Bolivar: GOOD. 70 degrees. Bolivar is holding trout and redfish in the ICW along the shoreline. Yates Gut holding some redfish. Hanna’s is producing a few speckled trout at the slicks under the birds biting live shrimp or soft plastic. The jetties are holding speckled trout using live shrimp under a popping cork. Bull redfish and black drum are still caught between both sets of rocks inside the channel. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: GOOD. 71 degrees. The east shoreline of Trinity Bay is producing scattered catches of speckled trout. Waders are finding fish in waist deep water, on artificial lures. Scott, Burnett, and Tabbs are fair for speckled trout. Anglers are still catching black drum and the occasional redfish. Live shrimp is working the best in this area. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 70 degrees. Wade fishing protected shorelines is best for trout and redfish, along with a few flounder. Wind has limited action on the open bay reefs. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 72 degrees. Eagle Point shorelines have seen a flurry of speckled trout catches, dependent upon the winds. When conditions allow, some trout are showing near the channel, where structure is present. Most of the anglers are throwing live shrimp. Sheepshead bite has slowed, but black drum catches are improving. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 72 degrees.Catches of black drum, have dominated the action, especially along the causeway bridge, on live shrimp. Waders having the best catches of speckled trout. Redfish fair along the shorelines. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 70 degrees. Sheepshead bite is fair on live shrimp, but the fish have become smaller in size. Still some oversized black drum for those anglers using live halved crab. Bull redfish are improving on fresh dead shad. Keeper sized redfish are fair for those anglers throwing live shrimp. Dike is still producing catches of oversized black drum and redfish, along with keeper black drum. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Trout are good at the off the rock at the end of the dike early in the morning or in the afternoon with live shrimp under a popping cork. Moses Lake holding trout and redfish biting on shrimp under a popping cork. April Fool to Eagle Point holding trout in 5-7 feet of water biting on soft plastics. Look for slicks or birds. Dickinson Bay holding some nice keeper drum as well as the opening to Clear Lake. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: FAIR. 70 degrees. Sheepshead with a few redfish mixed in are good at the jetties free lining live shrimp. The harbor is holding good numbers of trout, redfish, and sheepshead caught by free lining live shrimp. Drum and bull reds are good at the pass and mouths of rivers using big live mullet fished from the bottom. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 66 degrees. Fishing is fluctuating with the weather with redfish dominating most of the catches. Redfish are good with gulp or live shrimp under a popping cork, and cut mullet. Trout are good wade fishing the shorelines with artificials. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: GOOD. 66 degrees. Fishing is fluctuating with the weather with redfish dominating most of the catches. Redfish are good with gulp or live shrimp under a popping cork, and cut mullet. Trout are undersized. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 70 degrees. Trout are slow on live shrimp. Redfish are good on Spanish sardines. Bull redfish are good on sardines and live piggy perch. Jack crevalle are good schooling on topwater. Drum are good on dead shrimp. Limits of sheephead on live and dead shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
