Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of April 23, 2025

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 76 degrees. Trout are great on live shrimp and your favorite soft plastics in flats and along channel edges. Redfish have been great on shrimp or cut mullet in sand pockets and along mangroves. Black drum are great on live or dead shrimp and fish bites. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters. Redfish limits are good in sand holes with a scattered oyster, and windblown shorelines with live mullet. Drum are starting to school over scattered oysters biting dead shrimp. Trout can be caught on croaker in 3-5 feet of water. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 80 degrees. The trout are biting great with catches up to 22 inches on soft plastics. Gusty winds predicted for the weekend so check the forecast before heading out. Report Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

FAIR. 67 degrees. When the winds allow Sabine Jetties and Ship Channel rock piles are producing catches of speckled trout, redfish, sheepshead, and boxes of drum on a popping cork with live shrimp. Bull redfish are good in the Sabine Jetties and Sabine Channel. Sabine Channel is good for drum, sheepshead, speckled trout and redfish on the shell pads and rock piles with live shrimp under a popping cork. Incoming tides are best. Nice catches speckled trout, with slot redfish, sheepshead and drum mixed in with live shrimp on a popping cork on the South Levy. Nice speckled trout on the ICW flats, with catches of sheepshead, redfish and drum on rock piles. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

GOOD. 70 degrees. This week will be cloudy and raining sporadically with some dry times sprinkled in between the winds for great fishing. Check the daily forecast or call your favorite bait shop. The tides and water levels are alternating between two and four tide days Thursday and Friday that should produce some high fishing activity with the weather changes. Big trout in the surf are still running! Water levels are back and forth per usual with a little sargassum washing in. Anglers are almost guaranteed to catch redfish everywhere. There’s more nice speckled trout being caught along with sand trout, black drum, sheepshead and crabs caught along the jetty. The flounder are still sporadic. The stingrays and sharks are starting to show up more and it shouldn’t be long before the real action begins. The surf is producing numbers of redfish and huge black drum, huge speckled trout and a lot of smaller bonnet-head sharks, spinner sharks, and sand sharks along the whole peninsula with more activity towards Gilchris and High Island. People are using all kinds of different things for bait this past week with varying results, either limiting out or not catching much. Check your weather app for barometer changes. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

FAIR. 76 degrees. Current flow is 12,300 CFS and has increased since April 21 at 5,000 CFS. Looks like there will be a fall again which should make for some decent fishing if we can hold a southeast wind for a bit. Trout and redfish are decent in shallow reefs close to cuts and drop offs. Flounder are showing up next to grass lines eating WAC Attack’s Shad XL in the sparkling chartreuse color, get yours at wacattacklures.com. Drum and sheepshead are prevalent on rock groins using live shrimp under a Retention Outdoor Gear popping cork. Be safe and always wear your kill switch! Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 77 degrees. Wind has been the largest factor for anglers this week. Those wading protected bay shorelines have done well catching good numbers of speckled trout on soft plastic lures and live croakers. Jetty action is holding up despite the winds for catches of keeper size black drum, and sheepshead on live shrimp. A few slot redfish in the mix and some speckled trout. Bull redfish action has been decent. Open bay fishing has been tough due to rough water. Anglers fishing from boats in protected areas catching some redfish, drum, and a few trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Surface water temperature 76 degrees. Water clarity is good for the majority of East Galveston Bay, especially on the South shoreline, with stained water East of Marsh point. Good numbers of trout, a few redfish, and flounder can be caught off shell beds in the 2-3 feet. As in previous weeks, if you catch a fish, power pole down and fan cast the entire area, as we have been picking up several fish in close proximity. This week we have thrown various size jig heads, depending upon the wind with Wac Attack straight tails in Rollover Moon, and Rat Tails by Deadly Dudley, as well as shrimp imitation lures under a 1-2 foot leader and a Fish Smack Popping Cork. Bull redfish are chasing bait down the south shoreline before sunrise and right before dark. This fish will stretch your line if you are looking to battle one for a while. This week the early morning and late evening bite were both strong, and the topwater bite was still very good. We did not see as much active bait this week, as in previous weeks, but when we found bait we caught fish. Until next time. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.

Galveston Bay

FAIR. 77 degrees. Wind has been the largest factor for anglers this week. Those wading protected bay shorelines have done well catching good numbers of speckled trout on soft plastic lures and live croakers. Jetty action is holding up despite the winds for catches of keeper size black drum, and sheepshead on live shrimp. A few slot redfish in the mix and some speckled trout. Bull redfish action has been decent. Open bay fishing has been tough due to rough water. Anglers fishing from boats in protected areas catching some redfish, drum, and a few trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

FAIR. 77 degrees. Wind has been the largest factor for anglers this week. Those wading protected bay shorelines have done well catching good numbers of speckled trout on soft plastic lures and live croakers. Jetty action is holding up despite the winds for catches of keeper size black drum, and sheepshead on live shrimp. A few slot redfish in the mix and some speckled trout. Bull redfish action has been decent. Open bay fishing has been tough due to rough water. Anglers fishing from boats in protected areas catching some redfish, drum, and a few trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. 75 degrees. This week will be cloudy and raining sporadically with some dry times sprinkled in between the winds for great fishing. Check the daily forecast or call your favorite bait shop. The tides and water levels are alternating between two and four tide days Thursday and Friday that should produce some high fishing activity with the weather changes. Water temperatures are just right. Anglers are catching speckled trout, redfish, and black drum every day with some occasional sand trout, gafftop, and big croakers. The sheepshead are around structures and piers. 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.

Freeport

FAIR. 80 degrees. Fishing has been steady when you can get out of the wind. The Brazos River and Freeport Harbor have been good for trout, redfish, flounder, and few drum mixed fishing live shrimp or live finger mullet off the bottom. The back lakes are good producing good catches of redfish and drum with live shrimp under popping cork or live mullet thrown against the shoreline near drains coming out of the marshes. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures

East Matagorda Bay

FAIR. 78 degrees. Fishing for trout, redfish and drum should improve this weekend with the southeast wind in the forecast. The tide is good, so wade fish shorelines, or drift fish the west end of East Bay. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

FAIR. 78 degrees. Fishing for trout, redfish and drum should improve this weekend with the southeast wind in the forecast. The tide is good, so wade fish shorelines, or drift fish. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 78 degrees. Redfish are biting Spanish sardines around Alcatraz Island. Black drum are biting dead shrimp near Honey Hole. Trout are good on the outside of both jetties with live shrimp. Bull redfish and jack crevalles are surfacing from the back jetties to Bird Island. Spanish mackerel and sharks are starting to show up throughout the area. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 76 degrees. Trout are great on live shrimp and your favorite soft plastics in flats and along channel edges. Croaker are starting to show up at a few bait stands. Redfish have been great using shrimp, mullet, and pinfish in sand pockets and along mangroves. Black drum are great on live or dead shrimp and fish bites. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 76 degrees. Redfish have been good on live shrimp, finger mullet and shad on the north and south jetty. Oversized redfish have been great on cut crab and mullet. Trout are good with shrimp free lined along rocks. Sharks are being caught along the beach. Trout and redfish can be caught in the surf. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 74 degrees. Redfish, drum, trout and flounder can be caught on live shrimp or croaker in the land cut. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

FAIR. 83 degrees. The wind has kept everyone on their toes. Target productive, windy, shorelines. Big trout are on the move and are beginning to feed up to produce eggs and get ready for the spawn on Baffin Bay. The water levels are exceptionally low this time of year, but low water concentrates fish and anglers. Soon, however, the water levels will rise with the equinox and usher in a lot of shrimp and other small bait into Baffin Bay and the fish will begin feeding. Find lots of bait on grass lines or areas where there are good potholes and grass is the key to catching big trout. Use wind to your favor as the bait goes where the wind blows, but big predators use it to their benefit. Report by Captain Sally Black.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 77 degrees. Fishing remains fair to good. We still have winds to deal with but fishing has been steady. Redfish have been holding in back bays and flats with scattered grass. Bait has also been flooding the back bays and little drains. Trout has been fair in deeper water along grass lines. Mansfield Knockers have been best in the shallow flats and Ball Tails and Junior Wigalo’s have been best out deeper along the grass lines. There is still some freshwater in the system, but should clear soon. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters.

South Padre

GOOD. 76 degrees. Intermittent rain in the forecast for the weeks with light winds out of the south and southeast. Trout are good on gas well flats with live shrimp under popping cork. Redfish are spotty along the Eastside shoreline with cut mullet and ballyhoo. Some bull redfish at the south jetties as well as sheepshead. Mangrove snapper, trout and black drum are good at the end of Brownsville Channel. Stay safe out there Captain Lou Austin

Port Isabel

GOOD. 76 degrees. Intermittent rain in the forecast for the weeks with light winds out of the south and southeast. Trout are good on gas well flats with live shrimp under popping cork. Redfish are spotty along the Eastside shoreline with cut mullet and ballyhoo. Some bull redfish at the south jetties as well as sheepshead. Mangrove snapper, trout and black drum are good at the end of Brownsville Channel. Stay safe out there Captain Lou Austin

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