IT’S AUGUST, WHICH MEANS hot and humid weather awaits fishermen this weekend. Temps will be in the low 90s throughout the area, where trout and sand trout are running almost everywhere. Look toward the channel (and bring your shrimp) if you’re chasing Gulf trout, while the reefs in Freeport are hot with black drum. Live shrimp are a solid source of bait, but crabs and mullet are effective in west Galveston Bay.
Bolivar: Trout are good in the surf on croakers and topwaters. Trout, bull redfish, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.
Trinity Bay: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on soft plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are good on live bait around the reefs.
East Galveston Bay: Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good for drifters on plum Bass Assassins, Down South Lures and live shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: Trout are good for waders on soft plastics. Bull redfish are good in the surf and at San Luis Pass on crabs and mullet.
Texas City: Sand trout and Gulf trout are good in the channel on shrimp.
Freeport: Trout are good in the surf on topwaters and live shrimp. Bull redfish are good on live bait and crabs on the Surfside Beach. Black drum and redfish are good on the reefs. Bull redfish are good at all the jetties on crabs.
East Matagorda Bay: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shorelines for waders tossing small topwaters and live shrimp under a popping cork.
West Matagorda Bay: Trout are good in the surf. Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on live shrimp in Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Shell Island.
Port O’Connor: Bull redfish are good in the surf and at the jetty on natural baits. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.
