Gulf Coast Region Week of October 13, 2021

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 80 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout have moved north into the middle of the lake. Schools of redfish are also along the bank biting on gulp shrimp or live shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are good in the bayou cuts during outgoing tides in the evening. Fishing continues to be good in the channel.

Bolivar

GOOD. 81 degrees. Fishing has been great this past week. Many reports of bull redfish, flounder, redfish, and jackfish. Most catches are coming with live finger mullet, fresh cut bait, or squid.

Trinity Bay

GOOD. 84 degrees. Birds are working in the back of the bay, but mostly undersized trout underneath them. A few reds are being caught by the HL&P spillway.

East Galveston Bay

FAIR. 81 degrees. Plenty of birds are working in the bay, with a few keeper trout underneath them. Some oversized redfish are schooled up in the open water. A few keeper reds and flounder are being taken in the shallow marsh.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 81 degrees. Good speckled trout catches are coming from the protected areas of the bay. Redfish catches are fair. Birds are working in the back lakes, but many of the fish are undersized.

Texas City

GOOD. 81 degrees. The fishing report remains the same for those Texas slams, flounder, speckled trout, slot redfish, fish in the bay using artificials, and live shrimp.

Freeport

GOOD. 81 degrees. Flounder and redfish are following the shrimp migrating from the marshes into the back lake to the bay. Catching them on gulp shrimp under a popping cork. Sand trout and speckled trout are under the birds. Lots of small trout with a few keepers mixed in.

East Matagorda Bay

FAIR. 82 degrees. Wade fishing is dominant in the bay right now. Fishing remains excellent as the shrimp migrate out of the marsh. Chase the bird activity to find the fish. The surf is clear, with redfish schooling along the shoreline. There is an influx of large sand trout. Many reports of success in the mouth of the Colorado River.

West Matagorda Bay

FAIR. 82 degrees. Wade fishing is dominant in the bay right now. Fishing remains excellent as the shrimp migrate out of the marsh. Chase the bird activity to find the fish. The surf is clear, with redfish schooling along the shoreline. Scattered speckled trout in the bay.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 82 degrees. Fishing is consistent with what we have been seeing recently. Bull redfish are biting on sardines and live piggy perch over by the jetty. They are coming to spawn, and their increased numbers have pushed trout into the bay system. Trout are slow. Black drum are good on dead shrimp. A few 5-20 pound tarpon are being caught using live croaker.

Rockport

FAIR. 82 degrees. Redfish are good in the flooded grass biting finger mullet. Redfish and scattered trout have been caught along the jetties and surf on croaker and mullet freelined.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 84 degrees. Bull redfish are in the jetties in Port A with live mullet and cut mullet. Scattered trout along the jetties and in the surf using croaker and mullet freelined.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 83 degrees. Fishing is good. The cold front in the forecast may slow the fishing some. Redfish are good by the east flats in the grass on finger mullet. Tarpon are good at the jetties. Still a few trout by the gas wells on live shrimp.

Baffin Bay

GOOD. 82 degrees. Baffin Bay is really looking good for the fall season. The past two weeks have been great catching good boxes of redfish, trout, and black drum. There is a lot of bait in the bay to keep most of the fish in for the winter months. Winds are blowing, so check the forecast before heading out. Trout have a good morning bite targeting rocks at the mouth of the bay. Black drum are good at the sandbar drop-offs using a knocker rig at the bottom. Redfish are good in the sand flats on cut skipjack.

Port Mansfield

FAIR. 85 degrees. Once the winds die down, the fishing is looking good. Redfish are good south of the pass on flats in 2-3 feet of water in scattered grass and potholes. They are biting on small topwaters and 4-inch KWigglers paddle tails. Flounder are fair to good in the east cut on outgoing tides hitting ball tail shads working slow along the bottom. Trout are still slow.

South Padre

FAIR. 81 degrees. Fishing is improving, with mixed bags of fish catches. Speckled trout are good on the Intracoastal Highway. Good keeper trout are drifting along the edges biting live shrimp under popping corks catching a keeper redfish every now and again. Redfish are good on the bottom northwest edge of gas wells using cut mullet. Lots of good mangrove snapper around the Brownsville shrimp basin.

Port Isabel

FAIR. 81 degrees. Fishing is improving catching mixed bags of fish. Speckled trout are good on the Intracoastal Highway. Good "keeper" trout are drifting along the edges biting live shrimp under popping corks catching a keeper redfish every now and again. Redfish are good on the bottom northwest edge of gas wells using cut mullet. Lots of good mangrove snapper around the Brownsville shrimp basin.

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