KNOW THIS: there’s a lot of good fishing in the area.
North Sabine: GOOD. Water clarity is a normal dark tannic water color and visibility is 3 to 4 feet in most of the lake north to south, as well as most of the marsh areas. Water temperature on Tuesday of this week was 66 degrees. Water levels are still abnormally high. Spotted sea trout are biting really well on jigs and soft plastics. Some action can be found under seagulls as well as drifting mud shell bottoms along shorelines. Redfish can be found mixed in with schools of trout and along shorelines. A lot of slot sized red fish have not left the marsh due to abnormally high-water levels. Best lures right now are soft plastics and jig heads fished with or without a popping cork. Some flounder are down at the Sabine Pass along ship channel drop offs but high-water levels have kept most of them in the marsh and upper ends of bayous. Best bait is live finger mullet or mud minnow on a short fish–finder rig (Carolina rig) or Gulp lures on a jig.
South Sabine: GOOD. Water clarity is a normal dark tannic water color and visibility is 3 to 4 feet in most of the lake north to south, as well as most of the marsh areas. Water temperature on Tuesday of this week was 66 degrees. Water levels are still abnormally high. Spotted sea trout are biting really well on jigs and soft plastics. Some action can be found under seagulls as well as drifting mud shell bottoms along shorelines. Redfish can be found mixed in with schools of trout and along shorelines. A lot of slot sized red fish have not left the marsh due to abnormally high-water levels. Best lures right now are soft plastics and jig heads fished with or without a popping cork. Some flounder are down at the Sabine Pass along ship channel drop offs but high-water levels have kept most of them in the marsh and upper ends of bayous. Best bait is live finger mullet or mud minnow on a short fish–finder rig (Carolina rig) or Gulp lures on a jig.
Trinity Bay: Good. 73 degrees. Water stained. Speckled trout great on soft plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Wade fish the flats for redfish. Flounder are very good on mullet or shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: Good. Flounder are good in back lakes and marshes on live mullet or soft plastics. High tides are keeping redfish in back marshes. Speckled trout are fair on main bay oyster shell using live shrimp under a popping cork. Some bird activity increasing and will get better as water levels fall.
Texas City: Fair. Still some bull red action along Texas City Dike. Flounder activity increasing along dike and levee as water temperatures begin to fall. Speckled trout good along levee and Mosquito Island.
Freeport: Fair. San Luis Pass good flounder and redfish along Mud Cut and Cold Pass. Christmas Bay good for redfish and speckled trout using live shrimp or soft plastics. Topwater working good early morning. Bastrop Bay redfish on the south shoreline. Freeport Jetties and mouth of Brazos River good for bull reds.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 75 Degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are very good on chunking plastics and strawberry down south. Red drum is good on live shrimp and mostly found in the surf. Snapper are good using live shrimp or squid on ½ oz jig head in areas that have quick access to deep water. Limits on flounder using minnow.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 75 Degrees. Speckled trout are good on soft plastics. Redfish are very good on chunking plastics. Black drum is fair on live shrimp. Limits on flounder using minnow.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 72 degrees. Slightly stained. Trout are very good on a combination of live or fresh baits such as shrimp or crab. Redfish are very good in back bays on live shrimp. Tuna are good on squid. Tarpon are very good on mullet or pinfish. Flounder are good on minnows or mullet and croakers.
