Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of October 9, 2024

Redfish Bay

FAIR. 83 degrees. Redfish are biting piggy perch along windblown. Very few catches of trout. Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 86 degrees. Fishing is slow with very little tidal movement. Some redfish catches in the jetty. Trout are slow. The tide should start moving this weekend. The best bite has been around noon. Report Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 85 degrees. The weather and forecasted weather has kept fishing efforts in the Sabine Channel. Limits of speckled trout and redfish can be caught working the bank with live shrimp under a popping cork on rock piles and shell flats. There is an influx of white trout from the gulf up to 14-15 inches. ICW rock piles and shell flats are good for redfish and trout. Flounder are good in the Intracoastal Canals Bayous and Texaco Island shell flats and rock piles with ⅛-¼ ounce jigs 3.5 inches plastics baits bulkheads points and drops. Redfish are really good on the rock piles. The water has been high, but as the drops expect increased bird action feeding on the shrimp coming out of the marshes, and as always where there is bait there will be game fish. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

EXCELLENT. 80 degrees. Expect another week of excellent fishing due to the cool mornings. Most of the fishing action is during Incoming tides at the jetty producing limits of slot-sized trout, bull redfish, and black drum. Flounder are starting to move in for the fall with 20 inch plus flatties being caught especially on days with calm winds. The surf is producing limits of speckled trout, bull redfish and black drum as well with more success in the early mornings and evenings. The big stingrays and bigger sharks are still running along the whole peninsula with a majority caught by Gilchrist and the Bolivar flats. People are using all kinds of different bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

SLOW. 82 degrees. Small bays north of the Fred Hartman bridge holding a few speckled trout, but decent numbers of reds, along with a few black drum. Scattered catches of flounder, redfish, and trout taken by those wading the east shoreline. Open water fishing will be on hold until the wind subsides. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Trout are back on the flats in 4-6 feet of water biting live shrimp and artificial shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are tight to the shoreline with structure eating shrimp wedged under scattered rocks in the shallows eating live shrimp and artificial shrimp under a popping cork. Drum and sheepshead are on rock groins by the ship channel eating live shrimp. Flounder are showing up decently eating live and artificial shrimp right to structure. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 83 degrees. Fair catches of redfish and flounder along the shorelines. Best near drains and bayous on live bait, followed by artificials. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and black drum being caught with live shrimp or finger mullet. Gaftop and hardheads are still plentiful when nothing else has been biting. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp. Surface water temperature 82 degrees. The water clarity is about average for East Galveston Bay, with clearer water as you get west of Elm Grove. This week we have started out our mornings with northeast winds increasing and changing to east to southeast by day end. We have focused on grass shorelines with good current and nervous shrimp present, finding trout, redfish, and a few flounders. Our fishing friends have utilized Imitation shrimp lures under popping corks, with a 1-foot leader, as well as 1/16 ounce jig heads with tails by WacAttack and Deadly Dudley, fished slowly up in the grass and over shell beds, as well as a few fish in the intracoastal around rocks and structure. Fish Bites also performed very well when fished under a popping cork for Redfish. If you like fishing under the birds they are pretty much all over the Bay, and some have better trout mixed in every so often. If you see reefs with birds sitting on the water, the fish are close by. The crowds have thinned, and fishing should continue to heat up after this next front comes thru helping to drop surface temps, so get your friends and family and get out on the water. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.

Galveston Bay

SLOW. 81 degrees. It has been too rough to fish in the open bay. Those working the protected shorelines and spoil islands picking up a few trout, but decent numbers of black drum and redfish, along with a few big sheepshead. Best on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 84 degrees. Protected shorelines with shell and back lakes producing fair numbers of trout and redfish. Black drum and sheepsheads being caught over and near hard structure. Best bite on live shrimp. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. 82 degrees. Anglers fishing off the dike picking up a few flounder, bull redfish, and black drum. Galveston jetties are producing decent numbers of slot and oversized redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Great fishing conditions should be better when the tides start to normalize this week with the cool weather. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and a few big flounder with some occasional black drum, sheepshead, sand trout, and gafftop. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Freeport

GOOD. 85 degrees. Christmas Bay, Chocolate Bay, Bastrop Bay, and the upper West Galveston Bay have been good drifting shrimp under a popping cork for trout, redfish and drum. San Luis Pass and The Brazos River are good early in the morning for trout and redfish throwing topwaters, plastics, or free lining mullet or live shrimp. The Freeport Harbor is good for catches of redfish, sheephead mangrove snapper and some trout using live shrimp or mullet free lining along the rocks. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures

East Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Fronts will cool the water bringing the shrimp out of the marsh attracting more game fish. North and northeast winds slowed the bite for redfish. Scattered catches of redfish drifting with vudu shrimp. Trout are good wading with croaker. Abundance of drum can be targeted on shell reefs with artificials. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Fronts will cool the water bringing the shrimp out of the marsh attracting more game fish. Abundance of drum can be targeted on shell reefs with shrimp under a popping cork. North and northeast winds slowed the bite for redfish. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

SLOW. 85 degrees. Bull redfish are between the jetties and Bird Island biting blue crab and Spanish sardines. Slot redfish are biting at Alcatraz Island and within 100 feet of the end of both jetties. Trout not biting in the jetties due to muddy water clarity, but can be caught in the back bays. Keeper black drum half way inside the south jetty. Few tarpon being caught between the jetties with live croaker. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 84 degrees. Trout are fair on croaker and piggies along grass and shell in 3-4 feet of water. Redfish have been great on shrimp, piggy perch, cut skipjack or mullet in flats fishing sand pockets and along islands. Black drum are fair on live or dead shrimp and fish bites in drains, sand pockets and along oyster beds. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 84 degrees. Redfish are great on shrimp and cut mullet or menhaden on the tip of the north and south jetty. Trout are good with croaker or shrimp free lined along rocks. Silver spoons have also been producing good redfish at both the north and south jetties. Black drum have been great on shrimp. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

FAIR. 83 degrees. Drum are holding near Kate’s Hole and Dead Man’s but are slow to bite in dead shrimp. Packery jetties are good for redfish live mullet or dead shrimp. Scattered catches of trout, with many undersized, hitting piggy perch. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

GOOD. 84 degrees. It is the time of year when flocks of ducks start to show up. Honking sandhill cranes and geese fly high overhead. It’s one of my favorite times of the year because the change from summer to fall is exciting in so many ways. Even the color in the sky is different because of the angle of the sun and you can believe that all animals feel it. They’re starting to eat a little harder getting ready for what comes next. The water along the grassy shorelines of Baffin is beautiful and bait is plentiful. Just as soon as mother nature sends the signal in a clear way about the impending change of seasons, the fish will be consistently devouring everything in its path. That signal is falling water temperatures. Let us get our Corky Fat Boys and SoftDine XLs ready to go! Report by Captain Sally Black.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 90 degrees. Water levels are higher than normal currently but fishing remains good along the flats. Trout and redfish are scattered and have been eagerly taking both topwaters and plastics. Fish have not been big, but are solid. Scattered bait is key right now to a successful outing. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters.

South Padre

FAIR. 882 degrees. Light wind from the north and clear skies. Speckled trout are good with live shrimp under a popping cork on Gas Well Flats. Also good with a few redfish mixed in in South Bay. Still good along the edge of the intercoastal near Three Islands. Mangrove snapper are excellent at the end of the Brownsville Channel free shrimping in the deeper water. Stay safe out there. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

Port Isabel

FAIR. 82 degrees. Light wind from the north and clear skies. Speckled trout are good with live shrimp under a popping cork on Gas Well Flats. Also good with a few redfish mixed in in South Bay. Still good along the edge of the intercoastal near Three Islands. Mangrove snapper are excellent at the end of the Brownsville Channel free shrimping in the deeper water. Stay safe out there. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

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