Gulf Coast Region Week of August 20, 2025

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 87 degrees. Cut mullet for redfish in very shallow water in the mornings or live mullet. Forecasting for no winds so it'll be tougher to get them. Drum have not been around lately. Trout haven't been either. 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 is 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. 1,530 CFS trickling down Trinity River in Liberty. Water is starting to green up a bit midways in the bay and on the east shoreline. Deep water out right beside deep water on mud flats seem to be the ticket for trout on the bottom in the late morning through the rest of the day using WacAttack's Shad XL in the plum crazy and peppered pumpkin color on a 3/8-ounce to 1/2-ounce jig head bouncing off the bottom along with free lining live shrimp. Redfish are just snapping on shorelines in 4-6 feet of water literally smashing crankbaits and live shrimp on a 3-foot leader attached to a Redemption Outdoor Gear popping cork. Bull reds are starting to work in the main bay and drains with the falling tides eating shrimp and shrimp imitations rigged weedless. Offshore structure like rocks and reefs have been holding a wide variety of fish early in the morning and late in the evening. Drum can easily be caught in all these experiments using live shrimp on a popping cork. Always wear your kill switch and be safe. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. Surface water temperature 87 degrees. Fishing in the middle of Galveston Bay has been fantastic. Seeing lots of speckled trout and black drum coming from the gas wells located on the east side of the ship channel across from Redfish Island. Live shrimp fished deep under popping corks is producing best, but you can also catch them on soft plastics. Spoil islands holding black drum and some keeper redfish, along with speckled trout at times. Increased chances of rain in the forecast with a predicted early season front. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. This week we have spent more time in the intracoastal finding trout, redfish and flounder around structure, as well as a few fish over structure on the south shoreline, closer to deeper drops on tails with 1/8-ounce heads. When the weather cooperates and we can dodge the storms and lightning, we are taking the ride over to the jetties to find good looking water and a solid early morning trout bite. We are utilizing MirrOdine suspending hard baits, Rattle Traps, soft body swimbaits and tails with 1/8-ounce heads in light colors. Excellent success using Fish Smack Popping corks with a 1-2 foot leader above shrimp imitation lures, as well as Salt & Pepper Tails by WacAttack and shrimp color Rat tails by Deadly Dudley. We did find a couple groups of birds working as we traveled across the bay, which resulted in some trout as well. The topwater bite has still been good when utilized on our early morning and late afternoon trips with black/chrome being one of our favorite colors. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service.

Galveston Bay

GOOD. 89-92 degrees. Fishing in the middle of Galveston Bay has been fantastic. Seeing lots of speckled trout and black drum coming from the gas wells located on the east side of the ship channel across from Redfish Island. Live shrimp fished deep under popping corks is producing best, but you can also catch them on soft plastics. Spoil islands holding black drum and some keeper redfish, along with speckled trout at times. Increased chances of rain in the forecast with a predicted early season front. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 89-92 degrees. Fishing in the middle of Galveston Bay has been fantastic. Seeing lots of speckled trout and black drum coming from the gas wells located on the east side of the ship channel across from Redfish Island. Live shrimp fished deep under popping corks is producing best, but you can also catch them on soft plastics. Spoil islands holding black drum and some keeper redfish, along with speckled trout at times. Increased chances of rain in the forecast with a predicted early season front. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Houston

GOOD. Water clear; 86 degrees; 0.23 feet above pool. 1,010 CFS coming down at 59 in Humble. Water is looking great for all species. Largemouth bass are in the shade late morning under docks on the main lake and up the west fork eating grubs and spinnerbaits. Crappie are biting pretty good tight to structure, eating hand tied jigs and minnows in the east fork and Luces Bayou with a few spots on the south end at the old pump house deep. White bass are picking up well trolling with divers and power spoons with vertical jigging getting them going on the humps of the main channel on the south end. Catfish are decent by the railroad tracks eating live shad. Be sure to put your fresh caught shad in ice water to keep them fresh and your success will skyrocket. Be safe and always wear your kill switch. 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. Selling out of live baits in the mid-mornings and restocking before noon with the summer in full swing before school starts. 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, Salt Lake have been good in the morning either wade fishing or drifting using live shrimp with popping corks or free lining croaker. Catching trout, redfish and some flounder fishing in about 3 feet of water in guts. The Freeport harbor has been good for free lining live shrimp or mullet to catch redfish, trout, mangrove snapper, few sheepshead and flounder. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures.

East Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 88 degrees. Fishing has been good with people catching trout and redfish both by boat and wade fishing. Some are drift fishing and some are wade fishing on both the east and west sides of the bay. Not many people are fishing right now with kids back in school - crowds on Saturday but only a few boats during the week. Bait camps are holding plenty of bait and fishing is good. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski's Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 88 degrees. Fishing has been good with people catching trout and redfish both by boat and wade fishing. Some are drift fishing and some are wade fishing on both the east and west sides of the bay. Not many people are fishing right now with kids back in school - crowds on Saturday but only a few boats during the week. Bait camps are holding plenty of bait and fishing is good. 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 drum 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 good 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. 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. Conditions will be fantastic this week for Baffin Bay. Our bite continues to be stellar this summer season despite the brutal heat. We are approaching a new moon, which is the most favorable moon phase to target trophy speckled trout. Where there is bait, there you can find a solid trout bite. Early mornings are gonna be the time to focus on finding trout wading up shallow with topwaters, suspending twitch baits and or paddle tails. Our redfish bite has been active later in the day up in shallow grass flats, you can find them cruising in pods and oftentimes tailing. Redfish aren't as picky as speckled trout so any color plastic will do the trick on these "drag pullers." Stay safe and courteous of other anglers out on the waterways, as always, tight lines. Report by Captain Reanna DeLaCruz, Captain Reanna's Baffin Bay Adventures.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 90 degrees. Tides are up a bit this week and winds have backed down. Rafts of mullet are starting to form along the flats and redfish and trout are following. Mansfield Knockers worked over the rafts of mullet that produced big blowups. You can also catch reds and trout using plastics in the same way if floating grass is present. Flounder are getting better along sandy bottoms using junior Wigalo's and BTS. Offshore is also good for snapper and kingfish. 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 is getting prettier, so we'll 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 is getting prettier, so we'll be using more lures and cut bait as well for redfish mostly. Report by Captain Gary Farmer.

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