Bolivar: EXCELLENT. 83 degrees. Get ready for another week of Excellent fishing! Water temperatures are cooling after the storm clouds and tides. The jetty has been producing limits of trout and big bull redfish. Small flounder have been visible on the low tides and are starting to move in for the fall. Post-storm fishing will be some of the best. The surf is producing limits of speckled trout, bull redfish and black drum. The stingrays and bigger sharks are still running along the whole peninsula. Anglers are using all kinds of different bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Trinity Bay: SLOW. 85 degrees. Best catches coming from the northwest corner of the bay, spoil islands, Dow’s Reef, and along the piers. Best bite of live natural baits and soft plastic. Few birds working over scattered schools of small trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Redfish are holding tight to rock banks being caught on live shrimp under a popping cork and on WACky shrimp rigged weedless by WAC Attack Lures. Drum and sheepshead are mixed in with the redfish. Trout are making a great comeback on deep shell reefs especially by Dow Reef being caught on swimbaits or in bottleneck places with current and relatively deep water. Always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 85 degrees. A few groups of birds are starting to work over schools of speckled trout, along with the occasional redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Rising waters from the tides and out of the winds produced plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and black drum using live shrimp and/or finger mullet. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temperature 84 degrees. The water clarity has improved this week in East Galveston Bay after the storm pushed through, with much clearer water as you venture closer towards Galveston. We have spent some of our fishing time on shorelines in the intracoastal finding trout, redfish, black drum and flounder around structures with good tide movement. We have also found good numbers of trout, but weeding through quite a few small ones to find the better fish, on mid-bay reefs and over shoreline shell. If you like fishing under birds, that has begun to pick up substantially over the past couple weeks. Redfish and flounder are still being caught up around shorelines where current is pushing bait, especially on outgoing tides. Great success can be had with Imitation shrimp lures under popping corks, with a 1-2 foot leader, as well as 1/8 ounce jig heads with tails by WacAttack and Deadly Dudley, with lighter colors working better for us this week. Fish Bites have also performed very well when fished under a popping cork or added on a jig head with a tail for a little extra scent when fishing the marsh where the water is a little more stained. Free-line shrimp has also worked well if utilizing live bait is your preferred method. The crowds are thinning, and hunting season has ventured upon us but fishing should continue to be strong. There will be less fishing pressure and cooler temperatures on the way, so grab your friends and family and get out on the water and make some memories together. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: SLOW. 86 degrees. When the wind allows, good catches of speckled trout coming off structure in the middle bay on live shrimp and soft plastics. Shorelines producing smaller speckled trout. Spoil Islands are good for black drum, sheepshead, and the occasional redfish on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: GOOD. 87 degrees. Far west side of San Luis Pass producing catches of speckled trout, redfish, and flounder. Those anglers throwing live natural baits on deep shell are catching speckled trout and a few redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stain; 88 degrees; 0.01 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are on cypress trees hitting chatterbaits and light rigged small grubs. Then fish deeper as the day heats up. Crappie are good tight to structure in East fork and Luces bayou being caught in hand tied jigs and minnows. White bass are really coming back to the south end being caught trolling finally with small power spins and vertical jigging with duck tracker slabs. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 84 degrees. Bull redfish a few big black drum are good in the jetties. Offshore catches of amberjack and vermilion snapper are good. Beachfront pier action is good for bull redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Great fishing conditions before the storms arrive mid-week and should be even better when it clears up. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and a few nice flounder every day with some occasional black drum, sheepshead, sand trout, and gafftop. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Freeport: GOOD. 85 degrees. Christmas Bay, Chocolate Bay, Bastrop Bay, and the upper West Galveston Bay have been good drifting shrimp under a popping cork for trout, redfish and drum. San Luis Pass and The Brazos River are good early in the morning for trout and redfish throwing topwaters, plastics, or free lining mullet or live shrimp. The Freeport Harbor is good for catches of redfish, sheephead mangrove snapper and some trout using live shrimp or mullet free lining along the rocks. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.
