Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of June 5, 2024

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 83 degrees. Fishing patterns are steady. Trout are slow on the outside of Dagger Island and Ransom Island on croaker near shoreline drop-offs in the 4 feet of water. Redfish are schooling on shallow flats. Black drums are on sand flats or the outside of Traylor Island with dead shrimp off the bottom. Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 84 degrees. Trout and redfish are excellent over sand and grass flats with shrimp. Real nice catches of slot and oversized trout at the jetties. Good topwater action for redfish. When the winds allow wade fishing should be good. Drum are good on shrimp. Report Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 78 degrees. Sabine Channel rock piles and shell banks holding redfish, drum, sheepshead, and trout on incoming tides with Carolina rigs. Flounder are good with live shrimp along the banks. Speckled trout are showing up on the south revetment wall biting live shrimp under a popping cork. North Levee wall is good for trout live shrimp under a popping cork in the morning. Bank anglers doing well for speckled trout, redfish and a few flounders mixed in. Mid lake limits of nice slot redfish under the birds. Grass points, shell banks and drop-offs are holding nice redfish with live shrimp under a popping cork. Some catches of speckled trout midlake now that the salinity is improving. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

GOOD. 79 degrees. Water levels are fluctuating with tides and wind this week changing back to two tide days. Still lots of fresh water on the bay side but it hasn’t affected the bite. The best bite conditions this week will be on edges of the deeper spots holding saltier water. People are catching plenty of redfish of varying sizes everywhere! Small croakers along with sand trout, sheepshead, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty with plenty of stingrays and sharks. Pompano and jack crevalle are still running. The surf is producing redfish, black drum, gafftop, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula. The sargassum, seaweed, is thick in spots. People were using all kinds of different things for bait this past week with good results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

SLOW. 83 degrees. Bay is still hampered by freshwater runoff. Dam release has dropped significantly. Few catches of fish coming from the edges and rocks of the Houston ship channel. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The water is muddy and fresh. Report of a white bass caught at HL&P spillway. Report of redfish being caught on the East shoreline of Trinity Bay on dead shrimp on the bottom by moving current. When the rains finally subside, we should be in for a fantastic season with less fishing pressure. Watch for a water line creeping up to us within the next few weeks. When the trout return to normal fishing grounds, they should be full of eggs very soon and the bite will be hot. Drum are being caught in the ship channel along with some redfish. Watch the weather, be prepared and wear your kill switch every time. It could save your life. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 85 degrees. Fishing open bay reefs has been tough due to the winds. Those wading are having the best catches of speckled trout and the occasional red. Some anglers fishing tight to bayou drains with live shrimp finding a fair trout bite, along with some black drum. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. East Bay and Intracoastal waterway are holding plenty of small speckled trout, black drum, sheepshead, and redfish caught on live shrimp, croakers, and topwater lures. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temps 81 degrees, water clarity stained in most places for East Galveston Bay. Still a large amount of freshwater in the Bay system, however we have been able to locate trout without running too far from the launch spot. Winds have been less than 20 mph for the most part, allowing us to fish pretty much wherever we choose, which has increased our success rates over the past week. We have been able to find a good number of baitfish and shrimp over shell and grass lines, and the predators have been close by. We have been utilizing live shrimp, under a popping cork, as well as paddle tails and ¼ ounce jig heads on our artificial only charters. WacAttack Purple with Chartreuse worked well for us again this week. We have been able to catch trout, redfish, and flounder up and close to the shoreline, as well as open water reefs, with our larger fish coming off open water reefs. Tide movement as well as major feeding times have been where we have experienced the most success of late. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Services, LLC.

Galveston Bay

SLOW. 83 degrees. Water trying to clear on calm days. Trout are starting to show back up from lower Galveston bay towards Moses Lake. Best action on soft plastics and live shrimp or croaker. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 85 degrees. Still a good amount of birds working over schools of speckled trout, sand trout, and even some ladyfish. Those throwing live bait catching a mixture of trout, redfish, and black drum. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Texas City

FAIR. 83 degrees. Jetty action remains steady for trout, redfish, and black drum. It has been windy, and calmer days have been best. Red Snapper catches have been reported as good, but seas have been high for the smaller charter boats. Beachfront action has been limited to black drum, bull redfish, sharks, and the occasional trout. Still waiting on a trout run on the beach. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Anglers continue to catch plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and flounder everyday with some occasional black drum, sheepshead, sand trout, and gafftop. People caught limits along the levee, Mosquito Island and the Moses Lake Tidal Gate. Along the dike has been successful in some spots and sporadic at others. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Freeport

GOOD. 85 degrees. Trout, redfish and flounder are good around the San Luis Pass. Bastrop Bay, Christmas Bay, Chocolate Bay and the west end of Galveston Bay has been producing trout, gafftop and redfish fishing under the birds using shrimps under a popping cork or gulp shrimp. Wade fishing has been good in the guts at the pass with croaker and shrimp for catches of trout, redfish and a few flounder mixed in. The Freeport Harbor has been steady for sheepshead, drum, redfish and mangrove snapper free lining shrimp with a split shot. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.

East Matagorda Bay

SLOW. 84 degrees. Tides are high and the surf has been rough. Milder winds are in the forecast which is promising for the bite. Drum and few trout can be caught with live shrimp under a popping cork. A few waders are reeling in catches of trout using croaker. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

SLOW. 84 degrees. Tides are high and the surf has been rough. Milder winds are in the forecast which is promising for the bite. Drum and few trout can be caught with live shrimp under a popping cork. A few waders are reeling in catches of trout using croaker. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 84 degrees. Redfish are good inside of the south jetties halfway down with Spanish sardines. Bull redfish and jack crevalle are in the back of the jetties between and Bird Island. Few trout catches on croakers at Bird Island. Some drum inside the end of the south jetty on dead shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 84 degrees. Trout are great on croaker along grass in 3-4 feet of water and on popping cork and shrimp in flats. Redfish have been fair on shrimp and cut menhaden or mullet in flats and along channel edges. Black drum are great on live or dead shrimp and fish bites along channel edges drains and in sand pockets. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 84 degrees. The waves have been big this week with high winds and storms rolling through. Redfish are good on shrimp, blue crab and cut bait. Trout are good with croaker or shrimp free lined along rocks. Surf fishing has been producing good redfish and trout in the first and second gut with an occasional shark and lots of mullet in the surf and at the jetties. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 83 degrees. Trout are in 4-5 feet of water. Redfish are schooling on shallow flats. Black drums are on sand flats or the outside of Traylor Island with dead shrimp off the bottom. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. The wind has stirred up a brown tide in the bay. Fish are in the back of the bay and can be tough while the bay is rough and dirty from the wind. There is some bird action. Redfish and trout can be caught on live bait, with some action on topwater in the south of Baffin. The artificial bite is slow. Report by Captain Cliff Webb. The winds are blowing, but it looks as though the end is in sight and we were going to have a new pattern of reasonable wind for this upcoming week. Big trout are still being caught up to 30 inches and there is still the opportunity For the next week or two to catch your personal best and heaviest Trout as not all of the Trout have spawned as of yet. It is getting close, so by the end of June, most big trout will have spawned and will be considerably lighter than they would have been earlier in this month. The water is beautiful on Baffin Bay especially the south shoreline and there is a lot of grass, more grass than I have seen since 2009. This all boads well for the summer pattern, which is coming up very soon! Report by Captain Sally Black.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 85 degrees. Water is still elevated and the winds continue to blow. Scattered redfish are still holding in the flats with the occasional big trout. Mansfield Knockers early have produced the best bites. Most fish leave the skinny flats after water temps warm up where they stage along deeper drop offs. Here we have to switch to smaller profile baits and the junior Wig-A-Lo’s has been the go-to bait. Flounder have been making their appearance in fair numbers as well. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters. Despite the windy conditions, the fishing has been great this last week in Port Mansfield. The water on the flats is extremely clear due to the incoming tides, as well as the grass that helps filtrate the water. Floating grass this time of year can be difficult to fish in, a way to deal with this is, we are throwing our lures between the rows of floating grass. The best type of lure to throw in floating grass is a soft plastic with a 1/16 ounce or heavier hook and work in the middle of the water column. In dirty or off colored water, we are throwing dark colors, purple, deep blues, dark green and in clear water, pink, chartreuse and bone. Presentation can make a huge difference, especially when the water is clear and the barometric pressure is high, downsizing can be crucial at times. Identifying and locating baitfish along a shoreline or structure is important to focus on when deciding where to plant yourself and make a wade. Locating 3-5 inch bait flipping, dirty water in knee to waist deep water is the ideal place to be! Stay safe, courteous and hydrated out there on the water, and as always tight lines! Report by Captain Reanna DeLaCruz, Captain Reanna’s Baffin Bay Adventures.

South Padre

GOOD. 85 degrees. The weather has been hot and windy. Trout and redfish are the best bet early morning with cut mullet with a bottom rig, or live shrimp under popping cork drifting Gas Well Flats and edge of Intracoastal at the shacks near Three Islands. Trout can be found drifting potholes near Laguna Vista Cove. Westside is good, drifting from the pavilion north for trout and a few redfish. Some flounder at the mouth of Arroyo. Mangrove Snapper at jetties and end of Brownsville Channel. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

Port Isabel

GOOD. 85 degrees. The weather has been hot and windy. Trout and redfish are the best bet early morning with cut mullet with a bottom rig, or live shrimp under popping cork drifting Gas Well Flats and edge of Intracoastal at the shacks near Three Islands. Trout can be found drifting potholes near Laguna Vista Cove. Westside is good, drifting from the pavilion north for trout and a few redfish. Some flounder at the mouth of Arroyo. Mangrove Snapper at jetties and end of Brownsville Channel. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

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