Saltwater Fishing Report

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TEXAS SALTWATER Fishing the salt

FISHING REPORT Continued from page 8

SABINE LAKE: 72 degrees. Speckled WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. trout and redfish are fair to good over mud Speckled trout are good on live shrimp under shell bottoms and in deeper bayous on soft popping corks and soft plastics. Redfish are plastics in white, glow, or natural colors with good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics limetreuse tails. Flounder are good on mud and top-waters. minnows and scented plastics. PORT O’CONNOR: 72-73 degrees. Speckled

BOLIVAR: 76 degrees. Speckled trout and trout are good on shrimp or crab in the shalredfish are fair in the surf on shrimp. Black low sand bars. Redfish are good in back bays drum are good on crab. Flounder are good on live shrimp. Flounder are good on mud through the pass or near the rocks on mud minnows or mullet. minnows. ROCKPORT: 71-72 degrees. Speckled trout

TRINITY BAY: 72 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and top-waters. Flounder are good on scented plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 72 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Redfish are good and live shrimp. Flounder are good on mud minnows. in the marsh on shrimp. Flounder are good and redfish are good on shrimp under popping along the ICW spoils and drains on mullet and corks. scented plastics. PORT ARANSAS: 75 degrees. Speckled trout

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 73 degrees. Speck- and redfish are good on shrimp and paddle led trout are good on shrimp, top-waters and tail soft plastics. Black drum are fair on crab soft plastics. Redfish are good on shrimp around vegetation. Flounder are excellent on under a popping cork. Flounder are good in cut mullet around the jetties. the ship channel on mullet. CORPUS CHRISTI: 75 degrees. Speckled trout, redfish and black drum are good on shrimp behind popping corks. Flounder are good around the docks and channel edges on soft plastics or mud minnows. BAFFIN BAY: 74-75 degrees. Redfish are Chris Hernandez caught these trout while fishing with Alan Voigt near Rockport. Photo by Alan minnows. Speckled trout are fair to good on chartreuse scented plastics. on the edges of channels,” Millerstrom He noted the bigger trout seem more

TEXAS CITY: 73 degrees. Bull reds and PORT MANSFIELD: 75-76 degrees. Speckled said. inclined to take a shrimp under a popredfish are good around the dike on cut mul- trout are good on scented plastics under a When it comes to black drum, the ping cork in 2-3 feet of water. Smaller let. Redfish and speckled trout are good along popping cork, ball tails and top-waters. Red- guide said not to fear a cold front, since trout, in the 15-16 inch range, have been the shoreline on shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are good on mud minnows around the dike. FREEPORT: 74 degrees. Redfish and fish are good on spoons and soft plastics. SOUTH PADRE: 75-76 degrees. Redfish are good in the sand flats on fresh-cut mullet or shrimp. Speckled trout and flounder are good the fish start to emerge in the channels. To catch a keeper-sized drum (14 to 30 inches), Millerstrom prefers “dead swimming in 3 1/2 to 4 feet. For redfish, Hernandez said most people are throwing shrimp or finger mullet speckled trout are good in the back lakes on shrimp, soft plastics and cut mullet. shrimp, fish bites (crab flavor), sea lice in shallow grass, back lakes by the Cedar and marshes on fresh-cut mullet and shrimp. PORT ISABEL: 76 degrees. Speckled trout and crabs.” Bayou or Saint Joe Island. Black drum are good on live shrimp around are fair to good on shrimp under a popping In Rockport, guide Chris Hernandez “And the back lakes are best for kayakthe reefs. Flounder are good along the drains on mullet. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics, mainly in cork. Redfish are good on shrimp. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp. —TPWD has been catching good numbers of trout, and casting a paddle tail in 3 feet of water has produced good results. “Early morning and late afternoon are ers, small skiffs and airboats,” he said. Anglers in Rockport are starting to see black drum in the 40-inch range, and mullet is an excellent bait for the larger the flats. Redfish are good on soft plastics best for top-water lures,” Hernandez said. drum. good in the flats on top-waters and live bait. Flounder are excellent on jigs or mud Voigt.

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