Welcome to the weekly saltwater fishing reports for the upper and middle coast of Texas. The reports are gathered from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department WEEKLY REPORTS and local fishing guides. Check out the TPWD website for a listing of reports from the entire Texas coast, lakes and rivers.
NORTH SABINE: Trout and redfish are fair while drifting mud and shell. Waders have taken better trout on the Louisiana shoreline on slow sinking plugs.
SOUTH SABINE: Redfish are fair on the edge of the channel on mullet.
SABINE JETTY: Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp.
ROLLOVER PASS: Black drum, sheepshead and redfish are good at Rollover Pass on fresh shrimp.
TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair for drifters working clam shell on Maniac Mullet, Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish are fair at the spillway on crabs and mullet.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on slow–sinking plug Trout are fair to good on the north shoreline on Corkies and MirrOlures.
INTRACOASTAL CANAL: Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: Waders have taken trout in the mud and shell on MirrOlures and Corkies in the afternoon.
GALVESTON JETTIES: Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.
GALVESTON BAY: Redfish are fair in Moses Lake on shrimp and crabs. Sand trout and mangrove snapper are fair on fresh shrimp from the piers.
Capt. Steve Hillman www.hillmanguideservice.com reports a mixed bag of 6 trout, 3 nice reds and 3 solid flounder on a trip this past week. The fish were caught drifting over shell in 4 to 4.5 feet of water while throwing Calcasieu Brew Bass Assassin Sea Shads and Maniac Mullets.
SAN LOUIS PASS: Redfish are fair to good at San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs.
FREEPORT BEACHFRONT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp and plastics over humps and scattered shell.
INTRACOASTAL: Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal and the reefs on the north shoreline on shrimp.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous. Trout are fair in the guts on the incoming tide on plastics and Gulps.
SAN ANTONIO BAY: NEW REPORT!!!
Captain Harold from Bay Flats Lodge reports that he and his guests were able to land multiple trout in the 23" class" and the red fish action was awesome. Small white gulp shrimp tipped with 1/8 or 1/16 oz. jig heads proved best. Mix grass beds associated with thick mud was the best real estate for catching. Trout action a bit slow the first day, but late in the day they found better action.
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