FISHING FORECAST

WARMER WEATHER awaits area anglers this weekend as the brief flirtation with fall has come and gone (for now). Both east and west Galveston Bay will be abundant with redfish, while Texas City is a hot spot for flounder. Catch-andrelease bull redfish are running offshore near Freeport. Bolivar: Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics. Bull redfish are good on the beachfront. Trinity Bay: Freshwater runoff from the Trinity River is dumping floodwaters in to the bay. East Galveston Bay: Trout and large Gulf trout are good for drifters working deep shell on plastics and fresh shrimp. Redfish and flounder are fair to good in the marsh around drains on shrimp. Waders have found trout on the north shoreline. West Galveston Bay: Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for tuna. Texas City: Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on shrimp and on the reefs. Flounder are fair on Chicken Boy Lures along the channel. Freeport: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Christmas Bay and Bastrop Bay. Bull redfish are good around Surfside and at the Quintana jetty on crabs, shrimp and mullet. Offshore is good for catch–and–release bull redfish. East Matagorda Bay: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics. Redfish are fair to good on topwaters on the south shoreline. West Matagorda Bay: Trout are good on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp at Shell Island, Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Mad Island. Port O’Connor: Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad. Trout are good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on live shrimp.