Bolivar: GOOD. 70 degrees. Wowsers is the word for the wind! Back to another week of some wild winds and weather changes with some dry days sprinkled in for great fishing. The tides and water levels are alternating between two and four tide days this week that should produce some high fishing activity with the low pressure system. Water temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. Water levels are back and forth per usual for the spring extremes. The jetties are producing catches of redfish, speckled trout, sand trout, black drum, sheepshead and crabs. 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 bonnet-head 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. Current flow from Trinity River at the lochs is 1660 CFS which is great. With the last front and the northwest wind, the fresh water pushed along the East shoreline making for some difficult fishing on that side. Saltwater pushed south to Hodges reef through to the south point. The north shoreline was excellent around Dow reef through the Fred Hartman bridge. Bait worked well in both areas if you could find fish to bite. Recent catches include redfish and trout close to reefs and on grass shorelines with bait busting. Drum and sheepshead are on docks and rocks eating live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish and trout have been eating vibration baits like blades and WAC Attack Lures WACky Fluke in the purple passion and peppered pumpkin colors. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
East Galveston Bay: GOOD. 76 degrees. Galveston jetties are good for sheepshead along the rocks with live shrimp. Seeing the first catches of speckled trout from the beachfront surf. Oversized black drum still being caught on the Galveston jetties and Texas City Dike on live halved crab. Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay, and East Bay producing fair to good catches of speckled trout both artificial lures or live bait. Keeper size black drum, along with a few redfish are being reported with most anglers using live shrimp fished on or near the bottom over shell or hard bottom. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Seeing more and more mullet and small shad in the bay. Catching a lot of speckled trout, sheepshead and bull redfish primarily wading over oyster or sand soft plastics. Report by Captain Jack Blume. Surface water temperature 71 degrees. The water clarity is good for East Galveston Bay. The trout have transitioned to springtime spots on the flats over shell beds. Active bait fish and signs of life are still very critical, so pay attention to your surroundings, including pelicans, and wading birds. The redfish is fair around drains and in very shallow water areas back in the marsh using imitation shrimp lures and tails under popping corks with a 1 foot leader to trigger bites, as well as Deadly Dudley Rat Tails, and WacAttack Flukes, in light colors with 1/8 ounce jig heads. Jerkbaits and swimbaits are still triggering some bites as well. The last few days on the flats we have enjoyed most of our success on the Popping Cork with artificial catching the best trout, and most numbers. Fishing will 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 on East Galveston Bay. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.
Galveston Bay: FAIR. 68 degrees. Galveston jetties are good for sheepshead along the rocks with live shrimp. Seeing the first catches of speckled trout from the beachfront surf. Oversized black drum still being caught on the Galveston jetties and Texas City Dike on live halved crab. Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay, and East Bay producing fair to good catches of speckled trout both artificial lures or live bait. Keeper size black drum, along with a few redfish are being reported with most anglers using live shrimp fished on or near the bottom over shell or hard bottom. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
West Galveston Bay: FAIR. 68 degrees. Galveston jetties are good for sheepshead along the rocks with live shrimp. Seeing the first catches of speckled trout from the beachfront surf. Oversized black drum still being caught on the Galveston jetties and Texas City Dike on live halved crab. Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay, and East Bay producing fair to good catches of speckled trout both artificial lures or live bait. Keeper size black drum, along with a few redfish are being reported with most anglers using live shrimp fished on or near the bottom over shell or hard bottom. Good catches of trout coming from West Galveston Bay on live bait. Waders are having the best luck. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.
Houston: GOOD. Water stained; 70 degrees; 0.14 feet above pool. Largemouth bass are in the shallows eating chatterbaits, frogs and spinnerbaits. With the muddy water, it is necessary to use baits that have noise. Crappie are decent in Luces Bayou eating small jigs very close to brush piles. Catfish are about to be amazing in the bulkheads as the shad spawn has hatched. White bass are in the creeks with decent catches near west fork and Caney Creek. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.
Texas City: GOOD. 66 degrees. Galveston jetties are good for sheepshead along the rocks with live shrimp. Seeing the first catches of speckled trout from the beachfront surf. Oversized black drum still being caught on the Galveston jetties and Texas City Dike on live halved crab. Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay, and East Bay producing fair to good catches of speckled trout both artificial lures or live bait. Keeper size black drum, along with a few redfish are being reported with most anglers using live shrimp fished on or near the bottom over shell or hard bottom. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The bite is good to excellent. Speckled trout, redfish, and black drum with the occasional sand trout, gafftop and big croakers mixed in can be caught 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. The sheepsheads are showing up and are around structures. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.
