along with sheepshead eating live shrimp. Be safe, wear your kill switch and watch the weather prior to planning your next trip. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 78 degrees. Winds have wreaked havoc on this bay. Targeting protected areas produced catches of redfish, black drum, and very few trout. 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 76 degrees, water clarity has been extremely good for East Galveston Bay. We have experienced strong south to southeast winds this past week limiting us to fishing the South Shoreline and back in the marsh and back lakes most of the time. Trout, redfish and a few flounder can be caught on flats with scattered shell around pinch points with good current movement and nervous bait. Redfish have been around grass lines in areas with bait in the vicinity. Imitation Shrimp lures under popping corks with 12 inch leaders have still been producing well, as well as 1/8 ounce jig heads with Wac Attack and Deadly Dudley tails in lighter colors, and Gulp Shrimp when targeting flounder, with weightless swimbait hooks and they performed as intended as well. Remember Flounder season is closed through December 14. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: SLOW. 78 degrees. No reports from the open waters of Galveston Bay. Wind protected areas producing a few redfish, black drum, sheepshead, and some speckled trout. Best on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 79 degrees. Waders on the far west end of the bay picking up some decent speckled trout, along with a few redfish. Open bay fishing is disrupted by the wind. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stain; 75 degrees; 0.49 feet below pool. Largemouth bass are really turning on with swimbaits and crankbaits in the shallows in the morning and switching to grubs and worms in the afternoons on structure. Crappie are fair, tight to structure in the creeks and rivers eating small jigs. White bass season is in full force eating swimbaits and crankbaits along with trolling rigs. Catfish are great on jigs with fresh caught shad and live perch. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 77 degrees. Bull Redfish and oversized black drum being can be caught off the Texas City Dike and Galveston Jetties. Little else noted due to the high winds. Forecast remains iffy with a low pressure system entering the gulf. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Anglers are still catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and black drum with the occasional 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. 78 degrees. Birds have been working over trout and redfish feeding on shrimp in the mornings and evenings. Live shrimp under a four horseman pop n corks been working well or gulp with 1/16 ounce jig head. The redfish are good in the surf on live or cut mullet. The old river has been good for catches of trout, redfish, sheephead with mangroves snapper. The river has been good for trout, redfish, drum, sand trout and big croaker using either live shrimps or dead. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures
