Saltwater Fishing Report

Granbury pro racking up wins

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Kyle Hall may be only 25 years old, but he’s making his mark on the Major League Fishing Toyota Series.

The young pro from Granbury landed his second win in 2022 at the Toyota Series Championship on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville with a threeday total of 59 pounds, 1 ounce. With contingencies, Hall pocketed $237,500 for the win.

Hall caught a 5-pounder with less than 10 minutes remaining in the event to seal the victory. He used a Shane’s Baits umbrella rig with Kyle Hall has won two tournaments this year at the age of 25. Photo by Major League Fishing. 6th Sense Divine Swimbaits and a 1/4-ounce Damiki Vault blade bait, and focused on finding fish with his LiveScope electronics.

“I was in about 20 feet of water, really targeting suspended bass,” he said. “I was really just roaming around and when I would get around the bait, I would get around the fish. I would go hours without seeing any and then I would just run into a whole school of them.”

This summer, Hall won on Lake Champlain on the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit that was worth $137,500. In 2020, he won Major League Fishing’s FLW Rookie-of-the-Year.

Hall caught the eye of Texas anglers when he brought in a 16.1-pound largemouth on O.H. Ivie Reservoir in February. He also opened Tri-Lakes Tackle Town in 2021, a fullservice bait-and-tackle shop in Granbury.

Todd Castledine, of Nacogdoches, finished eight with 41 pounds.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT

SABINE LAKE: 70 degrees. Speckled trout are good and schooling on 5-inch chartreuse plastics and shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp under a popping cork.

BOLIVAR: 71 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good on top-waters and soft plastics.

TRINITY BAY: 66 degrees. Redfish and black drum are fair on shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees. Speckled trout and sand trout are fair on soft plastics and live shrimp under popping corks. Redfish are fair on jerk baits and soft plastics.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees. Redfish are good over shell reefs on shrimp under popping corks. Speckled trout are fair to slow on soft plastics.

TEXAS CITY: 65 degrees. Bull redfish are good from the Texas City Dike to the Galveston jetties on cut mullet. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics and shrimp.

FREEPORT: 60 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on shrimp and scented plastics. Black drum are good on dead or live shrimp.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 72 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good in the Colorado River on soft plastics.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 72 degrees.Speckled trout are fair in the river on soft plastics.

PORT O’CONNOR: 72 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are slow.

ROCKPORT: 70 degrees. Redfish are good on artificials, cut mullet and shrimp. Speckled trout are fair to good on top-waters and shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: 71 degrees. Redfish are fair at the jetties on cut mullet and shrimp. Speckled trout are slow.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 72 degrees. Redfish are fair on shrimp. Trout are fair on free-lined live shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: 72 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT MANSFIELD: 70 degrees. Speckled trout are good between fronts on paddle tails and top-waters

SOUTH PADRE: 70 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on shrimp under popping corks.

PORT ISABEL: 70 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp under a popping cork.

—TPWD