Gulf Coast Region Week of August 27, 2025

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 87 degrees. Redfish have schooled up with oversized redfish schools in the mix. The bite is on cut mullet and live mullet anywhere from shin deep to waist deep water. Trout are good on reefs with piggies and or croaker. Drum are good on reefs with dead shrimp. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 87 degrees. Good light winds and the surf has been fantastic. Good trout fishing in the surf and redfish. Within the last couple of days, the wind has picked up a little bit and the surface roughed up a little bit, but the trout and redfish are definitely cooperating. Live croaker and live shrimp have been great. Also catching tripletail on live shrimp which has been good. Report by Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 89 degrees. Fishing out to the short rigs this week with good results in 25-35 feet of water catching beautiful speckled trout on three-quarter ounce jigs with LSU color baits. Nice tripletail can be caught running to the gulf. Some nice cobia and ling can also be caught running the rigs. Finishing up with nice catches of sheepshead and drum at the jetties working live shrimp on Carolina rigs right by the rocks on the bottom. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy's Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

GOOD. 85 degrees. Water temperatures are hanging in the 80s. Water levels are slow-moving back and forth with varying amounts of sargassum washing in on the surf. People are still catching plenty of redfish, trout, gafftop, and black drum everywhere. There are plenty of keeper speckled trout being caught along with sand trout, sheepshead, and crabs caught along the jetty. The bigger stingrays and sharks are definitely in full swing with plenty of bait along the shoreline. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

GOOD. 89 degrees. Discharge at Liberty on the Trinity is 1,860 CFS and discharge at Highway 90 is -643 CFS regulated by the tide swings. Trout are being caught at the wells still along with offshore structures eating live shrimp under a Redemption Outdoor Gear popping cork on a 4-foot leader along with WacAttack's Shad XL in the glacier freeze and neon shad color. Redfish are smashing crankbaits and spinnerbaits along with live shrimp at drains and guts with rock and wood structure when you can find the tide moving. Drum are just about everywhere with a few sheepshead mixed in eating live and dead shrimp under a popping cork. Bull redfish are eating heavily on an outgoing tide on drains eating shad. Make sure you have a rod that can handle the fish as we use outlaw rods on the medium to medium heavy action tied onto a weedless hook with gulp shrimp is what we are finding that is working best. Always be prepared and wear your kill switch when navigating waters. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. Surface water temperature 90 degrees. The water clarity is average. This week we shifted our focus towards redfish in the shallows, and they did not disappoint with great catches over the last week. Active bait in the area is important, so if you do not see bait or signs of life, don't spend a whole lot of time in the area. We are still using imitation shrimp lures and tails under Fish Smack popping corks, with a 1-foot leader to trigger the most bites, as well as weightless Deadly Dudley Rat Tails and WacAttack Flukes. We have been having our best luck in and around grass lines in a foot to 18 inches of water, with indentations and drains being the most productive areas, as well as a few fish out of the intracoastal. We have managed a few trout over shell in 3-4 feet of water on tails with 1/8-ounce heads, as well as mid bay reefs, but have to weed through a number of smaller fish as well. The crowds are starting to thin out, so now is the time to schedule your fall fishing trip and get out to enjoy all that the upper Texas Coast has to offer. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service. Fishing remains steady in the middle of Galveston Bay off Eagle Point. We have seen a bit of a change in the size of our speckled trout with keeper size fish up to 18 inches, but lots of undersized specs too. There are some birds working over sand trout mixed with speckled trout along the shorelines. Still plenty of black drum mixed with a few slot redfish in the area. Best action on live shrimp but plenty of trout being caught on soft plastics. Late week and weekend, we may see a change in the weather with an early season front coming down from the north. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Galveston Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Fishing remains steady in the middle of Galveston Bay off Eagle Point. We have seen a bit of a change in the size of our speckled trout with keeper size fish up to 18 inches, but lots of undersized specs too. There are some birds working over sand trout mixed with speckled trout along the shorelines. Still plenty of black drum mixed with a few slot redfish in the area. Best action on live shrimp but plenty of trout being caught on soft plastics. Late week and weekend, we may see a change in the weather with an early season front coming down from the north. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Fishing remains steady in the middle of Galveston Bay off Eagle Point. We've seen a bit of a change in the size of our speckled trout with keeper size fish up to 18 inches, but lots of undersized specs too. There are some birds working over sand trout mixed with speckled trout along the shorelines. Still plenty of black drum mixed with a few slot redfish in the area. Best action on live shrimp but plenty of trout being caught on soft plastics. Late week and weekend, we may see a change in the weather with an early season front coming down from the north. Water temps 88-91 degrees. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Houston

GOOD. Water clear; 90 degrees; 0.13 feet above pool. Discharge at Highway 59 in Humble is 236 CFS. Water temperature is around 90 degrees and both the East Fork and Luces Bayou clarity looks great. Largemouth are snapping on the docks and riprap along with drains and points eating crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Grubs and worms are working well around docks later in the day on the shaded areas. Catfish are good eating fresh caught shad around the railroad bridge. The trick is to keep your fresh caught shad on ice or in ice water so they do not decay. Crappie are fantastic on brush piles from 6-10 feet eating hand tied jigs and minnows. The trick is to scan an area that is holding fish on many brush piles. White bass are fantastic trolling on the south end with good numbers and sizes being caught with Pet Spoons. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. Water temperatures are warm, and the salty water is on both sides. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, and black drum every day with some sand trout, gafftop, flounder, and croakers. Mangrove snapper and spade fish have been caught this past week. Wade fishing along the levee and mosquito island from the dike has been productive from the beginning to the end. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Freeport

FAIR. 88 degrees. The bays in Bastrop, Christmas and the west end of Galveston Bay are fishing good in the morning drift fishing using live shrimp with popping corks. Catching trout, redfish and some flounder. The Freeport harbor has been good with live shrimp and mullet catching mangrove snapper, trout, redfish, sheepshead and flounder. The beachfront has been good early in the morning wading using live croaker, shrimp and throwing topwaters and soft plastics on trout and redfish. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.

East Matagorda Bay

EXCELLENT. 88 degrees. Fishing is really good. The change in the wind direction with more northerly flow has cooled things down and has been good in both east and west bays. Wade fishing is better than drift fishing. Some anglers are throwing lures all the time and some are throwing bait. We had some unsettled weather come through and it stayed offshore. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski's Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

EXCELLENT. 88 degrees. Fishing is really good. The change in the wind direction with more northerly flow has cooled things down and has been good in both east and west bays. Wade fishing is better than drift fishing. Some anglers are throwing lures all the time and some are throwing bait. We had some unsettled weather come through and it stayed offshore. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski's Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 85 degrees. Speckled trout are biting in the surf on live croaker. Tarpon and sharks are still biting between the jetties on live croaker. Slot redfish are biting on the inside of the south jetty on Spanish sardines. Black drums are biting at the flare of the jetty on dead shrimp on the bottom. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty's Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 85 degrees. Trout are great on live shrimp, piggy perch and croaker in flats and along channels. Redfish have been great on shrimp, mullet and piggy perch in sand pockets and along mangroves. Black drums are good on live or dead shrimp and fish bites. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 85 degrees. Redfish have been good on live shrimp and cut mullet on the north and south jetty. Oversized redfish have been great on cut crab and mullet. Trout are great with croaker and shrimp free lined along rocks. Redfish and trout have been great in the surf using croaker and live shrimp. Kingfish have been great on ribbon fish or trolling lures. Pompano are fair in the surf and around jetties. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 87 degrees. Redfishing has been good on cut mullet in shallow water in sand holes or over very thin grass. Trout have been okay on piggies in 3-4 feet of water. Black drums have been very shallow over fine grass. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

EXCELLENT. 88 degrees. Fishing conditions are looking to be great this week in Baffin Bay. Continuous low pressure should bring cloud cover and occasional pop-up showers in our region. Our water quality has been quite impressive, lower salinity levels from all the rain we have been experiencing has helped promote grass growth, which has provided a healthy ecosystem for all our species in Baffin Bay. Redfish and speckled trout can be found at the edge of grass lines early in the morning, leading to around noon before the heat really sets in. Redfish will cruise the grass flats all day long, and they will eat pretty much anything presented to them. Speckled trout on the other hand can be a little picky. Lures that have been working for both speckled trout and redfish have been topwaters of all colors. DownSouth Lures Supermodel in "Rootbeer Hopper," "Pure Color X" and "Big Poppa Pearl." Find an area with plenty of baitfish activity, pelicans or birds hovering, and dissect it completely. This time of year can require a little more patience than others. Stay safe and courteous of others out on the water. As always, tight lines. Report by Captain Reanna DeLaCruz, Captain Reanna's Baffin Bay Adventures.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 87-91 degrees. Fishing was pretty good this past week with good catches of trout and redfish in deeper water. Most slot fish have been coming in about 3-4 feet of water. Best baits have been BTS and junior Wigalos on 1/4-ounce jigheads. A few bigger fish are being caught shallow on Mansfield Knockers early in the morning. Winds are supposed to increase a bit this week so we will have to deal with a little floating grass but the fish will still be in the same areas. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters.

South Padre

GOOD. 88 degrees. In the lower Laguna Madre we are continuing to catch speckled trout in the intracoastal near the fishing shack as well as a few black drum on live and dead shrimp. South Bay is holding mostly undersized redfish and trout but good action with popping cork and shrimp. Some redfish reported at the jetties. The water conditions are improving, so we will be using more lures and cut bait as well for redfish mostly. Report by Captain Gary Farmer.

Port Isabel

GOOD. 88 degrees. In the lower Laguna Madre we are continuing to catch speckled trout in the intracoastal near the fishing shack as well as a few black drum on live and dead shrimp. South Bay is holding mostly undersized redfish and trout but good action with popping cork and shrimp. Some redfish reported at the jetties. The water conditions are improving so we will be using more lures and cut bait as well for redfish mostly. Report by Captain Gary Farmer.

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