Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of January 14, 2026

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 60 degrees. Fishing conditions are exceptional with the very low tides in knee deep water. Redfish are great on shrimp and small pieces of cut mullet fishing guts off of shallow flats. Drum are mixed in. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 60 degrees. The tide has been low the last few days and we have had some strong winds that have messed the water up. If you can find protected water you can find fish. Trout, redfish, and flounder are being caught on live shrimp in protected areas. Report by Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 60 degrees. The bite has shut down in the lake after cold fronts have muddied the clarity. Focus efforts in the Neches River while the cold fronts roll in. Target redfish, sheepshead and drum on points, drops, shell bottoms and buoy with Carolina rigged live shrimp on the bottom. The best bite was during outgoing tides. Fishing the points and the drops in the turnarounds and along the banks with shell on the bottom. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy's Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

FAIR. 60 degrees. Anglers are still catching plenty of redfish but fewer trout in the surf, jetty, bay-side canals and east bay using finger mullet and mud minnows. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

GOOD. 60 degrees. Speckled trout are good, easily being caught with roach Texas roach colored dark paddle tails on 1/8 or 1/4 ounce jigheads. Best over oyster beds in 4-6 feet of water. Target trout when tide shifts or drains off the main channels. Looking for concentrated sections of nervous mullet has been key. Redfish are active on rock groins, marsh channel bends, and drop-offs. Use paddle tails on 1/4 ounce jig heads or squarebill crankbaits in 2-3 feet water. Drum and sheepshead can be caught around pilings and shell spoils live or imitation shrimp under popping corks with 2-3 foot leader. Safety Reminder: Wear your kill switch, check the weather, and ensure life jackets for all onboard. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing. Speckled trout have been slow at Tabbs and Scott Bay due to high winds. Black drum bite remains strong on live shrimp. Fair catches of sheepshead and redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 51 degrees. Surface water temperature 51 degrees. The water clarity is all over the board for East Galveston Bay, depending on where you are at in the bay system. This past week we had a cold front with strong north winds push through once again that dropped the water temperatures, as well as super low water levels in the bay system. On our morning trips we have fished falling tides, catching some solid fish and some oversize fish as well. The ticket has been fishing super slow right on the bottom over deeper shell or mud with various size jig heads with soft plastics. Please watch the major and minor fish times, as this past week, that has been when the bite really turned on for us. Remember the Fish still have to eat, although not as often, so be very methodical in your presentation, and fish areas where you have confidence in. The redfish bite has been consistent around drains and in the very shallow water areas back in the marsh. We are still using imitation shrimp lures and tails under popping corks, with a 1-foot leader to trigger bites, as well as weightless paddle tails over super shallow water. This time of year brings some of the best opportunities for bigger fish, with fewer fishers on the water, and bigger fish on the prowl, so get out and make it happen with your family and friends. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.

Galveston Bay

GOOD. 60 degrees. Winds and low water have hampered fishing efforts. Still a few anglers are finding open water schools of bull redfish. Clear Lake is producing black drum and speckled trout in deep channels. At the Galveston Jetties bull redfish and oversized black drum have been dominating the catches. Best bite on live halved crab. Wahoo, Vermilion snapper, and grouper being caught far offshore when seas cooperate. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 60 degrees. Fair catches of speckled trout, redfish, even a few flounder for those drifting over mud or shell bottom with soft plastic lures. Chocolate Bay and Bastrop Bayou are good for redfish and fair for speckled trout. Best bite on artificial baits, but live shrimp producing some fish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. 60 degrees. Anglers are still catching lots of big bull redfish, black drum, speckled trout in pockets, fewer keeper flounder with a lot of small males still prevalent, sheepshead and puppy drum as well. More whiting have started to be caught. The dredge boat is still pumping from the TC Channel to the north beach side of the dike. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Freeport

FAIR. 62 degrees. Tides are still low, so continue to focus on areas that drain into the ICW for redfish, trout, drum, sheepshead and few flounder. Target creeks, Bastrop Bayou, Chocolate Bayou, and Halls Bayou using live shrimp under a popping cork, or 1/4-3/8 ounce jig head either using paddle tail or gulp shrimp working it slow on the bottom. The Brazos River and San Bernard River have been good using live or dead shrimp or throwing 1/4-3/8 ounce jig with paddle tails or gulp shrimp fishing slow on the bottom catching reds, drums, speckles-trout sand trout and few flounder. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.

East Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 64 degrees. Trout and redfish are good with better success drifting than wading while the tides are low. Trout are good with artificials, and redfish are good with cut mullet. The Colorado River is best at night in the lights for trout and redfish. Fishing throughout the day in the river may improve while the tides are low. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski's Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 64 degrees. LTrout and redfish are good with better success drifting than wading while the tides are low. Trout are good with artificials, and redfish are good with cut mullet. The Colorado River is best at night in the lights for trout and redfish. Fishing throughout the day in the river may improve while the tides are low. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski's Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 62 degrees. Trout are good on the outside of both jetties with live shrimp. Oversized and slot redfish are good in 20-25 feet of water near Honey Hole on blue crab or dead shrimp. Slot redfish are half way down inside the south jetty in 15-20 feet of water on Spanish sardines or live shrimp. Sheepshead are biting throughout the jetties with live shrimp. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty's Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD: 63 degrees. With lower winter tides and cooler water temperatures fishing has been on fire in drains and guts in flats on live or dead shrimp. Trout are good on live shrimp and soft plastics in flats with mud bottom and along channel edges. Redfish have been great on shrimp, mullet, and perch in guts and channel edges when water drops out with lower tides. Black drum are great on live or dead shrimp and fish bites in guts and holes in flats and along channel edges. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 63 degrees. With lower winter tides and cooler water temperatures fishing has been on fire in drains and guts in flats on live or dead shrimp. Sheepshead have been good on live shrimp. Redfish have been good on live shrimp cut mullet on the north and south jetty. Oversized redfish have been great on cut crab and cut mullet. Trout are good, and pompano are fair with shrimp free lined along rocks. Black drum have also been good on live shrimp. Redfish, pompano and trout have been good in the surf using live shrimp, shrimp bites and cut mullet. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

SLOW. 60 degrees. While water temperature remains in the 60s pompano can be caught. Target pompano in clear water with ideal winds from the south. Fish during the low tide to cast to bigger fish. During the full moon the best bite is after 11 a.m. Black drum, redfish and trout are in the surf. Report by Nick Meyer, YouTube at NickAway.

Baffin Bay

GOOD. 64 degrees. Very low water levels concentrate both fish and anglers. The winter solstice always creates very low water levels at this time of the year, but that does make it easier to reach deeper drop offs where Fish will be lurking when the water temperatures are colder. The big trout game is still about finding concentrations of bait near the places that you want to fish. The main lures that are being most effective right now are the suspending soft plastics. When the sun is shining and the water is clear use lighter colors or sparkly colors. When the clouds are dark or you are fishing in stained water or windy conditions go with a darker color like Dark Vader or Boogeyman. Good luck and see you on the water! Report by Captain Sally Black.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 60 degrees. A slight warming trend sent the big trout and redfish into a feeding frenzy. Mansfield Knockers were the hot item as the water temperature hit 60 degrees plus. Wigalo’s were also hot by bouncing through potholes in 2-3 feet of water. This pattern should hold through the weekend. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters. Conditions are expected to be fantastic this week. Cooler water temperatures along with our low tides have exposed prime structure like grass mats. You can often see these grass mats in 1-2 feet of water. These grass mats are key points for baitfish, redfish and speckled trout activity. Fish around, in front or behind grass mats for a solid bite. Trout and redfish have been picky. Slowing bait activity with suspending soft plastics down in the water column has been the ticket. Water clarity has been somewhat chalky so we are throwing bright to darker colors. Stay safe and warm out there, remember to practice conservation by only keeping what you need. As always tight lines! Report by Captain Reanna DeLaCruz, Captain Reanna’s Baffin Bay Adventures.

South Padre

GOOD. 70 degrees. Chamber of commerce weather has been the message of the day as of late. Light winds and clear skies have made for outstanding site casting opportunities to redfish and trophy trout over soft bottom grass beds with mixed potholes. Best baits have been soft presentations with fluke style or light belly weighted swimbaits. Cut bait and live bait fisherman have had steady action on redfish and drum east of three islands. The surf fishing this time of year is both popular and consistent with good catches of whiting, pompano and the occasional redfish by the winter Texans. As a cold front approaches on Saturday, look for fishing to rebound quickly as water temperatures are not predicted to drop dramatically. First areas to recover our shorelines that were blocked from the north wind with soft mud bottoms. Report by Captain Glenn Harrison, Double Mermaid Outdoors. Black drum schools have been the ticket this week. Large black drum herds on the gaswell flats dead shrimp coated with garlic or fish bites are great baits. However, when the wind picks up beyond 15 mph they are more difficult to find. Calm mornings before the cold front have been the most productive. Speckled trout near the Intercoastal Waterway with soft plastics have been good for keeper speckled trout. The Intercoastal Waterway is loaded with undersized speckled trout biting soft plastics or live shrimp on popping corks if you want to get some action. Redfish and trout up north along the ICW and into the flats from marker 13 to the mouth of the Arroyo Colorado. Some redfish have been caught bottom fishing on the gas well flat with cut bait when the black drum are not present. It is good to try if you have the patience to sit there for long periods. Live shrimp continue to be scarce this time of year but have been available occasionally. Try to get them the day before, because on a weekend they are not readily available because of demand. South Bay Channels have been producing catches of black drum as well. Report Captain Cliff Fleming, Crystal Flats Guide Service.

Port Isabel

GOOD. 70 degrees. Chamber of commerce weather has been the message of the day as of late. Light winds and clear skies have made for outstanding site casting opportunities to redfish and trophy trout over soft bottom grass beds with mixed potholes. Best baits have been soft presentations with fluke style or light belly weighted swimbaits. Cut bait and live bait fisherman have had steady action on redfish and drum east of three islands. The surf fishing this time of year is both popular and consistent with good catches of whiting, pompano and the occasional redfish by the winter Texans. As a cold front approaches on Saturday, look for fishing to rebound quickly as water temperatures are not predicted to drop dramatically. First areas to recover our shorelines that were blocked from the north wind with soft mud bottoms. Report by Captain Glenn Harrison, Double Mermaid Outdoors. Black drum schools have been the ticket this week. Large black drum herds on the gaswell flats dead shrimp coated with garlic or fish bites are great baits. However, when the wind picks up beyond 15 mph they are more difficult to find. Calm mornings before the cold front have been the most productive. Speckled trout near the Intercoastal Waterway with soft plastics have been good for keeper speckled trout. The Intercoastal Waterway is loaded with undersized speckled trout biting soft plastics or live shrimp on popping corks if you want to get some action. Redfish and trout up north along the ICW and into the flats from marker 13 to the mouth of the Arroyo Colorado. Some redfish have been caught bottom fishing on the gas well flat with cut bait when the black drum are not present. It is good to try if you have the patience to sit there for long periods. Live shrimp continue to be scarce this time of year but have been available occasionally. Try to get them the day before, because on a weekend they are not readily available because of demand. South Bay Channels have been producing catches of black drum as well. Report Captain Cliff Fleming, Crystal Flats Guide Service.

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