HEAVY RAINS ON FRIDAY and Saturday will make fishing a challenge, but skies are expected to clear on Sunday to allow anglers to get at least one day in. Water temps are in the mid-to-upper 70s, making conditions good for wade fishing. The areas are good across the board, with Freeport looking like the best area when it comes to diversity of fish.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 79 degrees. Wade fishing shorelines with artificial baits or drift fishing the open bay over shell reefs & wells from the boat for speckled trout and redfish. Flounder are fair on minnow around the rocks.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout will be found in the surf and around the jetties and are best on shrimp. Catfish are good on cut bait. Sheepshead are fair and will be found primarily around the jetties on shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout will be found in the surf and around the jetties and are best on shrimp. Catfish are good on cut bait. Sheepshead are fair and will be found primarily around the jetties on shrimp.
Texas City: GOOD. 76-77 degrees. Redfish are fair over the flats on live bait. Flounder are good on live bait around the jetties and wherever there are rocks. Speckled trout are good along the shoreline on shrimp. Black drum are fair on blue crab around vegetation. Sheepshead are good around the dike on mullet.
Freeport: GOOD. 76 degrees. Black drum are fair on blue crab, slow bouncing off the bottom around vegetation. Redfish will be found along the flats or shoreline and are best on shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp in the shallow water. Sheepshead will be found around the oyster reefs and are good on live bait. Flounder are good around the rocks on mullet.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Trout are spawning are found in channels around grass mats. Black drum are fair on blue crab around structure or vegetation. Redfish are fair on soft plastics around the reefs and shorelines.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Wading and drifting remain to be the best methods. Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp. Trout are spawning and primarily found in channels around grass mats. Redfish are good on live bait. Flounder are good on shrimp around the rocks.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 76-77 degrees. Trout and redfish are excellent down south on lures with red/white and a black spoon. Several trophy trout caught this past week. Black drum are fair on blue crab or shrimp. Flounder are good around the jetties on shrimp or minnow. Sheepshead are fair near the rocks on live shrimp.
