Sabine Lake: GOOD. 81 degrees. ICW is holding limits of trout with redfish mixed in 4-14 feet of water with a glo ⅛ ounce jig head. Buoys and rock piles in the Sabine Channel to Port Neches are holding good size redfish and trout. Limits of redfish on the flats and speckled trout in 4-25 feet of water jigging �¾ ounce silver or gold spoons. North and South wall on Pleasure Island seeing nice redfish and trout on topwater early in the morning, then switching to 5 inch plastics, silver rattletraps, and crankbaits. Sabine Jetties have a good early morning topwater bite for redfish and trout flipping slowly into the rocks with a 5 inch glo chartreuse plastic as the sun rises. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.
Bolivar: GOOD. 82 degrees. The surf is holding small sharks and redfish on cut bait or squid. Bolivar North jetty holding trout and redfish close to rocks early on live shrimp under a popping cork or free-lined croaker. Trout are good in the channel close to rocks on free line live bait. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 88 degrees. West shoreline of Trinity Bay is clear when the wind allows. Anglers are catching fair numbers of speckled trout on live croakers and shrimp. Fishing the open bay wells is on hold, until the winds settles. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 87 degrees. Reefs between Sievers Cut to Smith Point are good for redfish and trout on live shrimp under a popping cork. Look for birds, slicks, and restless bait to point out the fish. Pepper Grove and Fat Pat Reefs holding fish early and late in the day. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC. Early week action for speckled trout was good, for those anglers fishing with live croaker. Increased southwest wind has slowed the bite. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 86 degrees. Trout, redfish are good on the rock shoals by Campbell’s Reef with live shrimp under a popping cork, or chatter rattle with Croaker. Shoal Point holding some redfish on mullet. Redfish Island shoal is holding redfish and trout on both sides of the channel, Markers 54-64, early under birds and slicks chasing bait. Galveston South jetty holding redfish and trout on free-lined live bait or live shrimp under a popping cork. Surf on fire with trout in the first gut on chatter rattle and croaker. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC. Nagging west and southwest winds have limited the speckled trout catches. Plenty of undersized trout being caught in protected areas on live shrimp and soft plastics. Open bay well fishing are slow, with anglers catching only a handful of trout and the occasional black drum. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 88 degrees. Those anglers finding pockets of green water and wading with live croaker are catching nice trout and scattered redfish. Anglers fishing the rocks near Shoal Point are catching speckled trout on live shrimp and croakers. Open bay is off-colored due to the southwest wind. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 88 degrees. Anglers are still catching red snapper but are having to run 60 miles or so, in order to find the big ones. Scattered kingfish are being caught trolling, but numbers are down. Galveston jetties producing a few keeper speckled trout. Bull Redfish bite is fair, and shark catches are on the slow side. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Moses Lake holding trout and redfish in Dollar Bay under the birds and restless bait. Trout are on fire near Millers Point and the gas wells between Dollar Point to Eagle Point are holding trout on soft plastics. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: GOOD. 85 degrees. Redfish, trout, and flounder are good in the river free-lining live shrimp, down south lures, or new penny gulp shrimp. The river is producing big drums. Trout and redfish are good in the surf and pass free-lining croaker or mullet. Flounder and sheepshead are good in the pass. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 86 degrees. Fishing changes with the wind, so wait for a day with low winds for the best bite. Redfish and trout are good drifting with cut mullet, live shrimp under a popping cork, and artificial vudu shrimp under a popping cork. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: FAIR. 86 degrees. Fishing changes with the wind, so wait for a day with low winds for the best bite. Redfish are fair, with good size catches, in the river as it offers an area protected from the wind. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
Port O’Connor: GOOD. 90 degrees. Just in time for Shark Week the black tips, spinners and bonnet sharks are biting on live croaker. Kingfish on ribbon fish in between the jetties. Speckled trout are good to 23 inches on live croaker and large live shrimp. Redfish are fair, with sporadic catches on dead shrimp and sardines at the end of the jetties. Drum are fair on dead shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.
Rockport: GREAT. 86 degrees. Redfish are good in 2-6 feet of water on live mullet and menhaden in sand pockets. Small paddle tails and gold spoons have been working well for lure fishermen. Trout are good in 2-6 feet with croaker the earlier the better. Start in knee deep water as the sun comes up, move to deeper water as the heat increases. Lure fishermen have been finding good success at night throwing topwaters. Drum are good in 2-6 feet of water on dead shrimp. Waders are finding good success on trout and redfish in the early morning on live bait and plastics. Report provided by Damian Hubbs, Mathis Bait Co.
