Our weekly guide to action at favored angling spots FISHING FORECAST

The water’s cold, but the fishing remains hot into the new year
BUNDLE UP as the cold weather carries over into the new year. Those bold to tackle
the elements will have an abundance of trout throughout the area, including both
east and west Galveston Bay. West Matagorda Bay is a hot spot for redfish along
with (of course) trout.
BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on slow–sinking plugs. Black
drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.
Trinity Bay: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on the east
shoreline on Bass Assassins, Gamblers and Down South Lures. Redfish are good
at the spillway on crabs and mullet. Trout are good while drifting deep bayous in the
marsh.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the north shoreline on Corkies
and MirrOlures. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on
fresh shrimp.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for waders on the mud and shell on MirrOlures
and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on
shrimp and crabs.
TEXAS CITY: Redfish are good in Moses Lake on fresh shrimp. Black drum, sheepshead
and redfish are fair on the edge of the channel and on shell in shrimp.
FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Redfish
are fair to good at San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs. Redfish are fair to good
at the mouths of drains on Gulps and shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on plastics over humps and scattered
shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal and at the mouths
of drains on Gulps and jigs tipped with shrimp.
West Matagorda Bay: Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and
bayous. Trout are fair on shell on soft plastics and finger mullet.