Gulf Coast Region Week of March 26, 2025

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 70 degrees. Redfish, drum and sheepshead have been biting great on dead shrimp in the jetties. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 68 degrees. Navigate with caution watching for sand bars while tides are low. Target trout with live shrimp and redfish on cut mullet in deeper water adjacent to flats. Rain in the forecast heading into the weekend. As the tide rises fish will move on the flats. Sheepshead can be caught at the jetties with dead shrimp. Report Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 67 degrees. Extreme low tides and high winds have determined the fishable areas. Sabine Channel rock piles Sheepshead, drum limits, and redfish are good in the Sabine Channel fishing shrimp on a popping cork over rock piles, and Carolina rigged live shrimp in deeper water. Limits of drum, sheepshead and drum at the jetties with the best bite on liveshrimp with a split shot free lined. Look for surfacing bait for catches of redfish just off the bottom with that split shot. North Levy wall boasts good catches of speckled trout with live shrimp under a popping cork or Carolina rigged. There is an early morning topwater or crankbait bite. Sabine Lake points and drops producing good trout and redfish. Fortunately, nice speckled trout and nice flounder have moved from the gulf to the Sabine Channel. Rainy cold front forecast over the weekend so the bite should be better at the top of the week. Despite the influx of freshwater the salinity is good. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

GOOD. 70 degrees. This is the season of wild winds and weather changes with some beautiful days sprinkled in for great fishing. Check the daily forecast. The tides and water levels are alternating between two and four tide days this week that should produce some high fishing activity. Fishing is good to excellent with water temperatures warming to the upper 60s to lower 70s. Water levels are back and forth per usual for the spring extremes. Redfish can be caught everywhere. Nice speckled trout are mixed in with the sand trout, black drum, sheepshead and crabs along the jetty. The flounder are sporadic. More small stingrays and sharks are starting to show up but need to get warmer before the real action begins. The surf is producing lots of redfish, huge black drum, occasional speckled trout and a lot of small bonnethead sharks, spinner sharks, and sand sharks along the peninsula with more activity towards Gilchrist and High Island. Check your weather app for barometer changes. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

FAIR. 68 degrees. Speckled trout are fair in the upper Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay over hard shell bottom. Decent numbers of sheepshead and black drum can be caught on the rocks with live shrimp. Fair trout bite for waders on the east shoreline of Trinity Bay. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Current flow from Trinity River at the lochs is 1660 CFS which is great. With the last front and the northwest wind, the fresh water pushed along the East shoreline making for some difficult fishing on that side. Saltwater pushed south to Hodges reef through to the south point. The north shoreline was excellent around Dow reef through the Fred Hartman bridge. Bait worked well in both areas if you could find fish to bite. Recent catches include redfish and trout close to reefs and on grass shorelines with bait busting. Drum and sheepshead are on docks and rocks eating live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish and trout have been eating vibration baits like blades and WAC Attack Lures WACky Fluke in the purple passion and peppered pumpkin colors. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 69 degrees. It is the backside of the full moon and the bite has been off. The tide has been low, but will return to near normal as we move into four tide days. Oversized black drum can be caught at the Galveston jetties and the Texas City Dike with halved crab. Anglers throwing live shrimp against the rocks are catching sheepshead and keeper black drum. East, West and Trinity bays are fair for speckled trout for anglers wading with artificial lures. Scattered catches of trout, black drum and sheepshead on live shrimp in the upper Galveston Bay. The late week forecast calls for rain. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Plenty of mullet and small shad in the bay. Catching a lot of speckled trout, sheepshead and bull redfish wading over oyster and sand with soft plastic suspending twitch baits. Report by Captain Jack Blume. Surface water temperature 69 degrees. The water clarity is average for East Galveston Bay. Trout are becoming more active in deeper holes, and flats over shell. Active baitfish and signs of life are still critical, so pay attention to your surroundings. The redfish bite was not as good this week, although a few giants were caught. Target drains and very shallow water areas back in the marsh using imitation shrimp lures and tails under popping corks, with a 1 foot leader to trigger bites, as well as Deadly Dudley Rat Tails, and WacAttack Flukes, in light colors with 1/4 ounce jig heads. Success is possible on flats with popping cork with artificials. Use a pop and slow reel four crankbaits and pause, triggering the most strikes. Over the deeper cuts the jig head and tails have performed better for our anglers. Fishing should continue to improve as the fish become more active with the warmer temperatures and longer days. Hit us up if we can help get you on the water enjoying the great outdoors on East Galveston Bay. Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.

Galveston Bay

FAIR. 68 degrees. AIt is the backside of the full moon and the bite has been off. The tide has been low, but will return to near normal as we move into four tide days. Oversized black drum can be caught at the Galveston jetties and the Texas City Dike with halved crab. Anglers throwing live shrimp against the rocks are catching sheepshead and keeper black drum. East, West and Trinity bays are fair for speckled trout for anglers wading with artificial lures. Scattered catches of trout, black drum and sheepshead on live shrimp in the upper Galveston Bay. The late week forecast calls for rain. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

FAIR. 68 degrees. It is the backside of the full moon and the bite has been off. The tide has been low, but will return to near normal as we move into four tide days. Oversized black drum can be caught at the Galveston jetties and the Texas City Dike with halved crab. Anglers throwing live shrimp against the rocks are catching sheepshead and keeper black drum. East, West and Trinity bays are fair for speckled trout for anglers wading with artificial lures. Scattered catches of trout, black drum and sheepshead on live shrimp in the upper Galveston Bay. The late week forecast calls for rain. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Houston

GOOD. Water normal stain; 70 degrees; 0.95 feet below pool. The inspections have been completed on the dam and the lake is filling back up. With these recent increases it will not be long before the lake is back to full especially with rain in the forecast. Largemouth bass are really starting to pattern up in the shallows eating chatterbaits, frogs and spinnerbaits. With the muddy water, it is necessary to use baits that have noise. Crappie are decent in Luces Bayou eating small jigs very close to brush piles. Catfish are about to be amazing in the bulkheads as the shad spawn has hatched. White bass are in the creeks with decent catches near west fork and Caney Creek. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. 66 degrees. It is the backside of the full moon and the bite has been off. The tide has been low, but will return to near normal as we move into four tide days. Oversized black drum can be caught at the Galveston jetties and the Texas City Dike with halved crab. Anglers throwing live shrimp against the rocks are catching sheepshead and keeper black drum. East, West and Trinity bays are fair for speckled trout for anglers wading with artificial lures. Scattered catches of trout, black drum and sheepshead on live shrimp in the upper Galveston Bay. The late week forecast calls for rain. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. The bite is good to excellent. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, redfish, sheepshead and black drum with the occasional sand trout, gafftop and big croakers mixed in. 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. 68 degrees. Sheepshead, black drum, redfish and trout are good at San Luis Pass, Bastrop Bay, Chocolate Bay, Nicks Bay, Drum Bay and Salt Lake. The ticket has been shrimp under a popping cork, or soft plastic imitation shad in pumpkin seed, or white and chartreuse with ¼ ounce jig head. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures

East Matagorda Bay

SLOW. 70 degrees. Southeast winds, rising tides, better tide schedule and rain will improve the bite heading into the weekend. Redfish and trout are good wading or drifting with artificials. Bait camps are holding shrimp. Wade or drift. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

SLOW. 70 degrees. Southeast winds, rising tides, better tide schedule and rain will improve the bite heading into the weekend. Redfish and trout are good wading or drifting with artificials. Bait camps are holding shrimp. Wade or drift. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

Port O'Connor

GOOD. 68 degrees. Keeper drum are biting near the jetty flare on dead shrimp. Big black drum can be caught inside the jetties in 20-30 feet of water on blue crab. Bull redfish, 30-35 pound fish, can be caught between Bird Island and the back of the jetties on blue crab. Sheepshead are good to excellent throughout the jetties on live shrimp. Trout are biting on the outside of the south jetty on live shrimp and root beer artificials. Slot redfish are biting at the end of the north and south jetty. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 65 degrees. Low tides continue this week. Trout are good on live shrimp and your favorite soft plastics on drop-offs and structures. Redfish have been great on shrimp or cut mullet in drains and guts. Black drum are good on live or dead shrimp and fish bites in drains and guts. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 65 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp on the north and south jetty. Oversized redfish have been good on cut crab and mullet. Trout are good with shrimp free lined along rocks. Sheepshead are great using live or dead shrimp along rocks and structures. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 70 degrees. Redfish, drum and sheepshead have been biting great on dead shrimp in the jetties. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

FAIR. 70 degrees. Warming water means Mother Nature is signaling to trout that the spawn is near. Big trout go shallow and eat to gain energy to expel their eggs, once they are formed. Once the water temperature rises to 75-80 degrees and stay there, the spawn will begin. Fish knee deep to waist deep waters where mullet is most active with a slow sinking suspending soft plastic. Good luck, see you on the water! Report by Captain Sally Black.

Port Mansfield

GOOD. 77 degrees. Fishing has been steady. Fishing has been consistent this week with good catches of over slot speckled trout. Most bigger fish have been coming on Mansfield Knockers in less than two feet of water. Scattered redfish are also in the shallows. Midday we have also been tossing Wigalo’s in potholes in about the same water depth. This pattern should hold a few more weeks pending no adverse weather conditions. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters. Conditions have been challenging with the high winds and high barometric pressure. Our speckled trout bite tends to be tougher than usual around a full moon paired with high barometric pressure. Take advantage of the tide changes and grind it out for catches of slot redfish and trout in deeper areas with grass and scattered pot holes. The best producing presentation for trout has been rat tail plastics and MirrOlure Little John’s in gold, copper, roach type colors. Take advantage of the major during the full moon as well as the tide changes, sometimes that can be when the bite is most active on days when the conditions are any as favorable. Stay safe and courteous of others on the water and as always, tight lines! Report by Captain Reanna DeLaCruz, Captain Reanna’s Baffin Bay Adventures.

South Padre

GOOD. 70 degrees. Black drum are good in schools on the east side north of the causeway. Bull redfish are still available at jetties on cut and live finger mullet. Sheepshead and mangrove snapper are good at the Old Causeway. The southern end of Southbay is good for redfish and speckled trout drifting with popping cork and live shrimp. Mangrove snapper with a few trout mixed in are excellent at the end of Brownsville Channel. Stay safe out there. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

Port Isabel

GOOD. 70 degrees. Black drum are good in schools on the east side north of the causeway. Bull redfish are still available at jetties on cut and live finger mullet. Sheepshead and mangrove snapper are good at the Old Causeway. The southern end of Southbay is good for redfish and speckled trout drifting with popping cork and live shrimp. Mangrove snapper with a few trout mixed in are excellent at the end of Brownsville Channel. Stay safe out there. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

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