Bolivar: GOOD. 68 degrees. Fishing is fair to good with water temperature warming to the upper 60s. Water levels are back and forth per usual for the spring extremes. Redfish can be caught everywhere. Nice speckled trout are mixed in with the sand trout, black drum, sheepshead and crabs along the jetty. The flounder are still there but sporadic. More small stingrays and sharks are starting to show up but need to get warmer before the real action begins. The surf is producing lots of redfish, huge black drum, occasional speckled trout and a lot of small bonnethead sharks, spinner sharks, and sand sharks along the peninsula with more activity towards Gilchrist and High Island. Check your weather app for barometer changes. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
Trinity Bay: FAIR. 68 degrees. Speckled trout are fair in the upper Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay over hard shell bottom. Decent numbers of sheepshead and black drum can be caught on the rocks with live shrimp. Fair trout bite for waders on the east shoreline of Trinity Bay. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Salt water has returned around the spillway so fishing should improve w on the north end by the weekend. Great catches are being reported by reefs and mud flats mixed with shell. Trout are being caught in 2-3.5 feet of water on live shrimp and on WAC ATTACKS WACky fluke in the peppered pumpkin color. Redfish are shallow on grassiness next to reefs and on rocks next to current feeding on glass minnows and shad fry. Drum and sheepshead are plentiful on rocks around the blue atoll. Always wear your kill switch and be safe. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 70 degrees. Anglers have been on a wind and weather roller coaster ride. Good numbers of sheepshead can be caught on the lower Galveston Bay with live shrimp tossed up against structure. The oversized black drum run is on, with live halved crab as bait. Scattered catches of speckled trout on soft plastics and live shrimp Mid-Galveston Bay. Steady drum bite with shrimp over shell and along spoil islands. A few big sheepshead in the mix with an occasional redfish. Speckled trout are fair in the upper Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay over hard shell bottom. Decent numbers of sheepshead and black drum can be caught on the rocks with live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Plenty of mullet and small shad in the bay. Catching a lot of speckled trout, sheepshead and bull redfish wading over oyster and sand with soft plastic suspending twitch baits. Report by Captain Jack Blume. Surface water temperature 70 degrees. The water clarity is about average for East Galveston Bay. Trout are becoming more active in deeper holes, as well as out on the flats over shell. Active baitfish and signs of life are still critical, so pay attention to your surroundings. The redfish bite was not as good around drains and in the very shallow water areas back in the marsh. Use imitation shrimp lures and tails under popping corks, with a 1 foot leader to trigger bites, as well as weightless Deadly Dudley Rat Tails, and WacAttack Flukes, in light colors. The last few days we have enjoyed most of our success on the Popping Cork with artificial, using a pop and slow reel four cranks and pause, triggering the most strikes. Fishing should continue to improve as the fish become more active with the warmer temperatures and longer days. Hit us up if we can help get you on the water enjoying the great outdoors. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: FAIR. 68 degrees. Anglers have been on a wind and weather roller coaster ride. Good numbers of sheepshead can be caught on the lower Galveston Bay with live shrimp tossed up against structure. The oversized black drum run is on, with live halved crab as bait. Scattered catches of speckled trout on soft plastics and live shrimp Mid-Galveston Bay. Steady drum bite with shrimp over shell and along spoil islands. A few big sheepshead in the mix with an occasional redfish. Speckled trout are fair in the upper Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay over hard shell bottom. Decent numbers of sheepshead and black drum can be caught on the rocks with live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: FAIR. 68 degrees. Anglers have been on a wind and weather roller coaster ride. Good numbers of sheepshead can be caught on the lower Galveston Bay with live shrimp tossed up against structure. The oversized black drum run is on, with live halved crab as bait. Scattered catches of speckled trout on soft plastics and live shrimp Mid-Galveston Bay. Steady drum bite with shrimp over shell and along spoil islands. A few big sheepshead in the mix with an occasional redfish. Speckled trout are fair in the upper Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay over hard shell bottom. Decent numbers of sheepshead and black drum can be caught on the rocks with live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 1.46 feet below pool. Water remains low with a revised forecast of completing inspections in the spillway on the 22. Crappie are not cooperating, but some catches in Luces Bayou. Largemouth bass are out in submerged timber and points. White bass are far up in the creeks. With the very muddy water for spawning and low levels at spawn time make for difficult habitat to survive and thrive in. If you are navigating the lake, please do so with extreme caution and always wear your kill switch. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 66 degrees. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, sheepshead and black drum with the occasional sand trout, gafftop and big croakers mixed in. Wade fishing along the levee or anywhere from the dike has been productive from the beginning to the end still. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits unless you want to use crab to try and catch one of the massive black drum or bull redfish. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
