WOULDN’T YOU KNOW, Texas weather has lived to expectations as the chill of two weeks ago is now replaced with somewhat spring like temps entering Thanksgiving week. The rising temps means water temps are coming up, so look at Texas City and Freeport as hot spots for fishing.
Trinity Bay: Good. Falling water temps have the speckled trout action heating up. Bird activity good. Speckled trout on live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics. Redfish good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and topwater. The flounder bite is excellent.
East Galveston Bay: Good. Flounder bite along with the ICW spoils and drains. Redfish good in the marsh. Speckled trout action is good under birds.
West Galveston Bay: Very good. Jones Lake good for redfish drifting live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics. Flounder excellent around ICW spoils and shorelines. Speckled trout under birds using live shrimp, soft plastics and topwaters.
Texas City: GOOD. Redfish are around the Texas City Dike. Flounder continues to be excellent on live shrimp or minnow around Seawolf. Speckled trout are good along the levee and Mosquito Island. Black drum is good on blue crab or shrimp.
Freeport: Very good. San Luis Pass excellent for flounder around Mud Cut and Cold Pass. Redfish and Speckled trout are biting in Bastrop and Christmas Bay. Flounder are good along ICW drains and marsh using live mullet. Bull reds are good at the mouth of the Brazos River 18 to 30 feet of water.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. Speckled trout has picked up with the favorable colder weather. They are being caught on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics, mainly in the flats. Redfish are very good on chunking plastics and live shrimp. Red drum is good on live shrimp and mostly found in the surf. Redfish, trout, and flounder are excellent on minnows.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. Falling water temps have the speckled trout action heating up. Bird activity good. Speckled trout will hit on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics, and topwaters. The flounder bite is excellent.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. Slightly stained. Trout are excellent on a combination of live or fresh baits such as shrimp or crab in the shallow sand bars. Redfish continue to be very good in back bays on live shrimp. Tarpon are very good on mullet or pinfish. Flounder are good on minnows or mullet and croakers in vegetation.
South Sabine: GOOD. 63-65 degrees. Water clarity is normal, with high water levels, and trout are still biting well on jigs and soft plastics. Redfish can be found mixed in with schools of trout following the shorelines. Best lures right now are soft plastics and jig heads fished with or without a popping cork. Best flounder bait is live finger mullet or mud minnow on a short fish-finder rig (Carolina rig) or Gulp lures on a jig. The cold front has changed a few patterns to later in the day but nothing dramatic yet.
