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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on soft plastics and shrimp. BOLIVAR: 78-80 degrees. Speckled trout are fair over reefs on soft plastics. Redfish are good in the grass on soft plastics and shrimp. TRINITY BAY: 76-78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good around the grass flats on shrimp and soft plastics behind a popping cork. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 78 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on shrimp and soft plastics. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 78-79 degrees. Bull redfish are good on fresh shad. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp behind a popping cork. TEXAS CITY: 77 degrees. Bull redfish are good near the dike on fresh cut mullet. Redfish and speckled trout are still excellent along the shoreline on soft plastics and shrimp under a popping cork.
FREEPORT: 77 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good in the back lakes and bays on live shrimp or mullet. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair to good on the flats on shrimp or mullet. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Redfish are good on the north shoreline on live shrimp and mullet. Speckled trout are good on soft plastics in the grass flats.
The annual CCA STAR tournament ended Sept. 7 on the Texas coast. Entries for the summer-long tournament that began May 23 set records, as nearly 59,000 people registered for the tournament. Fishing categories included speckled trout, flounder, sheepshead, gafftop, dorado, king mackerel and ling (cobia). There is also a special tagged Redfish Division in which the first five winners received a complete boat and truck combo. Final polygraph results came in and the winners are below.
STAR FINAL STANDINGS REDFISH DIVISION Jake Bozeman Marilyn Monroe Thomas Bosse Bettina Mathis Jacob Goodwin SPECKLED TROUT UPPER COAST 8 pounds, 11 ounces Lee Wright
PORT ARANSAS: 83-84 degrees. Bull redfish are good on live shrimp and mullet. Speckled trout and redfish are good on live shrimp. CORPUS CHRISTI: 81 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on soft plastics. Flounder are good around the docks and channel edges on soft plastics. BAFFIN BAY: 86-87 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good in deeper water on top-waters, soft plastics and mullet. PORT MANSFIELD: 81-82 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on willow tails, top-waters and gold spoons. SOUTH PADRE: 82-83 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on shrimp under a popping cork and mullet. Speckled trout are good along the shoreline and on soft plastics. PORT ISABEL: 81 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp along the edges of the grass. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are good on blue crab. —TPWD
SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE COAST 9 pounds Justin Aguilar
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INSHORE DIVISION FLOUNDER 6 pounds, 8 ounces William Hicks
SPECKLED TROUT UPPER COAST 7 pounds, 14 ounces Lillie Larson
SHEEPSHEAD 9 pounds Jerry Mills
SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE COAST 8 pounds, 13 ounces Niklas Schatz
GAFFTOP 8 pounds, 2 ounces Michael Fesco STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION (ages 6-10 only) -$50,000 scholarship
SPECKLED TROUT LOWER COAST 10 pounds, 9 ounces Danys Perez
FLOUNDER 5 pounds, 11 ounces Mason Blalock
KINGFISH 57 pounds, 6 ounces Clifford McCrummen
SHEEPSHEAD 8 pounds, 1 ounce Wyatt McKissack
DORADO 35 pounds Teague Mize
GAFFTOP 7 pounds, 1 ounce Rowdy Hanks
LING 70 pounds, 3 ounces Reese Conner
STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP TROUT DIVISION (ages 11-17 only) 6 lb. min. - $25,000 scholarship
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STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP INSHORE DIVISION (ages 11-17 only) 6 lb. min. - $25,000 scholarship FLOUNDER 6 pounds, 3 ounces Seth Minjarez SHEEPSHEAD 6 pounds, 6 ounces Kyleigh McKissack GAFFTOP 7 pounds, 5 ounces Addison Tullos
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PORT O’CONNOR: 78-79 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good around sand near drop-offs and potholes on top-waters and shrimp. ROCKPORT: 81-82 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp, soft plastics and top-waters around the flats. Speckled trout are good in the grass on shrimp.
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