Bolivar: GOOD. 61 degrees. Fish deeper ends of the reefs or wind protected cuts with popping cork and shrimp. The jetty holding sheepshead and trout on live shrimp close to rocks. Yates Sloughs to Siever’s Cut holding 12-18 inch redfish on grass lines using shrimp under cork or burner shad. Stingaree’s to Rollover holding redfish in deeper marshes on popping cork with shrimp. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 57 degrees. Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bay producing decent numbers of speckled trout on live shrimp and soft plastics. A few redfish in the same area. Catches of sheepshead over hard shell and rock groins, along with a few black drum on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 59 degrees. Waders having the best luck with scattered catches of trout on mullet imitation plugs and soft plastics. Open bay reefs are slow. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter. Smith Pointe holding redfish and trout look for the birds. Gas wells in East Bay holding black drum on the bottom with shrimp. The East Bay reefs are starting to see action with speckled trouts early in the day biting on artificials, twitch bait, or split tails. Deep Reef to Fat Pat is holding fish under birds on twitch baits and soft plastic. Hanna’s has some fish on deeper sides of reefs. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Galveston Bay: GOOD. 56 degrees. Scattered catches of trout, black drum, and redfish fishing areas protected from the wind such as Moses Lake, Dickinson Bayou, and Clear Lake. Live shrimp produces the best bites. Open bay is too rough to fish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The flounder season has been great with a push of flounder throughout the harbor after the last big front. Pelican Bridge holding flounder on both sides on the shores. Redfish, speckled trout and sheepshead are biting on shrimp under popping cork or free-lined near the jetty rocks. SWP holding speckled trout and sheepshead against rocks free-line shrimp or under a cork with shrimp. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 58 degrees. Waders and boat anglers catching some decent speckled trout on a variety of lures. Recently a 31 inch 9.30 pounds trout was caught and weighed on a certified scale. Open bay is too rough to fish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Look for sloughs off of the ICW holding fish in calmer water. The sloughs leading to Greens Lake, Carancahua Lake and Chocolate Bay holding redfish and trout biting top water baits early then switch to soft plastics and work plastics slow. Carancahua and Confederate Reefs are starting to see action and it should continue if it stays warm. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Houston: FAIR. Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.02 feet above pool. Reports of crappie stacked up shallow biting on jigs and minnows. Catfish are in 5-15 feet of water biting on cut bait. Bass are shallow on spinnerbaits or flipping laydowns and stumps. White bass are in the creeks chasing shad biting on slabs.
Texas City: GOOD. 58 degrees. Texas City Dike producing fair catches of oversized black drum on live crab and cut mullet. Sheepshead bite is fair at the Galveston Jetties on live shrimp. Bull redfish and black drum being caught on live crab and cut mullet. A few flounder taken in the Galveston channel. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The rock barriers between Swan Lake and the dike are holding redfish and sheepshead on live shrimp, and trout on Texas roach or purple/chartreuse soft plastics or imitation shad in Texas roach and gold glitter shrimp. Work artificials slower than normal, because fish movement slows when the weather cools. Big black drum and oversized redfish showing up at the Dike on the bottom. Redfish, speckled trout and sheepshead on shrimp under popping cork or free line near the jetty rocks. Pelican bridge holding flounder. SWP holding speckled trout and sheepshead against rocks free-line shrimp or under a cork with shrimp. Black drum starting to show up at Seawolf Park. Report provided by Captain Raymond Wheatley, Tail Spotter Guide Service LLC.
Freeport: GOOD. 61 degrees. Fishing patterns remain steady. Trout are good in the harbor and bays, using soft plastics or gulp under a popping cork. Redfish are good using soft plastics, gulp under a popping cork, live mullet or cut mullet in the cuts. Drum and sheepshead are good around cuts with oyster using live and dead shrimp. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
East Matagorda Bay: SLOW. 62 degrees. Fishing has been up and down with the weather. Drift or wade fish with artificials for trout and redfish. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
West Matagorda Bay: SLOW. 62 degrees. Fishing has been up and down with the weather. Just as fishing improved in The Colorado River the rain will slow the bite, flushing the trout and redfish into the bay reefs. Wading or drifting with cut mullet or live shrimp will land catches. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.
