Bolivar: GOOD. 72 Degrees. Speckled trout and redfish can be found in the flats and are best on shrimp. Black drum are good around vegetation or structure on crab or shrimp. Flounder are good around the rocks on shrimp.
Trinity Bay: FAIR TO GOOD. 73 degrees. Unchanged. Speckled trout can be found over scattered shell and mud on shrimp or mullet. Redfish are good on shrimp along the shoreline. Black drum are good on crab or shrimp in the deeper water.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 71 degrees. The time is here to catch trophy speckled trout along the shoreline on shrimp. Black drum are good near San Luis Pass on shrimp or crab. Redfish are in the back lakes and over mud shell bottoms and are good on shrimp.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 71 degrees. Speckled Trout and Redfish are good in the flats over shell-on shrimp. Throw topwaters where the mullet are when wade fishing. San Luis Pass is still a good spot. Black drum are caught using shrimp or crab around structure or vegetation.
Texas City: GOOD. 70 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good working the drop-offs on shrimp around the dike. Black drum are good on shrimp around the dike and around vegetation or structure.
Freeport: GOOD. 70 degrees. Redfish are found along the back lakes and marshes, and best shrimp under a popping cork or mule; some flounder may be mixed in. Speckled trout are good near the ICW on live bait close to the rocks. Black drum are good on shrimp around structure. Sheepshead are good on live shrimp around the reefs or jetties.
East Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 72 degrees. Speckled trout and Redfish can be found around the ICW on topwaters or shrimp under a cork. Drifting has produced good speckled trout. Catch and release is encouraged for the time being. The black drum are good on bass assassins and will be near structure.
West Matagorda Bay: FAIR TO GOOD. 72 degrees. Wading and drifting have produced good results. Redfish and black drum are found over the rocks on live shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout will be chasing mullet and are best on live shrimp. Catch and release are encouraged.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 69 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good and have been in the backwater flats, lakes, bayous, and marshes or upper and lower bay. Flounder are good around the rocks on shrimp.
