Saltwater Fishing Report

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT CCA STAR winners 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.

SABINE LAKE: 78 degrees. Speckled trout PORT O’CONNOR: 78-79 degrees. Speckled 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 and redfish are fair to good on soft plastics trout and redfish are good around sand near five winners received a complete boat and truck combo. Final polygraph results came in and shrimp. drop-offs and potholes on top-waters and and the winners are below.

BOLIVAR: 78-80 degrees. Speckled trout shrimp. are fair over reefs on soft plastics. Redfish ROCKPORT: 81-82 degrees. Redfish are STAR FINAL STANDINGS are good in the grass on soft plastics and good on shrimp, soft plastics and top-waters shrimp. around the flats. Speckled trout are good in REDFISH DIVISION INSHORE DIVISION SPECKLED TROUT UPPER

TRINITY BAY: 76-78 degrees. Speckled the grass on shrimp. Jake Bozeman FLOUNDER COAST trout and redfish are good around the grass Marilyn Monroe 6 pounds, 8 ounces 7 pounds, 14 ounces flats on shrimp and soft plastics behind a Thomas Bosse William Hicks Lillie Larson popping cork. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 78 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on shrimp and soft Bettina Mathis Jacob Goodwin SPECKLED TROUT UPPER SHEEPSHEAD 9 pounds Jerry Mills SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE COAST 8 pounds, 13 ounces plastics. COAST Niklas Schatz

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 78-79 degrees. Bull 8 pounds, 11 ounces GAFFTOP redfish are good on fresh shad. Speckled PORT ARANSAS: 83-84 degrees. Bull Lee Wright 8 pounds, 2 ounces SPECKLED TROUT LOWER trout and redfish are good on shrimp behind redfish are good on live shrimp and mullet. Michael Fesco COAST a popping cork. Speckled trout and redfish are good on live SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE 8 pounds, 2 ounces

TEXAS CITY: 77 degrees. Bull redfish are shrimp. COAST STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP Samuel Carrizales good near the dike on fresh cut mullet. CORPUS CHRISTI: 81 degrees. Speckled 9 pounds DIVISION Redfish and speckled trout are still excellent along the shoreline on soft plastics and shrimp under a popping cork. trout and redfish are good on soft plastics. Flounder are good around the docks and channel edges on soft plastics. Justin Aguilar SPECKLED TROUT LOWER COAST (ages 6-10 only) -$50,000 scholarship FLOUNDER STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP INSHORE DIVISION (ages 11-17 only) 6 lb. min. - $25,000 scholarshipBAFFIN BAY: 86-87 degrees. Speckled 10 pounds, 9 ounces 5 pounds, 11 ounces trout and redfish are good in deeper water on Danys Perez Mason Blalock FLOUNDER top-waters, soft plastics and mullet. 6 pounds, 3 ounces PORT MANSFIELD: 81-82 degrees. Speck- KINGFISH SHEEPSHEAD Seth Minjarez led trout and redfish are fair to good on 57 pounds, 6 ounces 8 pounds, 1 ounce willow tails, top-waters and gold spoons. Clifford McCrummen Wyatt McKissack SHEEPSHEAD SOUTH PADRE: 82-83 degrees. Redfish and 6 pounds, 6 ounces

FREEPORT: 77 degrees. Redfish and speck- speckled trout are good on shrimp under DORADO GAFFTOP Kyleigh McKissack led trout are fair to good in the back lakes and bays on live shrimp or mullet. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Redfish a popping cork and mullet. Speckled trout are good along the shoreline and on soft plastics. 35 pounds Teague Mize LING 7 pounds, 1 ounce Rowdy Hanks STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP GAFFTOP 7 pounds, 5 ounces Addison Tullos are good on live shrimp. Speckled trout are PORT ISABEL: 81 degrees. Redfish are 70 pounds, 3 ounces TROUT DIVISION fair to good on the flats on shrimp or mullet. good on shrimp along the edges of the grass. Reese Conner (ages 11-17 only) 6 lb.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Red- Speckled trout are fair on shrimp under a min. - $25,000 scholarship fish are good on the north shoreline on live popping cork. Black drum are good on blue shrimp and mullet. Speckled trout are good crab. on soft plastics in the grass flats. —TPWD

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