UNUSUALLY MILD WEATHER CONTINUES to make fishing in the area a must. The water does remain cool, but that means black drum and redfish running throughout the region. Texas City is a good spot for flounder, so make sure the live shrimp is bountiful.
Trinity Bay: VERY GOOD. 60 degrees. Speckled trout are very good on live shrimp and soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics, and shrimp and will be found along the shoreline. Sheepshead are very good on live shrimp.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 56 degrees. The flounder bite is good on live shrimp. Redfish and Black drum are good in 3 feet of water over mud and shell. Speckled trout are good near the island in deeper water. Catfish are slow.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 56 degrees. Redfish and Black drum are found in 3 feet of water over mud and shell. Flounder is good around Seawolf Park on live shrimp. Speckled trout are very good on shrimp, soft plastics and topwaters. Catfish are still slow due to migratory patterns.
Texas City: VERY GOOD. 55 degrees. Redfish are very good on soft plastics and will be found in the shallow water. Flounder are fair on live shrimp or minnow. Speckled trout are good on slow sinking mullet imitating plugs. Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp.
Freeport: GOOD. 60-62 degrees. Black drum is excellent due to migratory patterns right now. Redfish will be found in the deeper channels early in the day and can be caught using live baits. Speckled trout bite is excellent on mullet or pinfish. Flounder are good along the marsh using live mullet. Bull reds are fair at the mouth of the Brazos river on cut menhaden baits.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 65 degrees. Speckled trout is good on live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics around the mid-bay reefs. Redfish are very good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and topwater. The flounder bite is fair on down south plastic in red or white color. Black drum is good on soft plastics or blue crab.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 65 degrees. Black drum is fair on blue crab or soft plastics. Speckled trout is good on live shrimp under popping cork and soft plastics around the mid-bay reefs. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and topwater. The flounder bite is fair on down south plastic in red or white color.
Port O’Connor: VERY GOOD. 58 degrees. Black drum is very good on blue crab, shrimp or soft plastics. Trout are good on a combination of live or fresh baits such as shrimp or crab in the shallow sand bars. Redfish are excellent on live shrimp. Flounder are very good around any kind of baitfish- check around Pass Cavallo. Sheepshead are good near the jetty on live shrimp.
